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Jonathan Doesnt Live Here Any More

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I finally pulled the trigger on a new home for my ramblings, and a massive simplification of my online life. I will now have one blog - one place to write - ...

Considering Armageddon

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I have too many fingers in too many on-line pies. It’s getting ridiculous, and I’m wondering about taking the “new broom” approach to sorting everything out ...

Avoiding Temptation

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I’m sitting on my hands today - avoiding the temptation to “build a better homepage” on the internet. I own my own name as a .com URL, and have a freebie sit...

Routine And The Order Of Things

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When I arrived home from Scotland, I found myself at the kitchen sink within half an hour - washing up cups, plates, and cutlery, and putting things away in ...

Revisiting Livejournal

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I revisited a old internet haunt this weekend, and signed up for an account.I had an account a LiveJournal “back in the day” - when blogging was in it’s infa...

Oh Freddy Im Doomed

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Today started well. The children were up first, and after a quick shower, were discovered watching cartoons in the living room. A thirty minute warning was i...

From Selkirk To Euston

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I woke ridiculously early this morning. The phone alarm clock went off, and woke me from the most ridiculous dream I had in quite some time.

Unexpected Kindness Surrounds Me

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And low, he did mark the passing of his 42nd tour of a fairly typical main sequence star by sitting in his hotel room alone, drinking forgettable instant cof...

Selkirk Melrose And The Eildon Hills

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Ever since I knew I was coming to Scotland with work for two weeks, I knew I wouldn’t be going home on the middle weekend, because the travel time required w...

My Perfect Hotel Room

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While staying in a hotel this week with work, I’ve started to realise the things that really count in a hotel roomfor me. I was going to title this post “The...