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Easter Sunday Morning

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We have been up since 7am, when our younger children awoke. The next ten minutes were spent running around the garden like idiots following a treasure trail ...

An Evening With Friends

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We spent the evening eating pizza, drinking wine, and catching up with good friends that live across the way. The children played video and board games toget...

When Winning Is Losing

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I gather from one of the posts I just saw onTumblr recentlythat somebody had either won a lottery, or landed a huge contract at work. It brought to mind some...

Sunday At Legoland

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We tipped outselves out of bed early on Sunday morning, packed our bags with all manner of snacks, and set out for Legoland to celebrate the new “9 year old”...

Final Night At The Holiday Inn

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Tonight is my the final night at the Holiday Inn Expressperhaps for some time. After returning from the office this evening I got changed, packed clothes int...

Unable To Switch Off

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I walked into the office at 8:45 this morning, and basically didn’t leave my seat again until 7pm this evening. Building software and configuring systems in ...

Sunday Night In Leeds

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It’s late on Sunday night, and I find myself in Leeds once more. In months past I would have described the journey herethrough London, and northwardas some k...

Brain Dump

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It’s Friday evening, and the weekend is upon us. The kids are watching a movie in the lounge on “Amazon Prime Instant”, whatever the hell that isI just downl...

The Holiday Mirrors Reality

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While flicking through the channels late last night, I discovered “The Holiday” was on, and given that I’ll watch anything with Kate Winslet in, that this is...