This winter saw a trip back to Berlin, possibly the coldest place on earth that I have ever been thus far. At -15 at night and -8 during the day, Berlin seemed a fairly inhospitable place. For all its charm and chic, Berlin could not fight the piecing cold, leaving the streets emptier than I have ever seen, and those that did brave the weather, scurrying along to the nearest cafe, of which there are plenty.
This image is taken right where the Palast der Republik stood, soon to be …

Classical music is nothing to cough at, it is often seen as a serious affair, with many dressing for the occasion. On Friday I went the Royal Festival Hall, London, to see Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle. The performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto was wonderfully sublime, whereas the critically successful performance of Schoenberg’s symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande was not to my liking. But this post isn’t about reviewing the music, as I am no expert in this field and review by ‘professionals’ can be seen in related …

A new week and a new picture, exciting times for us all. There are a few going up this week while I catch up but it’s all good. This was taken in a friends flat (who wrote this post) in Bristol on a warmer day than it is today. That’s me on the right if you care, or can’t be bothered to use google. No more to say on this other than surfing that weekend was awesome fun, despite being blinded by the rain.

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Job titles as I have found and as meaningful as they are meaningless. They appear to give status but often don’t reflect the a persons true importance and value, yet many define themselves by this title that has been bestowed upon them by their pay masters. Is this wrong? I’ll let you come to your own opinion on this matter. I really want to tackle the injustice of the British title against an American one.
The Americans with a Federal Republic kept to convention when they were dreaming up job …

A new year and all that jazz has given me the idea each week posting a picture that I have taken and telling a short storey around it. Anyway, it is imaginatively called Picture of the Week or potw. überBusy looks set to get a little more Busy.
As many of won’t know I have a flickr page with some of the pics I am most fond of but since they hardly ever feature on here, well you know.
Anyway could not post this without posting a picture right, so …