Christmas Arrives
After a morning spent sweeping the house for books, toys, games, and clothes that we don’t need or want any more, we visited one of the many charity shops in...
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Yesterday
I just watched the movie “Yesterday” - the romantic comedy about the guy that gets hit by a bus, and wakes up to a world where the Beatles never existed. I’m...
Final Friday
Today is the last day of my week off work - apart from the weekend, but that doesn’t count really, does it? I’m spending the day at home listening to the was...
Christmas Shopping
I went Christmas shopping with our eldest daughter today - armed with a list written late last night by my other half. Of COURSE this was how I wanted to spe...
Returning To The Bullet Journal
After dithering quite considerably over the past several months, I have returned to using a bullet journal. There was a huge temptation to dick around with a...
Retro Video Games
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s in the UK, a huge skills gap opened up that the various science, technology, engineering and mathematics Universities be...
Self Imposed Reclusion
Throughout the second half of the Couch to 5K running programme over the last few weeks, I have been battling first a cold, then what appeared to be a second...
The Santa Fun Run
After getting up a little after 7 this morning, jumping in the shower, and having a shave, I pulled on a bright red Santa suit, and joined the rest of the fa...
Cascading Failures
On the way home from work last night a car forced me into the hedgerow alongside the road. When I got home I realised the front tyre of my bike was punctured...
Just Another Day
While many people I know on the other side of the planet have the day off today - to celebrate “Thanksgiving”, it’s just another day on this side of the plan...