http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares/newwith/me Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:56:10 -0800 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:56:10 -0800 http://www.mybloglog.com/ en-us <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2010/01/for-i-have-promises-to-keep.html'>For I have promises to keep...</a> <br>And so, another new year (and indeed, new decade) beckons. Given the action-packed nature of the last one, there might be much...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:40:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-happy-new-year-to-you-all.html'>And a Happy New Year to you all...</a> <br>I'm an hour ahead of most of my readers, here in Nice, so by the time you read this, I'll probably be asleep.However, I hope...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/building-your-castle-lesson-1-make-it.html'>Building your castle: lesson 1 - make it daunting...</a> <br>Looking at a map of Nice, I had spotted the city's other main railway station, that of the Chemins de Fer de Provence, with a...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:05:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/sweet-smell-of-success.html'>The sweet smell of success</a> <br>It was time to escape the glitz and glamour of the Cote d'Azur, and so we headed out of Nice on the train, bound for...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:18:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-in-review-part-3-trains-planes-but.html'>2009 in review (part 3): trains, planes but not automobiles...</a> <br>I had gotten over the irritation of the summer, kind of, and was at least willing to explain what I thought risked being lost...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:36:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/quite-possibly-strangest-place-in-world.html'>Quite possibly the strangest place in the world...</a> <br>So, why am I here, exactly? Well, it became my goal to visit more countries than I had birthdays, and I finally caught up in...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:19:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/once-upon-time-it-was-cute-and-furry.html'>Once upon a time, it was cute and furry...</a> <br>And now it's dead, and eaten...I've just had a sensationally good rabbit dinner in a restaurant just off of Place Massena....<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:08:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/liberal-bureaucracy-turns-tax-exile.html'>'Liberal Bureaucracy' turns tax exile?</a> <br>The real problem with the vast sums of money that roll in from the proceeds of advertising on this blog is that the United...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:58:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-in-review-part-2-youre-going-to.html'>2009 in review (part 2): "you're going to find me, out in the country..."</a> <br>Spring came, and with it my traditional hopeless candidacy in a seat with no tradition of Liberal Democrat support and little...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:42:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-in-review-part-1-exploring-limits.html'>2009 in review (part 1): exploring the limits of being the 'First Husband'</a> <br>Here at 'Liberal Bureaucracy', we've grown used to reviewing the year gone by, and 2009 is no exception...The year began...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:42:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/just-another-typical-christmas-in.html'>Just another typical Christmas in Creeting St Peter...</a> <br>Ah yes, Christmas in rural Suffolk. We've been wrapped up in all of those last minute activities that are so much a part of...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:55:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/thoughts-from-train-death-of-british.html'>Thoughts from the Train: the death of the British stiff upper lip?</a> <br>Here in the warmth of my first class carriage, somewhere just outside Colchester, it is tempting to be grateful for small...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:02:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-being-forced-to-drink-beer.html'>On being forced to drink beer...</a> <br>What with the snow and all, getting back to Mid Suffolk has proved to be a little trickier than usual. It isn't possible to...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:09:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/glorious-moments-in-local-democracy.html'>Glorious moments in local democracy (part 4,391)</a> <br>I have recently found myself with something of a (temporary) dilemma. As a Parish Councillor, I am responsible for considering...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:45:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/climate-change-is-scaring-people-right.html'>Climate change - is scaring people the right approach?</a> <br>As the snow falls over Central London, and the prospects for a deal on climate change ebb away in Copenhagen, I find myself...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:12:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/frankie-howard-and-leslie-phillips.html'>Frankie Howard and Leslie Phillips - alive and well in the House of Lords</a> <br>Clearly, the House of Lords retains a sense of humour, as today's exchange indicates;Asked By Baroness DeechTo ask Her...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:48:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/wokingham-where-its-easier-to-sign-up.html'>Wokingham - where it's easier to sign up deliverers than to answer the quiz...</a> <br>After a lengthy, but quite pleasant journey, we arrived at Earley, where we had an engagement to meet Steve Scarrott, victor of...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:56:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-liberty-or-to-be-more-accurate-in.html'>On Liberty or, to be more accurate, in Liberty...</a> <br>Yesterday evening was spent attending a black tie dinner in support of Swansea and Gower Liberal Democrats. Not having had much...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:28:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/swansea-not-exactly-what-you-might.html'>Swansea - not exactly what you might expect</a> <br>Two weeks ago, Scotland. This weekend, Wales, and in particular, Swansea. After a lengthy train journey - engineering works...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:53:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/valladares-tartan-i-wasnt-exactly.html'>The Valladares tartan - I wasn't exactly joking...</a> <br>Alright, the concept of a Valladares tartan is stretching the notion beyond breaking point. However, I am a Gordon on my...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:28:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/men-in-kilts-starring-keeper-of.html'>Men in kilts, starring the Keeper of Stirling Castle</a> <br>I haven't had a chance to report back on my trip to the Gateway to the Highlands but, as I'm in the midst of a four hour...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:21:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/planning-for-absolute-beginners.html'>Planning for absolute beginners</a> <br>And so I made it to Needham Market, and found myself in a small lecture theatre with a group of Parish Councillors and Clerks...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:02:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/thoughts-from-train-star-light-star.html'>Thoughts from the Train: star light, star bright...</a> <br>One of the key differences between living in a big city and a countryside village is the diminished level of light pollution....<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:32:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/old-tricks-for-new-councillors.html'>Old tricks for new councillors</a> <br>I'm on my way to Needham Market, or to be more precise, the Lecture Theatre at the offices of soon to be abolished Mid Suffolk...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:08:00 -0800 <a href='http://liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com/2009/12/pbr-dont-you-wish-that-youd-never-got.html'>PBR: don't you wish that you'd never got out of bed?</a> <br>Alright, the economy is completely screwed, and there is going to be pain aplenty over the next three years or more. But the...<br /><a href='http://www.liberalbureaucracy.blogspot.com'><img src='http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/mbl/services/ifeed.png' alt='Liberal Bureaucracy' /></a> submitted by <a href='http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/MarkValladares'>Mark Valladares</a> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:25:00 -0800