http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk Just another WordPress weblogger earning a scant living...well no living to be truthful...please contribute in words Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:15:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image via WikipediaBest films of the last decade range from 'Avatar' to 'Pan's LabyrinthTEXT SIZE  By: Lou GaulBurlington County TimesNew Year’s Day has come and gone and a new decade has begun.Before saying a final farewell to the last 10 years, here’s an alphabetical list of the 10 live-action films I ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1539 Image via WikipediaI hope you have one eye on your wallet if you're thinking of buying a house in the UK this year - 2010. One eye on your wallet, one eye on your job prospects , one eye on the economy and one eye on the politicians and bankers ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1538 Image by Kol Tregaskes via FlickrLet me start by saying I live in the UK - to be precise England. To be even more precise Lincoln. I have lived in France having spent 5 glorious years in the Limousin. We sold up and returned to the UK last year.Would I ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1537 Image via WikipediaThe recession is causing havoc amongst existing European Governments. Take the UK. Gordon Brown's hold on power has seriously slipped since the recession started, if not before, given his tendency towards the odd bloomer!But now well into a serious economic decline , New Labour look to be in ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1536 Image via WikipediaIt's almost 2010 and I'm in a dilemma!Should I buy a house in the coming year or should I hold back for further falls in the housing market in the UK. What's a man to do?Related articles by ZemantaHouse price increase 'slows down' (news.bbc.co.uk)Housebuilder Bellway in talks over ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1535 Image by Bertrand Duperrin via FlickrI'd like to think that I'd take a holiday in France in the year to come. Get down to the Limousin to meet up with friends, relax a little around a lake, take in the sights. Perhaps visit Paris on the way back.BUT......have you seen ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1534 4 Tips on Retaining your Blog ReadersNovember 29th, 2009 | Blog Tips, Blogging, Comments, ReadershipWhen you first create a blog, getting people to visit it is definitely going to be one of the most important considerations that you make. Simply attracting these blog readers is not enough if you are not guaranteeing in some ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1533 Image by ~C4Chaos via FlickrWho these days admits to having an unsuccessful blog?Perhaps you have no subscribers or followers, or nobody but nobody ever visits your site. Does that amount to a lack of success or merely that you are, as yet, unnoticed in the tsunami of blogs out there. ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1532 Image by Getty Images via DaylifeWe're often told "there's a novel in all of us just waiting to get told".Well, mine can't be that keen because it isn't pressing me at all to come out -  like some new energised babe into this old world. No - mine is hidden ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1531 Image via WikipediaThere are many without a home in the UK this Xmas. Homelessness comes to the forefront of our minds as we finish off the last minute shopping and see in doorways or down a darkened alley those seated bodies like Buddhas of the night settling into their sleeping ... http://www.gorseinonboy.co.uk/?p=1530