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The Force Awakens Again

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This evening we took the children, and my mother in law, to see “Star Wars : The Force Awakens” for a second time. This post is going to have spoilers. I’m a...

Resisting Temptation

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Over the past several months I have closed accounts at LiveJournal, WordPress, and Tumblrwith the end goal being simplicityone place to write onlineone place...

Deconstructing Christmas

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I’m not entirely sure how I managed to wake up at a half-sensible time this morning. After racing home from the cinema we bought a metric ton of pizza, wine,...

Happy New Year

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We spent yesterday evening counting down the final hours of 2015 in the company of good friendseating, drinking, and playing ridiculous games (have you heard...

The Beatles

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I’ve not been online much over the last 48 hours, but it appears the people in charge of the Beatles back catalog have. Their music has appeared on all of th...

Everything Changes

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I’m moving my blog to jonbeckett.comif you wish to continue reading my adventures, feel free to bookmark it.

The Millenium Falcon

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For our last hurrah of the year, we took the children to Legoland todaywe are fortunate that we live about half an hour away from the UK park, and they are o...

Slowing Down

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The children have finishedschool, I have finished work, and we are finally slowing down. The groceries arrived today. The presents are bought (but not all wr...

The Force Awakens

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After48 hours avoiding social media, newspapers, and magazine reviews, we finally got to the cinema last night to watch “Star Wars Episode VII : The Force Aw...

Five Trains In Five Hours

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I’m finally home from the last trip away of the year. After suffering from headaches all week, I finally jumped in a taxi to the railway station mid-afternoo...