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Saying Goodbye To The Netbook

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This evening I erased the hard hard-drive on the old netbook computer that’s been kicking around the house for the last few years, and gave it to my other ha...

Adventures In Babysitting

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In the grand tradition of discovering movies thirty years after everybody else, I finally sat and watched “Adventures in Babysitting” this evening with Miss ...

Walking Away Again

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I deactivated my Tumblr account last night. I dread to think how many times I have re-joined Tumblr over the last three, four, or five years. Every time I wa...

Has Anybody Seen My Hangover

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We were invited out to a 50th birthday party last night, hosted at the local rowing club on the river - the same rowing club where you might typically have f...

The Weekend Begins

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After much thought and deliberation last night - you know - a few seconds worth - I have decided to stop writing draft blog posts in a text editor and storin...

September Really

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I’m working from home today. This really means I’m answering emails, carrying on the research I was doing yesterday, running back and forth between the washi...

The Slippery Virtual Slope

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During a break from the regularly scheduled mayhem at work this morning I ran the “Second Life” client software on my work laptop, wondering if it still work...

Getting Over Myself

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I woke with a start at 6am this morning - from an apparently thrilling dream that I cannot remember. While contemplating the bedroom ceiling, and watching a ...

Bank Holiday Monday

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I got up a little over an hour ago. After heading to the shower, brushing my teeth, and getting dressed, I wandered into the lounge and discovered the younge...

Weird Dreams Gameshows And The Hogwarts Express

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After watching the boxing match between Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather at 5am this morning, I looked at the clock, and decided to go back to bed for a ...