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Lady Gaga Bizarre And Brilliant

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When I first saw her on television, I thought “what on EARTH?!?”, and switched channels. Since then the chorus lines of her songs have invaded my brain via t...

Back On The Air

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The photograph is of astronaut Steve Bowen. His expression pretty much sums up my feelings of being back online.

Fullmetal Alchemist

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I bought the first series of “Fullmetal Alchemist” at the weekend. I’ve read a couple of the Manga books in the past, and thought it was interesting. For tho...

Painting The Wendy House

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A couple of weeks ago, some good friends offered us the W House at the foot of their garden. I nearly bit their hand off.

Why Are You Great

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Following an interesting idea invented by Antidamen on her LiveJournal, I’m turning this blog inside out today - and asking why you think you are so great;

Threaded Comments Ahoy

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I took a few minutes out this lunchtime to implement threaded comments on this blog. WordPress has been able to do it for ages (since version 2.7) - I just c...

Light At The End Of The Broadband Tunnel

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You might not know this, but I have had no broadband internet connection at home since February. With a little luck the situation is about to change (5 month...

Thunking Away

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You’re probably wondering what on earth “Thunking” means. As far as I am aware, it comes from computer science - and is often used to describe the process of...

Our Wedding

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I just realised that I have never shared the photos of our wedding (in 2001 with the world at large. Consider this the start of that being corrected;

Keeping In Touch

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I’ve been having a bit of a sort out this morning (in between making breakfast for everybody, coffee, getting dressed, brushing teeth, dealing with tantrums…...