Re-living the youth I never had

Posted on Sun 25 December 2005 in general

Last night I headed down to the Rose for the now seemingly traditional Christmas Eve drinks. The revelation that I have been drinking there for exactly half of my life so far was only slightly sobering. We then headed down to the old stomping ground of ?The Rec? to ?hang …


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Loafing Up a Gear

Posted on Fri 23 December 2005 in general

I am now fully ensconced in the bosom of my family. This means my loafing has extended from a moderately active activity to a full passive mode where my parents feed me and provide seemingly limitless beer. Today?s main activity was having lunch at the local Chinese restaurant with …


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You don?t have to play every hand, apparently

Posted on Wed 21 December 2005 in general

I finally made it through the traffic to Nottingham in time for my brothers weekly card game. I did quite well and even managed to be chip leader a couple of times. However by 2 in the morning I was starting to make mistakes and playing with rather weak hands …


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Loaftastic

Posted on Tue 20 December 2005 in general

So the last 4 days have been loaded with loafage. I was intending to spend a large portion of my time playing GTA but instead have been quite busy seeing people.

Saturday involved getting up before being fed pre-Christmas dinner until I nearly exploded. It was nice to see Katy …


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Hooray, Hooray, its a Holi-Holi-Day!

Posted on Fri 16 December 2005 in general

I finally got out of the office at 20:30 this evening after two false starts. I am now officially on holiday until the new year. This year has been fun but having deadlines just before Christmas sucks serious ass. Still I don't have to think about it for 2 …


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