Ready to Go

Posted on Tue 01 September 2009 in general • Tagged with car, home, house

I dropped my car off at the body-shop for it's cosmetic surgery today. It will be there for 8-9 working days. On a completely unrelated note we have a completion date now which is in the scarily close sub-fortnight range. Hopefully we'll be moved into our new house the weekend …


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Orwell Diaries

Posted on Fri 28 August 2009 in general • Tagged with blogs, politics

The Orwell Diaries have been running for a little over a year now. One thing I've learned is his slight obsession with the egg production of his chickens as well as a few notes about living in Spain. However the last few weeks has seen more earnest reporting of the …


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Write to your MP time

Posted on Tue 25 August 2009 in general • Tagged with 3strikes, politics

I've not sent many letters to my current MP since I moved down south. So today I was moved to send the following:

Dear James Paice,

I'm writing to you today to let you know about my views on the
Governments proposed Internet disconnection policy [1] on accusation
of illegal …

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New Job, Old Job

Posted on Mon 24 August 2009 in general • Tagged with irony, work

I started my new job today. In many ways* it's like my old job except with paid holidays and stuff. I'll miss the 2 spare days a week I had to indulge other interests but projects but I suspect I'll just have to do that at the weekends like everyone …


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It's just cricket

Posted on Thu 20 August 2009 in general • Tagged with cricket, sport

I'm never been a big fan of spectator sports. Generally the only things I watch with any sort of regularity is international Rugby Union and the occasional World Cup game. However there is something to be said for the institution of Cricket. It's a lot easier to watch the figures …


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