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Pickpocketed On The London Underground

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It had to happen at some point. This evening while travelling home I was pickpocketed on the London Underground. I didn’t realise until I got off the train a...

Carrying The World On My Shoulders

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While walking through the bustling London streets to find something to eat this lunchtime, I felt exposed - alone. I’m not quite sure what’s causing it. In t...

Star Wars On The Nintendo Ds

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I finally have a copy of Star Wars for the Nintendo DS - complete with swishy light sabre noises, and tinny but thunderous music.

Ghost In The Shell

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This evening I am having the last couple of hours of the weekend to myself watching the second Ghost in the Shell movie - “Innocence”. For those who have not...

Four Months With Children

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I just realised - it’s now been four months since the end of our two year odyssey through the various hurdles and high jumps of the social services system. F...

Computer Attempts Meltdown

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We have several computers in our house - “the laptop” (also known as a Macbook), “the desktop” (also known as an ancient Compaq Presario that lives in the in...

Books Ebooks And Podcasts

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Due to the resumption in hostilities between myself and the British transport system that has been forced upon me by my employer for the next several months,...

Riding A Bicycle To Work

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At present I am commuting into the city for three days each weekand for the remaining two days I live close enough to the office to ride a mountain bike to w...

Running Out Of Pockets

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While attempting to organise myself before leaving the house this morning I ran out of pockets. While this normally wouldn’t be such a huge problem, if you’r...