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"I'm only a child"

Jim Wade, who runs the Business Improvement Network, pointed me to this video. If you want a reminder of why the search for sustainability is important, take a look. Jim and I reckon it's impossible to remain unmoved.

Wine and Motorbikes (not together)

I was told off last week by one of my army of three regular readers for not having written anything in ages. Well, I've been busy.

I took the WSET Intermediate Wine-tasting course over the past nine weeks at Vinopolis and now I'm waiting to get the results through - I reckon I've passed, but I was surprised by the wide-ranging nature of the questions. Thanks to the training (ahem!) I've been drinking a lot of wine recently. If I pass, I'll have the equivalent of a GCSE grade A-C in wine-tasting.

Even more interesting...

Rick Astley flashmob - tonight

That's right, you can take part in the world's first 'Rickmob'.

All you have to do is turn up at 6pm precisely on Friday 11th April at Liverpool Street tube station. Once you're inside and the horn has been sounded you have to sing Rick's hit 'Never Gonna Give You Up' at the top of your voice.

And just in case you don't know all the words print out the lyrics below and take them along.

Have fun!

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've know each other for so long
Your heart's been aching
But you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

give you up. give you up
give you up, give you up
never gonna give
never gonna give, give you up
never gonna give
never gonna give, five you up

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

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The world needs more of this kind of thing.

Banking Woes 3: Capital One, the revenge

So I've had another written response from Capital One. Presumably they're now an avid reader of this blog, as I've decided that rather than run up considerable phone bills being given contradictory information by people in C1 call centres all of whom to date have put me on hold for at least three minutes, I'm just providing them with a link to this blog.

Anyway, this is what they wrote:

Banking Woes 2: Capital One the ugly sequel

I'm sorry, oh avid reader, I advised you that Capital One had made amends and sorted out my credit card (click here and scroll down to the section below Charlie Chaplin).

I was, in fact, wrong.

I have spoken to the lovely people in Capital One's call centre at least five times, each time requesting that they remove the block on my card and give me access to nearly £1500 of my money. Each time I get a different response.