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It doesn't feel like I've had a holiday. It's been two weeks since I returned to work, so it's probably normal to feel that way now. But I didn't feel like I'd had a holiday by the end of it either. The office shut down for the last week of December and I had ten whole days to do as I pleased before I had to… Read more »
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It was winter. It was cold. The weather was blustery and often wet with it. It was hardly the time to stop and have a conversation, especially since both parties were in separate cars with the windows wound up against the elements while sat in separate lanes, waiting for the traffic lights in front to change… Read more »
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Some time ago, Martin Lewis of the Money Saving Expert fame launched a petition on the government website aimed at getting a better standard of personal finance education taught in schools. If you haven't already signed the petition, please do so. It's a great cause and one more people should take note of. Th… Read more »
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Next year the 2012 Olympic Games are coming to the UK. In preparation, cities across the country are preparing for the arrival of hundreds of athletes and thousands of supporters by getting dug up. New venues are being built, existing ones are being revamped and major infrastructure routes to, from and throug… Read more »
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There's a proverb that says, "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime". I don't much like fish, but then I suppose the proverb isn't aimed at someone like me. Given the choice, I'd probably have a sandwich, but if my only options consisted of eating th… Read more »
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One day last week I was levelled by a migraine and reminded why it is that I don't like them. It wasn't that I'd grown fond of them or that I'd missed them. I'd simply forgotten how debilitating they can be. For those who have never had one, it's like being kicked in the brain by a whole chorus line of cancan… Read more »
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It's autumn. Until the last few days one wouldn't have known that. The nights have been drawing in for a while, but the weather has been bizarre. The start of October saw the kind of temperatures July should have delivered but didn't. This unseasonable (and perhaps un-British) bout of warm weather brought man… Read more »
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As I write this, I am sat on my bed with my laptop trying not to move too much. I've spent most of the day standing up. Between an exhibition I attended in Birmingham, which essentially involved a series of queues, each with only a brief and sometimes questionable reward at the end, and a three hour rehearsal… Read more »
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I like cake. I would happily eat cake to a competition standard were there enough cake and an appropriate competition. In the meantime, I'll happily eat cake to a non-competition standard until such time as there is a competition or there is no cake. I would rather the former happened first, but from experien… Read more »
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I've recently opened an online savings account with a building society. I say recently. I actually started the process nearly a month ago but I initiated my first transfer into said account just before starting this blog. I suppose in the grand scheme of things, it's still recent. It just feels like I've been… Read more »