Victory for the ape decendents

Posted on Mon 28 March 2011 in general • Tagged with cats, rats

A number of weeks ago our feline owner bought a live rodent into the house. As we attempted to stop the cat playing with it's food it managed to make it's escape into the bowels of our kitchen seemingly disappearing into the skirting behind our sink. After a fruitless hour …


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The long shadow of Iraq

Posted on Wed 16 March 2011 in general • Tagged with geopolitics, iraq, libya

Colonel Gaddafi must think he's the luckiest dictator in the world. While operating under the imperfect spotlight of the worlds media last week he's now busy crushing the rebellion in Libya while the worlds attention is divided by events the other side of the world. Meanwhile the legacy of the …


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Goodbye Nana

Posted on Mon 14 March 2011 in general • Tagged with life, personal

The weekend was overshadowed by saying goodbye to my Nana on Friday. She was the last of my grandparents to go after reaching the grand old age of 95. Right up to end she maintained her sharp wit and sense of fun. The service was a nice humanist celebration of …


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Holy exponential parking charges Batman!

Posted on Mon 07 March 2011 in general • Tagged with science, stansted, wonders

There wasn't much to be achieved at the weekend although I did pick my parents up from their last minute skiing holiday. It did lead to some colourful language when I got tagged by the airports parking scam.

I carefully timed the drive down to arrive as my parented landed …


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Is it spring yet?

Posted on Mon 21 February 2011 in general • Tagged with cod, garden, home

Nothing much happened this weekend apart from a complete tidy-up spring clean of the house. This may seem a little premature but when the weather finally does get better we won't have to worry about too much clutter up the house. Fliss' mum came around on Sunday and helped us …


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