Just for general wonderings…
My general wonderings…
As a member of the NUT I will be striking on June 30th. Having spoken to teachers contemplating whether or not to strike it would seem there are various reasons both for and against striking, some professional, some personal, some ideological. But for me the decision is simple: I’m a member of the union, the union are asking me to strike, therefore I strike.
As Billy Bragg once sang…..”There is power in a union”…..
Today’s picture….waiting for Frank Turner gig to start……in a church in Cambridge!
More proof…..St Peter’s Church….
It was a great night, Frank was in top form as usual. Whilst out I also earned a GCSE in crowd participation and an A Level in air harmonica. The highlight of the night….Frank stepping away from the microphone and into the crowd with guitar whilst we all sang ‘The Ballad of Me & My Friends’…..”and we’re definitely going to hell, we’ll have all the best stories to tell”….in a CHURCH!
http://twitter.com/#!/phillengthorn/status/74373177714806784
New tune….’Peggy Sang the Blues’….
When I heard the news I decided that it needed a post all to itself….
For fans of the BBC show ‘The Boat that Guy Built’ or the man with the amazing sideburns, Guy Martin, the actual boat, Reckless, is for sale:
www.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=195799
http://twitter.com/#!/phillengthorn/status/60798335652605952
It’s up for £41,500 which is slightly out of my price range! I wonder if they’ll take offers??
Helen attended her first football game for two decades, dragged there by Mandy – the result a 4-o win to Gillingham over Lincoln. BBC have kindly supplied evidence….
And just in case you couldn’t quite see them…
Highlights of the game available here.
http://twitter.com/#!/phillengthorn/status/56313722100129792
I was playing around online last night teaching myself, so I thought I’d use it today. I used it to explore using PEE with my Y11. Not sure how much educational purpose it had, and I think I was more impressed with it than the students, but hope to use it more in future. Take a look:
So here we are into April, the sun has finally decided to bless us with its presence more often and the nights are lighter. Therefore, I thought maybe I should produce some ‘general wonderings’, just to keep you up to date:
Firstly take a look at this….
If you look really closely (maybe squint a little) you will see that I’ve had hits from all over the world!! From Washington, Canada, Australia, South America, the list goes on….or if you look to the right you’ll be able to see it better ——>
Secondly, how about Twitter Blackbird Pie? You can use it to insert tweets into your blog, so that people can interact with twitter via your blog, check it out….
http://twitter.com/#!/phillengthorn/status/54141450170015745
Thirdly, and most important, tickets are booked for Helen and I to attend Cambridge Folk Festival. Happy days! Bring on the Summer! Just a little reminder from a couple of years ago…..
Finally, believe it or not but project365 is still going strong! Thanks in part to how easy it is to post them via Blackberry. Not sure what project365 is? Click here for more info. If you’ve got nothing better to do, why don’t you have a browse through the pictures now….
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