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Goodbye August
Well, it’s goodbye to August. I’ve no idea where it went to. Come to think of it, I’m not entirely sure where January, February, March, April, May, June, and July went to either!
It’s been a busy month (hence the lack of me or Bliss around here recently) and I’ve been off on my travels to [...]
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More apologies
Okay, so I really was intending to post a bit more. I seem to have got a bit distracted with a lot of forum maintenance though recently – damned thing’s practically a full time job!
On the positive side, I did it! Got to the bottom of my inbox and replied to all those emails that [...]
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I really was gonna post today
Yes I was. Honest, and a proper post, not just some half-hearted whinge about being tired. Actually I’ve got all sorts of crap I want to ramble on about at the moment, but not enough hours in the day.
The day started off bad, briefly improved for a while this morning when I was actually handed [...]
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When automated isn’t really automated
I’m all for nice automated things that save time and money…that’s if they are really automated…
Take my employers’ new system for booking meeting rooms. In the old days we used to have to phone the post room, who rather confusingly also dealt with meeting room bookings, amongst a host of other things. So, you’d phone [...]
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Normal service will now be resumed
I can’t believe it was really 13th April when I made my last post here…I’m sure it wasn’t that long! Anyhow, both Rachel and Bliss are now back, and normal service shall now be resumed.
So where have we been? Well we’ve not been anywhere, and are firmly of the opinion that it’s you, dear reader, [...]
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Okay, so who stole the month?
Okay, so just what happened to May? I know that one minute I was working 16 hour days and crazily work on two web sites, plan a weekend trip with 50-odd people, and work on two Open University assignments, but the next thing I looked up and the month had all but ended, and I’d [...]
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Damn! Too late!
I think it’s May when you’re supposed to say “white rabbits” on the first day of the month as the first thing you say when you wake up, before you say anything else. My mum though always says it whatever the month just incase, as it’s supposed to be good luck.
I’m not sure if the [...]
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Labels
A couple of weeks ago I was talking about disability, and what it actually means. I came to the conclusion that labels are often just a shorthand for something, something that saves a long, detailed explanation. When it comes to disability, and how I describe myself, it’s a lot easier to say “I’m disabled” rather [...]
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If you can’t fix it, you gotta stand it
Question: What have the NHS and my body got in common?
Answer: They’re both fucked.
Last night I had an appointment with my neurosurgeon. Yes, last night – 7.15pm. Why? Because apart from doing his day job, which at the moment is covering at another hospital for another surgeon, as well as his own, twice a week [...]
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Six Word Memoir
Over at The Pickards JackP’s picked up on the idea of a six word memoir, as mentioned on Stephen Lang’s site.
Always up for a challenge, I thought I’d give it a shot. Summing up your life, your achievements, your outlook, thoughts, hopes and desires in only six words?
A number of quotes from some of my [...]
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