Comments for Mj's Blog http://mjbest.wordpress.com My rambling thoughts on living in Essex and working in London Wed, 14 May 2008 00:01:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The afternoon studying by Maverick http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-afternoon-studying/#comment-118 Maverick Fri, 02 May 2008 17:39:47 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=89#comment-118 So this damn studies are same in UK as US :) ...btw ur tag 'life' broght me here :) So this damn studies are same in UK as US :) …btw ur tag ‘life’ broght me here :)

]]> Comment on Back to school in your thirties by Michelle Best http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/back-to-school-in-your-thirties/#comment-113 Michelle Best Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:53:06 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-113 I chose the Design and the Web course. It starts on Thursday so getting nervous now about it but thanks for your kind words! I chose the Design and the Web course. It starts on Thursday so getting nervous now about it but thanks for your kind words!

]]> Comment on Running - it’s hard going by Michelle Best http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/running-its-hard-going/#comment-112 Michelle Best Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:49:07 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-112 Many thanks for the encouragement - I'm just hoping to make it all the way round in one go - might take me longer than 40 mins. Good luck too! Many thanks for the encouragement - I’m just hoping to make it all the way round in one go - might take me longer than 40 mins. Good luck too!

]]> Comment on Running - it’s hard going by chafednipples http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/running-its-hard-going/#comment-102 chafednipples Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:54:21 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-102 Hi there, just randomally found you when looking up tags of "running" I also signed up for a 5k (albeit Im across the pond in the US) for motoviation. Today I did a 5k in 40 minutes. Not shabby, but I was hoping for 30 minutes. Good luck with the running! Hi there, just randomally found you when looking up tags of “running” I also signed up for a 5k (albeit Im across the pond in the US) for motoviation. Today I did a 5k in 40 minutes. Not shabby, but I was hoping for 30 minutes. Good luck with the running!

]]> Comment on St Lucia and trying to escape the compound by Steve http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/st-lucia-and-trying-to-escape-the-compound/#comment-100 Steve Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:07:34 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-100 Wow, you hit the nail on the head...we are preparing a new venture that will fulfill this need for a fantastic tropical experience on St. Lucia. We started developing this business as our own experiences were similar to yours, and we feel that the resorts create an over commercialized atmosphere and the small local places are missing a lot of simple things. Check us out and please give me some feedback as we want to make this the BEST travel experience possible! If you go to my blog, you can see exactly how we came to the conclusions and where we are going. Thanks. Steve http://SkeeterzRumBar.com http://skeeterz.wordpress.com Wow, you hit the nail on the head…we are preparing a new venture that will fulfill this need for a fantastic tropical experience on St. Lucia. We started developing this business as our own experiences were similar to yours, and we feel that the resorts create an over commercialized atmosphere and the small local places are missing a lot of simple things.

Check us out and please give me some feedback as we want to make this the BEST travel experience possible! If you go to my blog, you can see exactly how we came to the conclusions and where we are going.
Thanks.
Steve

http://SkeeterzRumBar.com

http://skeeterz.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on St Patrick’s Day v. St George’s Day by St George’s Day - is it? « Mj’s Blog http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/st-patricks-day-v-st-georges-day/#comment-90 St George’s Day - is it? « Mj’s Blog Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:28:56 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-90 [...] about it but that’s all I’ve seen, which is very unlike St Patrick’s Day, which I wrote about before. I’m doing my bit by writing about it so here is a brief history lesson on St [...] [...] about it but that’s all I’ve seen, which is very unlike St Patrick’s Day, which I wrote about before. I’m doing my bit by writing about it so here is a brief history lesson on St [...]

]]> Comment on Back to school in your thirties by Spiral Skies http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/back-to-school-in-your-thirties/#comment-75 Spiral Skies Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:58:40 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-75 So... which did you choose? Open University courses are fab and, trust me, you always discover that you're far from the dimmest in the class! So… which did you choose? Open University courses are fab and, trust me, you always discover that you’re far from the dimmest in the class!

]]> Comment on About by m@q http://mjbest.wordpress.com/about/#comment-65 m@q Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:42:57 +0000 #comment-65 Good site... I liked it... I'll try to stop here frequently... by the way I did not know Jokes about the Essex girls are so much popular (after pointing out that line in parenthesis I googled the net)... ;) Any way... nice blog ... keep it up.. m@q http://maqtanim.wordpress.com Good site… I liked it… I’ll try to stop here frequently… by the way I did not know Jokes about the Essex girls are so much popular (after pointing out that line in parenthesis I googled the net)… ;)

Any way… nice blog … keep it up..

m@q
http://maqtanim.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Leona Lewis and the new WordPress Search by Jan http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/leona-lewis-and-the-new-wordpress-search/#comment-64 Jan Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:33:37 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-64 Well Bleeding Love has been on fire over there - it had already hit #1 on US iTunes before she'd even arrived in the USA to start the promo about a month ago (she was still doing all that Sport Relief stuff at the time on the BBC), so all pre-Oprah (though that undoubtedly helped it along further). The song has already sold a million digital downloads, and it's just become only the second song in the Digital era to top 200,000 in weekly sales in three separate weeks (Umbrella by Rihanna is the other). Pretty much like the rest of the world it seems to have become a bit of an anthem for teenage girls and young women so not sure I subscribe to the middle-aged women theory. It's that song combined with a series of well-lauded live TV performances which seem to have driven album sales. In an era where so much American music is tailored to the Urban genre, with female vocalists almost always having a rap collaboration on their songs (Mariah, Rihanna, Beyonce, Natasha Bedingfield even), and so many performers have their voices electronically enhanced, I expect it comes as a bit of a shock to find someone who can still sing live! Well Bleeding Love has been on fire over there - it had already hit #1 on US iTunes before she’d even arrived in the USA to start the promo about a month ago (she was still doing all that Sport Relief stuff at the time on the BBC), so all pre-Oprah (though that undoubtedly helped it along further).

The song has already sold a million digital downloads, and it’s just become only the second song in the Digital era to top 200,000 in weekly sales in three separate weeks (Umbrella by Rihanna is the other). Pretty much like the rest of the world it seems to have become a bit of an anthem for teenage girls and young women so not sure I subscribe to the middle-aged women theory.

It’s that song combined with a series of well-lauded live TV performances which seem to have driven album sales. In an era where so much American music is tailored to the Urban genre, with female vocalists almost always having a rap collaboration on their songs (Mariah, Rihanna, Beyonce, Natasha Bedingfield even), and so many performers have their voices electronically enhanced, I expect it comes as a bit of a shock to find someone who can still sing live!

]]> Comment on Happy Birthday to my blog - a month old! by Michelle Best http://mjbest.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/happy-birthday-to-my-blog-a-month-old/#comment-60 Michelle Best Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:18:47 +0000 http://mjbest.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-60 Many thanks - I will take a peek at your blog and thanks for the top tip. :) Many thanks - I will take a peek at your blog and thanks for the top tip. :)

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