Author Archives: theqbitblogger

The phrase ‘ the Elephant in the Room ‘ means an issue or topic that people will neither acknowledge nor discuss and I have seen many in my time in business meetings and other places. The origin of the phrase was from an Ivan Kyrlov book published in 1814 called ‘ The Inquisitive Man ‘Continue reading “The Elephant in the Room”

Transport for London ( TFL) that run anything that moves in London on road , river and rail has recently introduced a bad boy tax for those that drive into London in a low emission vehicle using say diesel. The charge is £12.50 per day for anyone that drives anywhere in the Ultra low emissionsContinue reading “Diesel Do.”

Apologies this photograph of the nearby river got posted without script. Oddly enough the photo attracted a large number of viewings and likes without it. They say a picture paints a thousand words and it did give me the idea of posting photos with single word headers. Alas before I get carried away Reflections IContinue reading “Reflections.”

One morning recently I crossed the wooden bridge on my regular walk. As I crossed I noticed the letter above sitting precariously on the beam across the river ( one gust of wind and it would have blown into the waters below ). Instinctively I picked up the beige envelope with the single word MumContinue reading “The Letter.”

The above scripture from the King James Version of the Bible tells us that ‘ The labourer is worthy of his reward ‘ . In simple terms the workers, the employees and self employed deserve to get paid for what they do. So far so good I think we are all singing from the sameContinue reading “1 Timothy 5 v 18 KJV”

Over how many years and how many people have kneeled behind the mesh of the Confessional Box and confessed their sins of the flesh ( sex by a single word ) ? The agony of pleading the ecstasy to that Catholic Priest , turning red in the black box. Oh my the Convents where manyContinue reading “Sins of the Flesh”

As the leaves leave and the end of Autumn nears , Winter is up ahead on the path called life. Slightly ahead of the path I walked earlier , Winter starts on the 21st December this year and is with us for 12 weeks. As we leave Autumn ( literally ) we are also aboutContinue reading “As we leave.”

In our final emotion we look at Anger, that toxic of all emotions and we do so fittingly in Anger the National Awareness Week. The National University of Northern Ireland research found that in 10% of stroke cases the person was angry one hour before the stroke occurred. Whilst not being good for our healthContinue reading “Anger”

In 1976 a rock group , Grateful Dead produced an album with the song ‘ Steal your face ‘ . The album logo was above a skull with a lightning bolt trough it. The group founder wanted this logo on their equipment to make it readily identifiable when travelling. Makes sense even though it’s notContinue reading “Let’s face it.”

Happiness is that external invasion , that sudden emotion that descends upon us out of the blue. Against Joy which emanates internally or contentment that is consistent, happiness is that wow wonder. When was the last time you experienced happiness ? Pundits are I’m told able to measure happiness on their own Richter scale, theContinue reading “Happiness”