Primary Data

Posted on Tue 17 May 2011 in general • Tagged with children, life

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It's hard to explain the impact of seeing a few grainy pixels waving at you on a medical monitor stand. While it's a sign of our modern magical times that I can provide people with a picture of …


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Dodging Rainclouds

Posted on Mon 09 May 2011 in general • Tagged with administrava, visits

We had a nice trip up to Manchester (or more correctly Knutsford) over the weekend. We knew we were approaching Manchester after the sunny afternoon drive was obscured by the large cloud burst darkening the sky. The pattern of rain continued until Sunday but luckily lifted itself for the duration …


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Self-indulgence

Posted on Wed 04 May 2011 in general • Tagged with av, politics, referendum, voting

I was thinking of twining about how hard my life was especially as I haven't been able to get my CoD on for the last two weeks due to the extended PSN outage. However I was reminded this morning that it's voting day tomorrow and given the current polling is …


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Wingnut Special

Posted on Tue 03 May 2011 in general • Tagged with conspiracy, skeptics, terrorism

I suspect yesterday morning will be one of those "remember where you were when..." moments. Our Monday morning alarm was set (having not disabled it for the bank holiday) so we woke to the headlines announcing the killing of US enemy number one in a daring raid into Pakistan.

I …


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Bread and Circuses

Posted on Fri 29 April 2011 in general • Tagged with monarchy, weddings

I'm not exactly a staunch royalist but in the great scheme of things having a constitutional monarchy ain't so bad. While it's unlikely I'll be glued to the TV watching the high pomp and circumstance of our eventual King and Queen getting married I don't begrudge anyone who wants to …


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