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Last night was the night of the last Blackwell Publishing summer party and/or the first/last Wiley-Blackwell Summer Party, and I had a ticket. We had this thing going in the Social Committee that committee members went in free, and if…
Continue readingRegular readers of these pages will know already of my fear of hairdressers, and having haircuts. This fear has receded somewhat (no pun intended) with the discovery of the Hair Gallery in Bicester. They are more expensive than a traditional…
Continue reading1. Okay, so when I said the flood waters were receding yesterday, that is not so true. The surge has come down the Thames and has now flooded much of Osney and Botley Road (apparently Kathy from band has spent…
Continue readingAnother month, and another VIP/Press Night, this time, possibly the last one that I will get an invite for now that I’m not arranging group tickets for the Wiley-Blackwell crew. I was a bit concerned about this one as the…
Continue readingWhilst my heart goes out to all those affected by this weekend’s flooding, one has to think that you should not be surprised when flood plains flood. After all, the event is there in the name isn’t it? I also…
Continue readingI woke reasonably early yesterday to pack for my long weekend in Norfolk and to finish reading my book in preparation for reading *that* book. Then after a quick bite to eat, I headed out onto the roads and the…
Continue readingTwo years ago I was in Romania for the launch of Harry Potter 6 – the university town of Timisoara to be precise. On that occasion I bought the latest installment of the Hogwarts’ adventure for a little over 1…
Continue readingYught! I woke the sound of rain – heavy rain, and decided, considering the forecast to ditch my normal, trust two wheels and bus it from the park & ride. I think Iâve made the right decision. Weâre sinking into…
Continue readingIt amazes me just how many people are still using their mobiles whilst driving. I tell you, if there are any police(wo)man reading, get out there onto the Woodstock Road in Oxford. Thereâs one lady whoâs driving all the way…
Continue readingI have been (comparatively) late in coming to the phenomenon that is facebook. But now everyone seems to be on it, and whatâs more everyone seems to be on it all the time. Itâs essentially got the same buzz about…
Continue readingHad a rendezvous with Ros in the Sainsburyâs car park this evening to be handed a ticket to this yearâs Wiley-Blackwell summer party. We ended up having a bit of catch up, which included me offering congratulations to her for…
Continue readingBloody hell! My debit card has been cloned! Emma sent me a text asking me how much my contents insurance, and not being absolutely sure down to the nearest pound I logged onto smile. I found out out it was…
Continue readingToday I went to a plant centre and found an acer to go in the big pot that rhodie used to be but was now vacant due the rhodie moving on to an even bigger pot that we went to…
Continue readingThis weekend was utterly, fantastically great! 🙂 My parent’s arrived on Friday night, and on Saturday we went for a walk with Barney dog at Stowe Landscape Gardens near Buckingham (one of the Capability Brown constructed estates – there’s also…
Continue readingAfter recent laptop adventures, I have been prompted to be better at the whole âbackupsâ thing. The thing is my photography habit is literally eating disk space. I am down to my last slither of free space on the âputer,…
Continue readingThe very nice man from Dell has just left are spending barely half an hour with me. He had with him a new screen and graphics card to replace, starting off with another quick go at diagnostics, he quickly moved…
Continue readingI left my bedroom door open last night when I went to bed. At 5 o’clock in the morning, Arthur came in, but still no Bella. At 6 o’clock I got up quickly, and got ready, thinking that I would…
Continue reading1. Bella went out on Monday evening, not that there is anything surprising about that. What was surprising is that she didn’t come back; not on Monday night, not on Tuesday morning for breakfast, and not on Tuesday night for…
Continue readingRegular readers of these pages will know that I have been managing to lose a small amount of weight recently, thanks mainly to cycling (ie. an increase in exercise). I was pleased therefore, to discover today that it is not…
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