The guy (and it most certainly was a guy) who invented beige carpets needs to be shot. And as for the guy who thought of installing them in rental properties… I don’t have a good enough imagination for a suitable punishment for him. Grr

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The four books that shaped how I see and interact with the world, covering everything from religion, to depression, to comedy.

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Well, the week (and a day) is up and I have returned to the bosom of my blogging-buddies. If I’m not totally back on top of the world, I am at least approaching the summit. Thank you again for all the emails and lovely comments you’ve left me – it’s always nice to know that [...]

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Thank you for all your comments, emails, and offers of cups of tea the last couple of days. I know I haven’t really responded, but it has meant a lot to me. I’m working my way back towards brain being in, if not full, then approaching full, working order.
Just to let you know, I will [...]

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So when I said I wouldn’t be posting, clearly I meant I wouldn’t be posting anything of substance for the next few days.
Turns out May 25th is towel day.
For fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, this will mean something. If you’re not a fan, then you probably won’t be carrying round a towel all [...]

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(I’m not really posting this. I’m still in major hermit-mode, but I had to share this before I forgot. Memory retention of a brain injured goldfish, that’s me).
*delurks*
I’ve found another use for coComment - verifying if something is spam or not.
It works like this:
I have Bright Meadow set up to record every comment [...]

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Ok, so I just realised the down-side to more or less blogging your life. Turns out, there are things you just don’t want to discuss on a website. At least not right now.
Please excuse me while I go take my head, sit in a dark corner, watch lots and lots of Battlestar Galactica and almost [...]

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I was flicking through the latest edition of British Archaeology recently (number 88) (I need to at least pretend I am keeping up with my field) and an article caught my eye. It was in the new(ish) column on “On The Web”, which always feels a little crammed and tacked on, but I’m not the [...]

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The 8th of May was my unofficial birthday. To cut a long and rather depressing story short, I don’t like to make a big fuss over my real birthday. A few years back Tiana decided in which case we needed to celebrate my birth on some other day. This day (and the reason why did [...]

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Bit of a departure for me this week - the quote in the title has absolutely no connection to the content of the post whatsoever. I spent an age trying to find a good quote, but I just couldn’t find one. Seeing as how life really is too short, and I have better things to [...]

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