by Di Jones | Aug 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
21 August 2012 Phyllis Diller was to comedy was Helen Gurley Brown was to sex, and in one sad week the world’s lost both of them. Diller and Gurley Brown were pioneering women of the swinging sixties who spoke their minds – particularly about taboo subjects such as...
by Di Jones | Aug 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
1 August 2012 It’s not news that men and women are from different planets, but do we actually know yet why women are obsessed with shopping and men are ambivalent? Theories abound about the psychology of shopping and experts agree on two facts. The first is...
by Di Jones | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
3 July 2012 Last Friday I spent most of the day chewing on the end of a pencil and wondering what I could blog about next. I’m new to all this, and despite the fact I can always find plenty to talk about (and it can be hard to shut me up) committing it...
by Di Jones | Jun 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
10 June 2012 My boss told me he was feeling tired, because he’d finished off last night with an eighteen year old. I looked at him askance. He’s a nice guy and good looking in an understated sort of way, but an eighteen year old? He’s forty for heaven’s sake. What...
by Di Jones | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
25 May 2012 Congratulations to new American Idol Phillip Phillips for achieving his dream. Everyone has a dream. Only problem is, when real life’s going well, the dream goes on the back burner. Take me for example. I’ve wanted to write a novel since I was 17, but...