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Power of UK political parties
Just for fun, I've calculated the Banzhof power index for all of the political parties in the UK parliament. This gives their relative power in terms of being able to swing votes ( Read more... ) -
Things I planned to bring to Australia but didn't
Razor: AU$3.95
Stills camera: AU$9.95
Sun hat: AU$4.99
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In Australia
Well, we've arrived safely in Brisbane. Our first holiday without the kids for about 20 years (we expect the house to be perfect when we get back, kids!) so we've decided it's a second honeymoon. At the moment we're hanging around the airport terminal, , probably smelling worse than a dingo's dunny after the 29 hour journey from home, waiting for ( Read more... ) -
Telephone conversation
Voice: Hello, could I speak to Eva please?
Me: She's in Hong Kong at the moment. Can I help or take a message?
Voice: Could she do a night shift tonight? Even if she has to be a bit late...
Me: ???
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Sleeping on Sofa
Even when my wife is away (Hong Kong, since you ask) I can still end up sleeping on the sofa!
I repainted the stairs. The paint tin said "touch dry in one hour". The paint tin lied. So I was trapped downstairs.
At least it's a comfy sofa.
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Poet Laureate
Hurrah! We are back to having a poet laureate whose work I like. I loved Ted Hughes' poetry, but could never find anything to like in Andrew Motion's.
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Snow
The snowfall today has made everything so picturesque that I want to put up a tree and Christmas decorations! Maybe we should celebrate Candlemas instead of Christmas -- the weather is usually so much more Christmassy then! -
Bob, the rabbit of the subgenius
Well, Bob the Rescue Rabbit came to live with us just over a week ago. We put him in the run, right up against Jessica's hutch. They sniffed at each other through the bars, then Bob went on to explore the rest of the run. Jess, though, did a perfect reproduction of the mirror scene from the Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup", running up and down the hutch ( Read more... ) -
Exam and Beer
Well, that's the E303 exam out of the way. Three parts with roughly equal weighting. Part A easier than I expected, part B as I expected and part C harder than I expected, so it looks as if I'll be getting the grade I deserve, although that's probably not the grade I would like. On the way home I started reading Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" because ( Read more... ) -
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I found another box of vinyl albums in a seldom-visited cupboard in the lumber room last night, so I've got them ripping in the background whilst I work. I'd forgotten just how Pink-Floyd-esque Wally's "Valley Gardens" was ( Read more... )