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Despite being a man and a bit overweight I come out at having another 20,500 days more to live, which umm … makes the summer of 2063 not a great year for me. Biological Age: 34 Virtual Age: 17:8 Average…
Continue readingA much more successful (and thus enjoyable) band practice tonight. I actually managed to play my flute to a halfway decent standard which is always good. Last week, in case I forget was awful â spending much of the first…
Continue readingFor the past couple of days I have still needed to wear my jacket for the cycle ride into work. Today I had to unzip mid-way with the heat already building, and the sun so, so nice. The smells of…
Continue readingTagged by 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the next three sentences. 5. Tag fivesix people. Since I’m at work my nearest book is New Hart’s Rules, which…
Continue readingI’ve always liked Little Clarendon Street. It’s cute, and nice, and kind of continental in feel. This morning as I cycled down it in the crisp morning sun the waft of smells reminiscent of a foreign town came across me….
Continue readingI know that the British always joke about the Bank Holiday weather, but actually, in my experience, the May Day one’s are usually pretty damn decent. And today, was no exception. Having done our jobs on the hazy Sunday before,…
Continue readingToday has been a good and productive day. Although we didn’t get up very early (the second time) that was because we’d already been up for 3 hours and had a good walk, so it didn’t feel too wasteful having…
Continue readingWe’ve just gone back to bed, having already had breakfast. But why, I hear you ask? As decided yesterday, we got up at half past three this morning, dressed, and wiped the sleepy-dust from our eyes, and drove up to…
Continue reading1. We woke up at half past four this morning. The plan was to get up and go to Burnham Beeches to hear the dawn chorus and have an early morning walk in the woods. But it was already getting…
Continue readingWhen you want to be together for longer, but can’t because no one is wanting to buy your house, and both parties have the responsibilities of their own cats, something has to give. It sounded like a crazy idea when…
Continue readingStolen from What we have here are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThingâs users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the…
Continue readingSo the Bank of England are saying that the credit crunch may be over? Well hears hoping. Maybe, just maybe, this kind of news will start to filter down through the housing market and things will start moving again.
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