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Stormy Weather

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If I had believed the weather forecasts last night, I might have imagined waking up to discover some sequin shoed legs extending from underneath the house th...

Ian Hope Half Time Pie

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wp:jetpack/markdown {“source”:”This week on the podcast I talk to Ian Hope about growing up in the north of England, music, football, computers, and his blog...

A Private Video Diary

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I never quite know from one day to the next what damn fool escapade I’ll be involved in next. Tonight has been all about recording a private video diary - my...

Questioning The Universe

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You might wonder, after posting somewhere in the region of five thousand times to this blog over the last seventeen years, if I might ever run out of things ...

Sitting Down Here

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While listening to the radio in the kitchen last night, “Sitting Down Here” by Lene Marlin began playing, and I’ve been humming it ever since. I remember the...

Slowly Sideways

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I worked from home today. I didn’t set out to work from home. After cycling to work, a call from my eldest daughter mid-morning about the internet connection...

An Adventure In London

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This morning I got up bright and early, woke our eldest daughter with a bacon sandwich, and then set off for the railway station with her to spend the day wa...

Pretending To Be Confident

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While recording conversations with bloggers for the podcast, a common theme in the hours or minutes before we get started always seems to be:

Finding A Minute Or Two

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After spending the greater part of the day working through changes to the leviathan I have been working on for the last several years, I cycled home through ...