Real life in Leeds

Leeds has really hit the headlines in the past few days, in a way that could never have been foreseen. The sad thing is that for the last fifteen years or so there has been a massive amount of work done by the people who run the city to bring some major regeneration to what was becoming a faded industrial town. And to be fair there has been a great deal of successs.

To many people living in the UK now Leeds' name has become synonomous with those who love to shop till they drop and to party all night long. It is also now home to many financial institutions as well as big business. Wal-Mart's Asda is based here, it is the home of Ananova news service, and property prices reflect the kind of people the area now attracts.

What a shame then that all most people across the globe will think of when they hear the name Leeds is the home of the London bombers.

Intelligent life anyone?

Came into this blogging business in the hope of finding some real-life intelligence out there in the world of the web. By that I mean comments that go deeper than the sell, sell, sell of advertising or the chit-chat about where to buy shoes and who's sleeping with who.

At the moment I do not have a paid job, which means I spend my days looking after my duaghter. I love her dearly and cherish every moment spent in her company, so do not read this as a rant about toddlerdom, but still occasionally I feel the need to stretch my mind a little further than the average recitation of nursery rhymes or run round the garden.

I thought that web chat would mean endless hours of dissecting literature and musing about the meaning of life - not really wanting to sound too pretentious of course - but so far have been disappoitned by what I have seen and read.

Contradictions to these comments welcome of course.

Virgin Blogger

Must be living in the dark ages but this is the first time I've entered the world of blogging and am wandering in the dark so far. Maybe I'll pick it up as I go.