It’s been eight months as opposed to the three initially planned, but the time has come to leave Palace Meadows for pastures new - The Meadow-Yet-To-Be-Named. I am going to miss my bijou little room in central Oxford. It has been so ridiculously conveniently located for everything, I’ve never been more than a ten minute [...]
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Goodbye Palace Meadows
Your Council Needs You
I voted today and for the first time in many years, I felt odd about it. Unconnected from the process. Previously, walks to, and from, the polling station would have been filled with debate, and the odd argument, on the different candidates, their policies, and what it would mean. This evening it was just me [...]
Plea to the Publishing Gods
It was Moose who first introduced the concept of RLOs to me, in a roundabout fashion. They had their genesis in her Perfect Bus Guy’s. PBGs are men who would be seen in the near distance, possibly on the same bus to work as you, with a certain regularity. They were perfect, because you could [...]
Tuesday’s Treat
Before you start, yesterday was a bank holiday here in the UK, and I was busy riding on a motorbike and enjoying the sun too much to post. So we will have a Movie Tuesday instead…
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Michael Chabon is a genius, so of course I want to see this!
Gamer - mmmmmmmm [...]
Life through a lens
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately browsing round Flickr. I do just love looking at pictures other people have taken - from the professional to the snap shots.
I love pictures. Pictures tell stories, often stories that the photographer didn’t notice, or had no intention of telling.
But looking through one particular set of pictures [...]

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