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Returning To London

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I’ve written about the morning routine when working in London so many times in the past, I can’t imagine it is interesting to anybody any more. I’ll give it ...

The Morning After The Day Before

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It’s just past 11am at the time of writing. I’ve been up since 8:30am - the kids got up about an hour later - after I had already had a shower, washed up, ti...

Rock The Moor

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It’s just gone midnight, and I’m sitting in the study at home in the dark with a cup of tea. My entire body aches. I’m not sick. Just very, very tired after ...

Nerdy Post Is Nerdy

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Well this is interesting. I’m writing this post on the Macbook - it’s the first time I had had it out for months. It’s been sitting on the floor of the junkr...

The One Where I Rescued A Puppy

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After leaving the office this evening, while fiddling with the strap on my helmet, adjusting my backpack, and fastening my gloves, a black labrador puppy cam...

And Then They Were Gone

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Over the years that I’ve made friends with people around the world via the internet, there’s one thing that I’ve seen again and again that has perplexed me. ...

Moving The Motherlode

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This is going to be a very nerdy post. Just warning you in advance.

Meow Meow Beenz

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Ever since discovering the “profile rating” number in the profiles at LiveJournal, I’ve been quietly charting my daily worth as calculated by the secret algo...

Nothing To Report

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I woke with a start at 5:30am this morning. After blinking a few times, and opening my eyes wide, I rolled over and reached for the mobile phone. Any message...

Football And Dance Shows

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After dragging myself out of bed this morning at 7am, I wandered into the kids room, opened the curtains, and started shouting the usual roll-call. On any we...