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05:21 pm
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'Tis the season to be sneezy...
I have a head cold, but fortunately don't have to go anywhere for a few days.
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08:58 pm
[Link] | Having misheard a friend telling me about taking topless pictures of his girlfriend at Harlech Castle, I was compelled to create this Flickr group. :-)
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05:47 pm
[Link] | While it's not in quite the same league as the Elvis Presley Dambusters Clock Plate Of Tutankhamun, this Striking Machine Copper fish pot glass clock cat does tick at least a couple of the same boxes.
Current Mood:  amused
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07:39 pm
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One for the pony girls
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bob_basset, the guy who designs and makes these masks is an artistic genius. Admittedly a slightly twisted artistic genius, but aren't they always the best sort? :-)
Current Mood:  happy
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10:38 am
[Link] | What happens when you decide to burn off an unknown amount of natural gas.
Current Mood:  contemplative
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10:03 pm
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A good day
With ingaborg off having fun demonstrating 10th century food at The Children's food festival, I was forced to make my own amusement and have managed to get some programming done as well as having a nice nap in the afternoon. :-)
Current Mood: happy
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11:18 am
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Getting things done
So far this weekend I have: updated my CV (for the first time in 18 months), filed my income tax return, done some CGI design work for Stellar Pioneers, posted off my company accounts and paid myself.
Now I ought to get out in the garden and hack things back, but it's a bit too hot right now so I'll have to do some programming instead. :-)
Current Mood:  busy
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08:59 am
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What have the Romans ever done for us?
I was amused to see that one of the parties standing for the European election is:
The Roman Party. Ave!
A quick google later and I have learned that their sole candidate Jean-Louis Pascual is a French born bus driver who likes to stand in elections and lives at: 122 Great Knollys Street, Reading RG1 7HL. He doesn't appear to be campaigning actively, has no expectation of winning (just 21 votes in the previous results I've seen) and seems to be doing it for a laugh.
Compared to the variously money grubbing, self serving, hate filled and crazy people who are standing for the rest of the parties, he sounds like exactly the sort of person I want to represent me and he will therefore be getting my vote.
I would laugh an awful lot if he won. :-)
Tags: politics roman party europe
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01:16 pm
[Link] | A quiet day so far, but now I need to go and buy food.
Current Mood:  content
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09:43 am
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Ticking all the boxes
Pretty girls in dalek dresses.
Current Mood: amused
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02:33 pm
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Looking for a new car
In a bizarre reprise of last January's events, my car decided to lose all its engine oil and stop working on the motorway last night. :-(
I know I cover a lot of miles, but I still feel a bit fed up given that I've kept it serviced and just paid 600 quid or so to get it through its MOT. :-(
I am now looking into whether it would be better to lease a car or buy one that's just nicely run in with fewer than 20K miles on the clock...
The car is booked into the garage for Monday, so I'll find out what has broken fairly soon and be able to decide whether it's worth fixing; just to be able to sell the car on.
Current Location: home
Current Mood:  optimistic
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10:05 am
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Wow
Cliff Young: the 61 year old farmer who won the world’s toughest race.
Current Mood:  impressed
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09:14 am
[Link] | This post by drakenofavalon made me laugh and think about the upcoming festive season.
I can see a lot of sense in having a big party in the most depressing part of the winter and I laugh at people who say that it has become "too commercial" or that there is "too much conspicuous consumption"; surely that's the point of the whole thing! The weather's horrible, it's dark all the time and (in less fortunate times than ours) the food stores are running a bit low and it's a long time until there'll be any new food. Throw in the effects of seasonal affective disorder and a great big party, with weeks of anticipation leading up to it, becomes an essential survival mechanism.
So I intend to enjoy my winter festival, to eat and drink to excess (at least a couple of times), to spend time with family and friends and be grateful for the good things while giving myself a holiday from everything else.
Current Location: home
Current Mood:  thankful
Current Music: HPLS - The Carol of The Olde Ones
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10:13 am
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Singing Tesla coils
Thesesinging Tesla coils are rather cute.
Current Mood: amused
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07:43 pm
[Link] | This tale of a pirate with poor management skills amused me today. :-)
Current Mood: amused
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06:55 pm
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I'm not usually interested in casemods, but...
This steampunk case is really rather cute, more interesting to look at than this and considerably less odd than this.
Current Mood:  cheerful
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10:21 pm
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Tired
It would be nice not to feel utterly knackered for a change, but it doesn't look as though I get to do that for a while.
Off to bed now, got to get up at 6. :-(
Current Mood:  drained
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11:16 am
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3D Printing online
Cute: http://www.shapeways.com/
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10:36 pm
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Woohoo!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/851788@N21/
Current Mood: happy
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12:57 pm
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At home
Dental checkup yesterday so I worked from home. My teeth appear to be solid enough, but I had a bit of a sore throat; though that had mostly cleared up by the end of the day.
This morning I woke up at 5 to 6 as usual, but felt absolutely exhausted and the sore throat was back so I decided to go back to bed and see how I felt a bit later. I'm now sitting at home trying to work up the energy to do some work and having plenty of hot drinks.
Current Location: Home
Current Mood:  tired
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