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Plodding Onwards

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It’s Thursday morning before the bank holiday weekend. I have a conference call in a little while hence the appearance of the headset on my desk. Work has be...

Second Coffee

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I’m working from home once again. Mid morning. Two coffees down. I don’t really have anything to share, other than I somehow managed not to write a blog post...

Manhattan

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I’ve been sittingat the ramshackle desk in the room we laughingly call “the study” for the last half hour, doing everythingexcept write a blog post. It’s not...

The One Where We Watched Paul Again

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After flicking through the channels last night looking for something to watch after the kids had gone to bed, I noticed that “Paul” was just starting, sosudd...

Early Start

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I began writing this post at 5:45am on Sunday morning. I got up early to watch the first Formula One grand prix of the year from Melbourne, Australia. While ...

Growing Up

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After arriving home from work a little early with a streaming cold, making myself a cup of tea, and slumping down on the couch in the living room, our younge...

A Long Day

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The alarm clock went off at 5:30am. It’s a good job it did, because my body clock failed spectacularly. Normally it would wake me up a couple of minutes befo...

Zero Maintainance Haircut

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A time window opened up this morning to get to the barbers in town, and get my hair chopped back to a more manageable length (read: a length where I have to ...

Instant Messaging

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With a not-very-heavy heart at all, I’m removing KIK from my mobile phone today. I was only using it to keep in touch with a couple ofpeople, and even then p...

Tired And Hungry

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This “not eating between meals” lark is hardespecially when you live in a house filled with daughters who seem to subsist on nothing but snacks. I just walke...