So after Wayne’s constant moaning about, have you done the church site.
so heres a screen grab:
At the backend of 2013 it was agreed between GreatGothNinja and I that we would have another competition to be productive and not fall in the pit of lethargy that seems to haunt us. The 5 month dash had been successful and to insure this new found momentum continued it was decided that we would have “Challenge 2014” not the most imaginative name, it is also known as “Challenge Pursuits 2014”. This was GreatGothNinja idea for a name based on the fact we had 6 Categories for our tasks and we could make a segment of a circle for completing of a number of tasks in the a category a bit like the board game Trivial Pursuits.
The six categories are:
These covered all the areas we wanted to make improvements in certain areas of our lives.
Esoteric – This covered Masonic life and reading of alternative ideas and generally expanding ones metaphysical understanding of life and universe.
Health & Fitness – The title gives it away really, with one category to improve the mind, this was to improve the body and ensure it was fit for purpose.
Creative – To be active on our blogs and work to the goal of becoming published writers.
100 Days – The annual challenge of being creative for 100 days.
Finance – Sorting out ones money situation is always difficult to do if you have “head in the Sand” Policy therefore this was meant to help you sort out your needs.
Home/House – One should always maintain a clean living environment.
At the start of 2014, we decided to use Trello as the best place to store this information as it allows you to have a list of tasks that can be easily categorised and managed. The software was also free, the only flaw came at the end of the year when I tried to export the data to excel, this is only available If you pay for the user account.
As the year has progressed life takes of over so concentration on the challenge is a bit of a rollercoaster ride with the initial “Come on, let’s do this ” at the start with the inevitable plateau of the enthusiasm appearing in the middle of the year. When you arrive in November and go “Yee gods it is almost the end of the year, what about the challenge ” there is the mad panic to ensure all segments are of equal size/proportion. So since November I have been having a mad push. In the 12 Months / 52 weeks or 365 days I have managed to complete XX out of 51 tasks with 4 in the doing section and 6 Todo section.
What do the Graphs look like:
graphs to follow January 1st
As 2014 draws to close it is time to review the year as it is, as it was. Reflecting on life that has been led by me in my Pete-centric universe. Read More »
The world is a smaller place than it used to be with every century it gets smaller. In the 21st century we have Twitter which is like other social media sites but this form, for whatever reason appeals to me more than the rest. It is not like my Facebook account. It has a more friendly feel about it, this being said some I have not met and some I know really well. 3 of the people I follow are well known to this blog; Gord, Doc and GreatGothNinja for example. Now this band where talking to CaptainJacksBrewery about ale. I joined in the chat and a new twitter friendship was formed.
Around October the Cap’ announced he had an ale called Ninja Tears, and as we all know there’s no such thing as Ninjas. This being said I fancied tasting some of the is particular ale. Therefore the old conversation of how to get ale from his brewery up to my humble abode, that is the sticking point of how to get Ale from Northampton to the North. Then I realised I have WIFE!!! Not much of a plan but bear with me. She has a Job! Still not really a plan. That takes her to Northampton! Boom! A PLAN.
I organised my wife and the Cap’ to meet up and ensure I get beer. Now you may think this is dangerous however being a member of a Fraternity comes with the safe knowledge that the Cap’ is Just, Up right with strict morals and sound judgement. Plus I’d be more worried for his safety if you try to upset my better half.
The delivery was done and all parties where happy, although Cap’ would not take cash, he preferred a review of his ales.
But how do you go about that well I decided to base my review on these areas:
These would be marked out of 5 with the overall winner having the highest total.
The selection of Ales I had received where:
There were some surprises, I am not a fan of Cherries but I did enjoy Cherry Ko, the overall Winner was Ninja Tears again a surprise as I am not really a Porter / Stout fan. I do not like Guinness or Murphy’s so I was surprised this was the winner. Incidentally Sierra Nevada Torpedo was so strong I forgot to make proper notes!!
In conclusion although there has to be a winner, all the beers that CaptainJacksBrewery supplied me with where all better than Stones, Boddingtons. If you can get your hands on his ales I would certainly recommend them to you. I am in fact negotiating some for my New Year’s Eve party.