Archive for April, 2006
Time…
On Thursday 4th May , at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.
Just one of those nice little things that happen with numbers.
Something to look forward to, unless you’re from the US, in which case it happened on the 5th April!
April 26, 2006
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Off Your Trolley?
What do you think about supermarkets? I was previously quite pleased about the fact that I wasn’t the only new addition to Morningside this year. I was initially quite happy to find that my nearest supermarket was going to be a Waitrose.
As supermarkets go, Waitrose appear to be fairly ethical – they are part [...]
April 26, 2006
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Comfort Food (or How I Learned To Embrace My Feminine Side And Stop Fearing Ice Cream)
This I how I know i’m a “new man”.
Yes, that’s Carte D’or Crema Di Mascarpone with danish butter cookies and a large gin and tonic.
April 25, 2006
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Might I Introduce My Host…?
The other day someone asked me about domain names and hosting.
After I had explained to them the basic error they made in asking me, a web-idiot, about this kind of thing, I pointed them in the direction of Weycrest.
I’ve been with this London-based compay since I made the switch from blogspot, and they’ve helped me [...]
April 25, 2006
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Maggoty Nose Torture
The last time I gave up smoking, I found that my sense of taste improved quite a bit. I’ve not noticed that so much this time, but have found a marked increase in my sense of smell (which is strange, because I know they are pretty much one and the same sense…. I suppose it’s [...]
April 24, 2006
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An Apology (and knifes)
Thank you for all your comments of support regarding my removal from a shop last week. I sent of my complaint, and have now heard back from them. They are very sorry for the “poor impression” I was given of their service and the “obvious upset” this has caused me, my partner and her sister, [...]
April 24, 2006
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Goo
Back to work with a bump. It doesn’t feel like I’ve actually had a weekend! Both days, we were up at the crack of dawn doing the airport runs, and then on Sunday we were mostly shopping and cleaning the house.
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We like to mark birthdays in the office, so today it was my turn to [...]
April 24, 2006
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Hearing Things
I think I might be going a little bit mad in the head. I was phoning one of my volunteers this morning, and in the short silence between rings, I became convinced that I could hear very faint music on the line.
I tried again to listen to this afterwards by half-dialling a number and muting [...]
April 21, 2006
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