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Snacks Through The Mail With Graze

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One of my oldest friends online (she has a blog here) messaged me this morning, asking if I had heard of “Graze” - and I had to admit I had not. The photo ab...

The One Where The Rain Made Me Wretch

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The cycle home from work this evening was rather eventful, on account of the great deluge that befell most of southern England in time to coincide with my jo...

The One Where My Other Half Gets A Blackberry

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W took delivery of her first “smartphone” earlier today - a Blackberry 8520 “Curve”. To say she is happy is something of an understatement; she’s been living...

Swords Sorcery Magic And Madness Gamers The Movie

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In a repeat of their earlier generosity with “Clerks”, Amazon again sent me two movies for twice the price yesterday. This time the movie was “Gamers”, which...

Monday Morning Mayhem

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I sometimes envy the single guys at work - that can roll out of bed with a finely crafted routine ahead of them to leave the house with seconds to spare beyo...

Shall I Get Naked

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If you arrived here via a search for something rather questionable, I’m sorry to disappoint you. This does involve nakedness, and showers, and lots of giggli...

Going To The Zoo You Can Come Too

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If you recognised the lyric from the Tom Paxton track, well done. We went to the Cotswold Safari Park with our kids today - the first time myself or my other...

Messages From The Clouds

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No, I have not bought a copy of “The Cloud Spotters Guide”, neither have I suddenly started reading the collected writings of Billy Meier (I’ll let you look ...

Book Crossing And The Beginning Of The Exodus

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As can be deduced from the photo above without too many Sherlock Holmesian skills, we have a lot of books in our house. While the photo doesn’t actually look...

New Mug Required

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Like most workplaces, we each draw from a collective pool of mugs in the kitchen. The various drinkingreceptaclesare emblazoned with an assortment of long de...