A stroll through the centre of Exeter is something of an enigma for me. Exeter is a developing city full of coffee shops, clothing shops, mobile phone outlets and foody places that all seem to believe that the entire population of Exeter has lots of money. We welcome to our beloved High St (believed by [...]
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The Invasion of the Pennysnatchers: Why posh shops should be stopped.
Posted by Chris on 13/11/2011
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/the-invasion-of-the-pennysnatchers-why-posh-shops-should-be-stopped/
The Passion of The Librarian, from an outgoing member of the information profession.
Today has been a turning point in that infinite quest to discover who I really am. These days, my job does not define me anymore but my interests and passions do. For a long time I was defined by my label ‘Librarian‘ and this meant more to me than being a poet or a writer [...]
Posted by Chris on 10/05/2011
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/the-passion-of-the-librarian-from-an-outgoing-member-of-the-information-profession/
We are Library Ninjas
I have had an uncontrollable urge to rebrand myself a Library Ninja. Why? Because trying to sell yourself as a librarian in the traditional sense doesn’t work. What one truly is, is a librarian. What one will always be, is a librarian. Why try and hide this? Apart from the open-minded, dedicated library users, and [...]
Posted by Chris on 24/03/2011
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/we-are-library-ninjas/
(Rant) An Open Letter to The Telesales Industry.
Dear Heartless Miserable Gits, I have just got off the phone from a man who was insistent in selling me electricity from EDF. He made a good case and was quite convincing, in fact it was so well constructed he caught me in his trap. However, the one thing you have to remember with people [...]
Posted by Chris on 15/03/2011
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2011/03/15/rant-an-open-letter-to-the-telesales-industry/
A Fairy Tale: The College Lecturer who didn’t use the Learning Centre.
The following is based on a letter that appeared in the TES by a lecturer called Stephen Jones. http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6071215 Once upon a time, there was a college lecturer who liked his staff room. He had all the gadgets and money that he could ever want, and never went outside. One day, he heard that libraries [...]
Posted by Chris on 02/03/2011
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/a-fairy-tale-the-college-lecturer-who-didnt-use-the-learning-centre/
Christmas: Why is it so confusing?
For the last twenty nine years, I have celebrated Christmas. I have bought presents and gone along with the whole thing. But when one realises that the whole thing is immensely illogical and incredibly difficult to understand, it comes as a shock. This isn’t a ‘Bah Humbug’ post, as I genuinely like Christmas, but there [...]
Posted by Chris on 21/12/2010
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/christmas-why-is-it-so-confusing/
Blogging and Vlogging
I want to talk about blogging, and vlogging. I want to talk about this, because it’s something I tend to do sporadically and wish I did constantly. It’s a little like keeping a diary and trying to write about things that have happened to you that day, but then quickly realising that there is no [...]
Posted by Chris on 06/09/2010
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/blogging-and-vlogging/
The Joys of Financial Meltdown
I have no milk, I have spent the day on the phone to various mindless drones in call centres across the world changing my direct debits. I still have no milk and I have ran out of bread which means I am going to have to go down the road and get some. Not a [...]
Posted by Chris on 12/04/2010
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/the-joys-of-financial-meltdown/
Disgo, are you listening? Your consumers need help.
This is an open letter to Disgo. Dear Disgo, I hope you are well, I am fine thank you. Why are there no official Disgo support forums? There are many people who have bought your NetBook and are confused by some of the lack of functions or it’s strange OS or the fact that it’s [...]
Posted by Chris on 24/01/2010
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/disgo-are-you-listening-your-consumers-need-help/
CILIP’s Big Conversation
I tend to write things on here that are more about me and that strange bizarre thing I call a life. But when a professional issue comes up, (professional I mean in terms of the library and information profession) I sometimes have to stick my oar in. I read Tom Ropers fantastic article http://www.roper.org.uk/tr/2010/01/cilips-big-conversation.html and [...]
Posted by Chris on 06/01/2010
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/cilips-big-conversation/
The World has truly gone mad.
I am sat here trying to encapsulate, in a blog post, how f**ked up the last week has been. I haven’t resorted to drink, and I haven’t developed a drug habit either. But I am still in one or two pieces, so I am seeing that as a minor victory. I think the catalyst has [...]
Posted by Chris on 11/04/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/the-world-has-truly-gone-mad/
Exeter, devoid of students for a few weeks…
It’s that time of year again. Well it happens on multiple occasions to be honest, the great student migration. Some students pack their own cars, fill to the roof with their belongings and other students have Mummy and Daddy to come and pack it for them. Land Rovers and Mercedes traverse the narrow Quarters of [...]
Posted by Chris on 21/03/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/exeter-devoid-of-students-for-a-few-weeks/
Slam Poetry Vs. Traditional Poetry, Writing, Comic Relief
It is like climbing a mountain. The process of sitting down at a typewriter or a computer and writing something coherent and humourous is immensely hard. And that is why I am writing in here, because despite my best efforts I have managed to spend the time that I was going to spend writing, playing [...]
Posted by Chris on 14/03/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/slam-poetry-vs-traditional-poetry-writing-comic-relief/
Quake Wars and Distressing Chilli
After getting an itch the other day, I took some old games down to Entertainment Exchange and decided I wanted to rebuy Civilization 4. So I did. Got back home and found it didn’t work. So I took it back and got Quake Wars. It was a big mistake as I have been hooked to [...]
Posted by Chris on 22/02/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/quake-wars-and-distressing-chilli/
Happytop Lappytop
I have managed to get my laptop to work! Yey! And after much speculating, it was indeed the battery that was causing it not to work. This was found out only after I took it apart, and put it back together again and forgot to put the battery back. Well, thankfully I’m not a laptop [...]
Posted by Chris on 16/02/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/happytop-lappytop/
Jlime? Waste of time?
When I was given a trusty little HP Jornada 690, I jumped with joy. Literally buzzing, I ran home to tell my mum. Not really. I quickly realised why this thing was surplus to requirement. Although the packages installed, Pocket Word etc. were really useful little tools, and with a 75% keyboard, you could actually [...]
Posted by Chris on 17/01/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/jlime-waste-of-time/
The Great Gervais Question…
Why is Ricky Gervais funny? Discuss. I am still trying to work this one out, in fact I have been dedicating excessive cranial resources to the matter. It is something that comes up everytime I see him on television, read about him or if he is brought up by someone in coversation. And frankly I [...]
Posted by Chris on 09/11/2008
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/the-great-gervaise-question/
Protected: Sinister..Doo do do.
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Posted by Chris on 14/01/2008
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/sinisterdoo-do-do/
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- Life 14/04/2012 Chris
- Manflu 05/03/2012 Chris
- Seagulls 29/02/2012 Chris
- I 28/02/2012 Chris
- Eating Chocolate 20/02/2012 Chris
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Angry Post with Nice Food
Last night makes me realise that there are things in this world that are worse then rape and torture. One of those things, apart from eternal damnation is snobbery. Snobbery is a thing that makes me rile in my boots, it makes every inch of my skin crawl with that sort of tingling discomfort that [...]
Posted by Chris on 07/03/2009
http://christophergower.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/angry-post-with-nice-food/