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October 2009

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The time was when

15:51 Thomas is a bit slow and sleepy this afternoon. Comes from having a 2 1/2 hour 3 course lunch with the Head of School… 19:40 Thomas has had a very nice first week. 🙂 21:31 Thomas has found @ChrisGPackham…

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The time was when

09:15 Thomas is smelling the delicious aroma emuating from my new #SmartCafe mug. The sun is shining; the leaves are turning; life is undoubtably good… 11:23 Thomas has updated his first page! Wasn’t so bad… http://bit.ly/V2X3r

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The time was when

09:57 Thomas is hunting down links. Kinda fun, but oh, for corporate-publisher style documentation… 10:25 Thomas : alone in the office 11:29 Thomas : my new #SmartCafe mug has arrived. Life is good once more! 🙂 http://bit.ly/3yg5uv 15:08 Thomas has…

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The time was when

15:53 Thomas has a project, and an aim. It is good. 🙂 21:38 Thomas had a disaster at work this morning! My #SmartCafe thermal filter coffee mug broke!! Thanks to amazon prime, I’ll have a new one tomorrow! 21:46 Thomas…

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The time was when

08:54 Thomas is here. Is ready… I think! 🙂 20:39 Thomas is going for a record 20:40 Thomas : I’ve never scored 12 in University Challenge before. Ever! 20:54 Thomas has been given the key to his new office and…

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The Joy of the Old

Emma and I went antique hunting today, down to Yarnton Nurseries where we browsed the cabinets and corners of the lean to on the edge of the garden centre. I got all excited over various old scales – some old…

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The Time Was When

10:35:19 has just bought a man on the internet. Hope Sian & like him! 10:35:50 is wondering when TwitterFox became Echofon? 10:37:47 hopes Sian and Mark have the best day ever! See you later! 🙂 12:10:40 is now 3lbs of…

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The Time Was When

10:35:19 has just bought a man on the internet. Hope Sian & like him! 10:35:50 is wondering when TwitterFox became Echofon? 10:37:47 hopes Sian and Mark have the best day ever! See you later! 🙂 12:10:40 is now 3lbs of…

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The beginnings of autumn

Suddenly, refreshingingly, autumn has arrived. We had a nice day getting the cleaning done (whilst I simultaneously made a loaf of bread and a modest 3lbs of crab apple jelly. We had a delicious mushroom, onion and cheese omelette and…

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The Time Was When

08:27:40 @animalfinders I can believe it! What photo evidence though? We should be told… 09:19:16 is looking forward to this lunchtime’s conker match… 🙂 12:07:52 has a glorious three-er… 🙂 21:13:09 RT @ianshepherd Spotify vs. the Loudness Wars – why…

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The Time Was When

08:27:40 @animalfinders I can believe it! What photo evidence though? We should be told… 09:19:16 is looking forward to this lunchtime’s conker match… 🙂 12:07:52 has a glorious three-er… 🙂 21:13:09 RT @ianshepherd Spotify vs. the Loudness Wars – why…

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The moonlight stroll

I’ve only just got to bed and I’m not at all tired. This is thanks to a half-eleven moonlit stroll through the estate with Emma in search of Bella. We did find her, at the second pass of the bushes…

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Shameless spinoff or loving homage?

Not entirely sure how I feel about *new* Winnie-the-Pooh books, but at least they seem to have found an illustrator in Mark Burgess who can capture E.H.Shepherd’s style so marvellously… BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts & Culture | New…

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