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Expectation management

2012-02-10T18:57:00.001Z

When I became a Dad I had a really strong sense of what my son would be like. It was a certainty that he would be a rugby player, outgoing, loud and keen to chat.

Eight years down the line I've been proved completely wrong. It took me a long time to adjust to Eben, he tested me. He taught me a lot about the assumptions we make every day. He also taught me that you have to adapt the way you behave and deliver information dependent on who you're dealing with. He also exposed my greatest weaknesses, he challenges my worst behaviours as a human being.

The love I have for him is gut-wrenching, it's a feeling difficult to describe, but it literally feels like someone pulling your insides out through your stomach. Yet he's so far from what I expected. I doubt I'm ever going to stand on a rugby touchline and cheer him on, he is not in the slightest bit interested. I have had to learn that he feels huge discomfort in the presence of new people and I have to ensure he can find a place he derives some pleasure from on the day and eventually participates on his terms. Oh, he is loud though. Yeah I got that right.

Why the reason for the post? Well I went to his parent's evening last night. It's quite a nerve-racking experience a parent's evening. Ultimately you don't really care how they're doing academically as long as they're around average. What you really want to know is how they're getting on in the class, whether they're enjoying it and that they're comfortable. He appears to be all those things and more, but it made me realise how quickly he's growing up and how little you take real notice of that. Next week Nic's going away with the kids for half term so I won't see them. I need to make the absolute most of the next couple of days, because every second counts.

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She's quite demanding my daughter

2011-08-13T18:02:00.003+01:00

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She's quite demanding my daughter

2011-08-13T18:02:00.001+01:00

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Is there enough time in my life to actually do what they want me to do with this?

2011-07-22T20:19:00.001+01:00

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The 80s never died baby

2011-07-06T21:30:00.001+01:00

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Snake test

2011-07-03T22:33:00.001+01:00

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Lennox Gardens - supposedly the site of the first ever cricket match

2011-06-23T14:28:00.001+01:00

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This just arrived for Eben. May have a little read myselff first.

2011-06-20T21:23:00.001+01:00

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The pied piper of Ashtead otherwise known as @robantonycope

2011-06-19T20:03:00.001+01:00

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About to play a game of this

2011-06-10T22:08:00.001+01:00

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Warning cute puppies alert. Prepare to awwwww.

2011-06-05T14:11:00.001+01:00

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Mini people

2011-06-04T07:58:00.001+01:00

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Jezza and Lord Sugar seem a bit defensive to me

2011-06-02T21:13:00.001+01:00

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It's been a busy day

2011-05-29T15:24:00.001+01:00

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What kind of a tree is this from - found in a wood on Kent coast

2011-05-29T11:40:00.001+01:00

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Poppies in the garden are incredible

2011-05-20T12:47:00.001+01:00

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When folks are on different budgets

2011-05-18T13:17:00.001+01:00

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Thought I'd be grumpy buzz lightyear to mark the shuttle's final flight

2011-05-16T14:10:00.001+01:00

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Where am I now?

2011-05-12T20:22:00.000+01:00

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Where am I ?

2011-05-12T19:27:00.000+01:00

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When the journey to work is this gorgeous, it makes things a lot easier

2011-05-11T07:55:00.001+01:00

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Deary me ES - Should feminists be embracing the world 'slut'?

2011-05-09T16:13:00.001+01:00

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Hmm that's the wrong way round me thinks

2011-05-04T06:46:00.001+01:00

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Ready for the school royal wedding party

2011-04-28T07:38:00.001+01:00

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Pretty fantastic end to an amazing holiday in Devon

2011-04-25T19:56:00.001+01:00

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The snack of champions (I think)

2011-04-15T00:57:00.001+01:00

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Dancing queen

2011-04-14T19:49:00.001+01:00

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Prince Albert

2011-04-14T19:48:00.001+01:00

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The reason school holidays are brilliant

2011-04-14T06:48:00.001+01:00

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Trying to work out why this guy would be snoring so loudly.

2011-04-13T19:23:00.001+01:00

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Lunch seating at a premium at.St. Pauls

2011-04-11T13:33:00.001+01:00

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Finished

2011-04-09T15:36:00.001+01:00

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What is that giant sphere?

2011-04-06T18:30:00.001+01:00

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Remains of a spectacular sunset

2011-04-02T19:43:00.001+01:00

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Always makes me smile that the Spectator is published next door to here

2011-03-31T18:37:00.001+01:00

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@ads_smith is desperatly trying to work out what Ray Charles riff is used in Golddigga

2011-03-30T22:12:00.001+01:00

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I've owned this crappy pan for 20 years. I own far more expensive kitchen stuff but this is the best thing in the kitchen by a mile

2011-03-29T21:08:00.001+01:00

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Frankly it's the flotilla and the helicopters that are the more exciting bit of the #boatrace

2011-03-26T17:20:00.001Z

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Boat race crowds all gathered

2011-03-26T17:11:00.001Z

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. @bobollie's doing Jedi mind tricks

2011-03-25T17:41:00.001Z

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Waiting for the Red Bull Art of Motion Parkour at the National Theatre to kick off

2011-03-20T18:06:00.001Z

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Looks pretty mystical in the Surrey Hills today

2011-03-17T06:24:00.001Z

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Maybe making the ticket pricing structure simpler would be easier than this ridiculousness #swtrains

2011-03-08T15:32:00.001Z

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Glorious glorious morning

2011-03-08T07:54:00.001Z

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Possibly the world's saddest sight

2011-03-04T20:38:00.001Z

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Just straight funny

2011-03-03T16:47:00.000Z

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Just found this posting again for kicks

2011-03-02T21:29:00.001Z

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How many of the studio does it take to fix a mac?

2011-02-24T17:36:00.001Z

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31 reasons I love London and counting...

2011-02-17T16:13:00.001Z

When I was a kid my mother used to tell me two things. First, when you're walking around London always look up, all the good stuff is on the roofs. The second was, never get the tube if you can avoid it, walk everywhere, the city's smaller than you think. They're absolutely true and next time you're in the centre of town do it, it'll pay dividends, I guarantee you.

As a fiercly proud (but now departed) Londoner I have always been fantatically defensive of the city. I love both it's intimacy and it's ability to provide you with complete anaonymity depending on how the mood takes you.

So I thought I'd do a list of some of things I love

1. Walking across Waterloo bidge at dawn in the summer and stopping to look both ways
2. Sitting on the benches in the rookery on Streatham Common on a cold winter's day
3. Taking a stroll across the Millennium Bridge from Bankside Power Station to St Pauls
4. Standing on Parliament Hill and looking across the city on a clear sunny day.
5. Visiting the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park in high summer
6. Walking across Wandsworth Common on a clear spring morning and watching the swans with their new born cygnets.
7. Tumbling out of Fabric at 7am and going on to Trade at Turnmills until 2pm - the best clubbing double header on earth (you can't do this anymore, but it was good)
8. Staying at the St Martin's Lane for the hell of it, despite the fact you only live just out of town
9. The film and supper club at the Charlotte Street Hotel
10. Eating at Chez Bruce, the finest most unpretentious restaurant in christendom
11. Singalong Sound of Music at the Prince Charles in Leicester Square
12. Walking the South Bank from Vauxhall to Greenwich
13. Cycling in Ham and pretending you're in the country
14. Star spotting at J.Sheekey
15. Bloody marys and shepherd's pie at the Grenadier in Belgravia
16. Walking through Belgravia and realising what a ridiculously prosperous country we live in.
17. The Dublin castle, The Brixton Academy (I don't recognise the O2 thing), The Balham Kitchen and Bar, Lupo, The Bedford to name oh so few
19. Skateboarders at the NFT
20. Rollerbladers in Hyde Park
21. Dulwich gallery
22. The Polka Theatre
23. Walking up Whitehall with Nelson in your sights
24. Being astounded by the Palace of Westminster every time you see it.
25. The gilded grasshopper on top of the Royal Exchange
26. Fresh chorizo sandwiches from Borough Market
27. Looking down on the Gerkin from Tower 42
28. Sinking Stellas, sat on Clapham Common, on long summer evenings, watching big screen movies
29. High summer at Brockwell lido
30. Boat parties in Little Venice
31. Living just outside the M25 and still being able to access it all

There are thousands more of course, but I've run out of time.

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Louis Skywalker - middle one's having a Star Wars themed party, he has the hair and everything

2011-02-14T17:30:00.001Z

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Perfect post Sunday lunch lull - 4 generations of Heaths

2011-02-13T15:24:00.001Z

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Trying to decipher which of the children has been drawing on the landing wall...

2011-02-13T10:13:00.001Z

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Now that's what I call dinner!

2011-02-12T20:38:00.001Z

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Two sons with not an iota of interest in the rugby so this is how Kitty and I roll

2011-02-05T15:58:00.001Z

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How bad must Terry Cook feel?

2011-02-03T19:52:00.001Z

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Warning: possibly the scariest birthday card you will ever see

2011-02-01T22:23:00.001Z

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Let's hope not. He dead.

2011-01-27T20:46:00.001Z

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I have my own Trenta - see you on the other side (buzzing)

2011-01-18T08:15:00.001Z

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This passes for Graffitti in Reigate

2010-12-30T11:08:00.001Z

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I have visitors

2010-12-22T15:09:00.001Z

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Sooooo....

2010-12-19T18:09:00.001Z

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Advent installation - cowcross street Farringdon #twadvent

2010-12-17T18:36:00.001Z

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I think the herb pots have probably had their time now

2010-12-08T06:56:00.001Z

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Frozen avenue in Cheltenham #twadvent

2010-12-07T13:54:00.001Z

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Snow's almost melted #twadvent

2010-12-07T06:52:00.001Z

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FTW - we're having barbecue for lunch #uksnow

2010-12-02T12:56:00.001Z

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Garden's a winter wonderland

2010-12-02T09:02:00.001Z

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I just found this under my desk

2010-12-01T09:08:00.001Z

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Big snow in Reigate. No trains running to Redhill cars abandoned all over, but school is open RH2 #uksnow 8/10

2010-12-01T07:40:00.001Z

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Private Eye's take on social media

2010-11-26T06:38:00.001Z

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HOW am I on this mailing list?

2010-11-19T15:27:00.001Z

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Bobby Womack on stage #gorillaz

2010-11-16T22:38:00.001Z

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Magic happening

2010-11-16T20:32:00.001Z

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Loving the metro win the cover promotion. Really positive way to start the day.

2010-11-16T07:52:00.001Z

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A life through Facebook - a little bit like Parisian Love, but who's counting.

2010-11-14T11:06:00.001Z

This is a life through Facebook. It's excellent.

Definitely taken it's inspration from Parisian Love the Google Superbowl ad. from 2009 but hey who cares.

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Now that's a fire

2010-11-13T20:01:00.001Z

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Louis' chocolate mo #movember

2010-11-13T15:54:00.001Z

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My little gannet

2010-11-05T06:55:00.001Z

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Skelebaby

2010-10-31T16:31:00.001Z

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Ready for the kill

2010-10-31T16:19:00.001Z

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Demon boy

2010-10-31T16:04:00.001Z

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Frankenchild

2010-10-31T15:57:00.001Z

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Witch, witch is which?

2010-10-31T15:55:00.001Z

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Am I missing something. It looks like they've sent the concept boards straight to print in this outdoor ad.

2010-10-31T11:37:00.001Z

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Carved tomorrow's pumpkin

2010-10-30T14:17:00.001+01:00

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Crocus' - at this time of year?

2010-10-24T15:22:00.001+01:00

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Why I love where I live

2010-10-23T10:21:00.001+01:00

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Release the inner geek - @chiarakc has MADE space invader chocolates for the office - how cool

2010-10-20T10:24:00.001+01:00

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Woaah there are some heavy duty phones at the end of this 200m long cable

2010-10-19T18:23:00.001+01:00

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Better class of graffiti than in my day

2010-10-18T18:47:00.001+01:00

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Doesn't matter how many times I see this, I love it just as much.

2010-10-17T15:22:00.001+01:00

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Human augmentation and human restoration

2010-10-15T12:36:00.001+01:00

I saw this from Gartner via this post from RWW this morning outlining the current 2010 enterprise hype cycle. Fascinating stuff, but there are a couple of things on there I had very little idea about, one of which was human augmentation and enhancement, right at the bottom of the cycle. So I went on a bit of a search and found the video below which is pretty amazing stuff. It's over an hour long, but it's well worth the watch.

Full MIT world page can be found here with more info. on the two speakers John Hockenberry and Hugh Herr and additional resources.

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For all you Chilean mining fans @nicktuckwood is doing an office homage

2010-10-13T16:53:00.001+01:00

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