North of the Stupid Line

Archive for February, 2010

24 Feb, 2010

Supervision vs management

Posted by: Rob

I went on a “Supervision Training for Managers” course yesterday afternoon and realised I’d been doing supervision sessions with my staff (I currently manage 6 staff) all wrong! Oops.
Apparently, where I’ve been going wrong is to discuss both supervision AND management issues in a supervision session. This begs the question: “what’s the difference between [...]

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23 Feb, 2010

Corey

Posted by: Rob

Do I really need an excuse to upload a picture of my gorgeous little boy?!

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23 Feb, 2010

Life is perfect, or is it?

Posted by: Rob

I reach the tender age of 30 this year, and I do think I’m lucky in the sense that my life is perfect. My issue is, is it really that perfect? Should I, at the very least, be thinking that it is perfect?
First of all, how does one define “perfect”? Does it mean perfect as [...]

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22 Feb, 2010

Reading blogs

Posted by: Rob

I’ve finally got back into the habit of checking out my Bloglines account regularly courtesy of my new iPhone, which makes it so easy (check out http://i.bloglines.com
I’ve been catching up on some blogs and there are some pretty good ones out there. If you have any suggestions as to what I should be checking out, [...]

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22 Feb, 2010

Fatherhood

Posted by: Rob

Corey was three months old on Friday – where has the time gone?
After entering his way into my life on 19 November 2009 via caesarean section, Corey has been a source of absolute joy and pleasure for both Rachel and I. Believe me, nothing ever prepares you for this outpouring of love that you [...]



  • JGJones: Hear hear - I never understand those "fathers" myself either. My wife once said this quote to me which is very true: "Any man can be a father, but
  • Dafydd: JG: Point taken. Rob: you should have waited :-D
  • JGjones: Dafydd, Android phones are good - but the current hardware that's in UK sucks for them (they're nowhere near as powerful as the iPhone 3GS so you r

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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.