Four things (for Suw)

Having been taken to task by Suw for not blogging enough about me I feel duty bound to complete the following: Four jobs I've had:

Grounds maintenance labourer
Professional Musician
Multiple jobs at the BBC
Freelance consultant (yep - you heard it here first)

Four movies I can watch over and over:

Apocalypse Now
Peter Pan
Toy Story
Pretty Woman

Four places I've liked

The west coast of Scotland
San Fransisco
Sydney
Vancouver

Four Radio shows I love (I changed this from TV)

Chris Moyles on Radio One
Drive on Radio Five Live
I'm sorry I haven't a clue
The news quiz

Four places I've vacationed:

See four places I have liked

Four of my favorite dishes:

Creme brulee
My home made Vegetarian Fajitas
My home made Indian Dhal
Seafood platter

Four sites I visit daily

BBC News
Gmail
Wikipedia
Flickr

Four places I would rather be right now:

Nowhere. It is my last day here in DigiLab at the BBC and I am savouring every moment

Four bloggers I am tagging:

Jon Husband
Gia
Ross Mayfield
Andy Boyd

Comments

[Suw]

Congratulations on your last day at the Beeb!! I hope you have a nice holiday booked. ;-) You know, we really should get together for a drink and a chat soon.

[Chris Corrigan]

Wow...congrats on the leap over to the light side, out from under the weight of the wage economy and into the clean air of being your own man!

And thanks for the magic you worked at the Beeb. I'm sure as shit that as I sit here listening to The Late Junction, you muist have had something to do with making all that possible.

Get a gig over here so we can go walking in the Coast Mountains.

[Andy]

Gee the man from th FT Digital Supp. is tagging me!

Whatever next?

[Gary Turner]

Congrats on the new frontier, Euan. More power to your elbow.

[andrew]

That's pleasing news, Euan.

[Mark Moran]

Nice idea.
Where is the line about psycological state.

you know the bit that says nutter :->>

[Bernie Goldbach]

I was Googling for "grounds maintenance labourer" and ended up here . . . where it looks like you'll have more time for longer walks in the Highlands.

[Euan Semple]

Not the way it is looking so far Bernie - way too busy!

[Nic Price]

Nice way to come out ;-)

And it looks like your "out and about" section is going to need a column all of its own.

[gia]

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! We'll have to celebrate in Geneva this week with a pint of fondue... or something... Well, done, guru...

xxx

[AKMA]

Best wishes for this next stage, Euan! If you get a gig for the CoE, be sure to enlist me as your theological subcontractor.

[Cheryl]

Congratulations on your leap into a whole new life. I am sure the wings will unfurl. Enjoy ! Looking forward to working with you in the future - in fact, see you at the gig on 21 Feb !

[Neil Taggart]

Hi Euan,
I doubt you'll remember me, but I used to work for Andy Lewis at BBC Technology & came to visit you a few times regarding collaboration tools (around 2003-04). I'm now working in Bermuda and, with a sailboat to sail and our first child on the way, am enjoying life.

Sorry to hear you're leaving/have left BBC... and pleased. You struck me as a very independent thinker who, couped up in your cosy basement, had much influence but little opportunity to make your own mark. The prospect of Euan Semple unleashed sounds excellent. I've added your feed to my Safari bookmarks.

Best wishes for the future, -- Neil T.

[Mike Armstrong]

Hadn't realised you'd already gone - one less atheist at the BBC to post on my "Thought for the Day" thread :(

All the best

[Euan]

Technically I am still on the books until the end of this month Mike but did my last working day a couple of weeks ago.

Nice new blog btw

;-)

[Mike Armstrong]

Thanks Euan ;~)

The final kick to start it was realising that the Freethinker web site (http://www.freethinker.co.uk/) was itself a blog. My old web site had become a jumble of badly arranged (deranged?) thoughts, and I suddenly realised that I was using the wrong tools.