Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Plumbing the Library Knowledge... if you please!
Some of you know and some of you don't, that I jumped on the Librarian bandwaggon some 18 months ago and am intrepidly making my way in my second library role as Senior Learning Centre Assistant for Curriculum Liaison (I plan to try telling people my job title after a few drinks one day, just to see what happens!) at an FE college in Southampton. I am thrilled to have this job, as I can be creative and do all kinds of things that really excite me about library work. I am currently trying to arrange for a guest speaker to come visit the library. I have had many a conversation and email exchanges with charming authors of fine fiction, but sadly still no confirmation or success in booking someone. Target audience is Adult Learners who for various reasons are learning to read/write in English and the plan is that the visit will drum up enthusiasm for reading and literacy in general. Have any amongst you marvelous relatives-in-law had any success with organising this kind of thing? And can you give your Niece/Daughter/Cousin-Law some advice?
Monday, February 14, 2011
That's dinner sorted
On Saturday we popped into Cambridge after visiting the family in Newmarket. Driving along the dual carriageway a very silly pheasant - and lets face it they are the silliest of all birds - decided to cross the road in front of us. It did not live to tell the tale.
We thought no more about it and arrived in Cambridge, parked the car by a meter in the lovely collegy area called the backs and went off to do our shopping. It was only when we got back to the car an hour or so later that we realised that the dead pheasant had somehow remained attached to the front of the car and it was stuck in the front like a trophy! A little emabarrasing to say the least. Anyway, Trev, managed to kick the corpse off so infact some fox or cat will probably have a delicious dinner.
We thought no more about it and arrived in Cambridge, parked the car by a meter in the lovely collegy area called the backs and went off to do our shopping. It was only when we got back to the car an hour or so later that we realised that the dead pheasant had somehow remained attached to the front of the car and it was stuck in the front like a trophy! A little emabarrasing to say the least. Anyway, Trev, managed to kick the corpse off so infact some fox or cat will probably have a delicious dinner.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Pointless
Well, as all of you know my friend Jill and I successfully auditioned for the show Pointless. They are recording at the end of February and some of you will come and see it being recorded and if it's not too awful I may even let you know when it's on TV.
Here is it's wikipedia entry which explains it in detail. Basically they ask general knowledge questions. They have already surveyed 100 people and you win by choosing the least popular, or even better, the answer not chosen by the survey (the pointless answer in fact). For example if they were to say landlocked countries in Europe Switzerland would be the most popular but the chances are few or hopefully nobody would have said Andorra.
I am a mine of useless information at the moment as I am trying to learn obscure American sports teams and the flags and capitals of little known countries. My mind is full of menomics such as "Bleat me in St Louis" to remind me of the St Louis rams! I must learn some facts about Canada. Everybody always thinks I know about the land of my birth and it will be shameful if we fail because of my ignorance.
Jill and I have both received a large email with instruction mostly about what we can wear. We have to think Smartie colours but not brown or red. Not pastel colours, grey, black, white, busy patterns, polka dots, logos. Nearly all Jill's clothes have got logos so I think she will be hitting the internet soon! What's more we have to bring 5 outfits from this limited repetoire of colours! I have just about managed it and am popping into Marks and Spencer this weekend to take care of the under clothes. I feel I need to dye out the grey routes, bleach the moustache etc. I don't think I put this much effort into Kieran and Alice's wedding (or even my own!).
The young researcher (and they are all young - the place is like Logan's Run) rang me yesterday to go through my biography. I think I have got jobs with less information then they know about me. She was trying to find out unusual information about me and I let slip that I find dressing up dogs amusing. That is certainly going to come back to haunt me. Gromit will be in heaven laughing at me as he finally gets his revenge. I also mentioned that I enjoyed playing Scrabble so she concluded that meant I was a good team player. Clearly she has never entered the cutthroat world of the small plastic tiles.
Anyway, it should be fun. As it's on during the day I'm hoping that the good and the great at work won't even be aware of my appearence.
Wish us luck and pray that we don't have a performance like this one!
Here is it's wikipedia entry which explains it in detail. Basically they ask general knowledge questions. They have already surveyed 100 people and you win by choosing the least popular, or even better, the answer not chosen by the survey (the pointless answer in fact). For example if they were to say landlocked countries in Europe Switzerland would be the most popular but the chances are few or hopefully nobody would have said Andorra.
I am a mine of useless information at the moment as I am trying to learn obscure American sports teams and the flags and capitals of little known countries. My mind is full of menomics such as "Bleat me in St Louis" to remind me of the St Louis rams! I must learn some facts about Canada. Everybody always thinks I know about the land of my birth and it will be shameful if we fail because of my ignorance.
Jill and I have both received a large email with instruction mostly about what we can wear. We have to think Smartie colours but not brown or red. Not pastel colours, grey, black, white, busy patterns, polka dots, logos. Nearly all Jill's clothes have got logos so I think she will be hitting the internet soon! What's more we have to bring 5 outfits from this limited repetoire of colours! I have just about managed it and am popping into Marks and Spencer this weekend to take care of the under clothes. I feel I need to dye out the grey routes, bleach the moustache etc. I don't think I put this much effort into Kieran and Alice's wedding (or even my own!).
The young researcher (and they are all young - the place is like Logan's Run) rang me yesterday to go through my biography. I think I have got jobs with less information then they know about me. She was trying to find out unusual information about me and I let slip that I find dressing up dogs amusing. That is certainly going to come back to haunt me. Gromit will be in heaven laughing at me as he finally gets his revenge. I also mentioned that I enjoyed playing Scrabble so she concluded that meant I was a good team player. Clearly she has never entered the cutthroat world of the small plastic tiles.
Anyway, it should be fun. As it's on during the day I'm hoping that the good and the great at work won't even be aware of my appearence.
Wish us luck and pray that we don't have a performance like this one!
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Web site - well page really
I have started a web site to promote me. The only reason to blog about it is to add a link which may then get picked up by google. Anyone else who'd like to add a link to their sites/blogs/facebook please do.
www.trevormartinconsulting.com
Very boring to start with unless someone needs the exact skills described!
www.trevormartinconsulting.com
Very boring to start with unless someone needs the exact skills described!
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