Broken Things

My iPAQ froze yesterday.  I’ve had it for a year and it’s been pretty reliable, more so than my laptop to be honest (both HP).  Anyway, HP’s support is always a laugh.  I tried online support first.  The guy asked for the serial number and then told me I could get it in one of Read More …

U2 Review

U2 at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2005 We were supposed to both be at Hampden on the 12th June but Mrs SWRYV was suffering from labyrinthitis (vertigo… ah the irony) so we ended up having a good but strange night with me at the back of the Hampden pitch not seeing much and Mrs SWRYV Read More …

Shhh!!!

Mental Health – the last great taboo? Over the past couple of nights I have watched two amazing explorations of mental illness, Stephen Fry’s ‘The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive’ and the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’.  Both were fascinating! Stephen Fry suffers from bi-polar disorder or manic depression as it is otherwise known as.  Read More …