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Breaking in
The breaking in period for new specs is always weird. My depth perception is all distorted.
I also got carded at the Royal Oak tonight. Given I'm not that long past my 30th, I was rather stunned. I have no idea whether the new glasses are connected, but there we go. -
*sigh*
Dear Mark Steel,
Thank you for talking about my great-great-great-great grandfather on your comedy programme tonight. I have always found you very funny; your book on the French Revolution was fascinating, as was your memoir of growing up as a socialist. I was brought up a socialist, and though I would never be so black and white about my ( Read more... ) -
Long story short
Many thanks to those who commented on knirirr's journal ( Read more... ) -
Just another Monday morning, you can do it all over again
Today I bought the local rag for the first time in years, because the headline was all bout darwinian_woman's No. 10 petition! She's even interviewed in it, and Oxfordshire PCT look like the total burkes they are. Woo ( Read more... ) -
Knitting adventures
I had a lovely day out yesterday with antarra. We went to telynor's knitting class on Weird Knitting Techniques over at iknit, and it was great fun!
I thought the whole day would be a disaster, as it started very badly. The 7.56 bus just never showed, and with no bus then that would get me in before 10am, I had to drag knirirr out of bed to drive me to Oxford to ( Read more... ) -
Sorry seems to be the hardest word...
Occasionally readers actually apologise for bringing their books in overdue, with fines on &c. My normal reaction to people apologising for things is to say "no problem" or "don't worry about it". But that seems wrong in this case - after all, it isn't OK to bring books in overdue, that's why we charge fines ( Read more... ) -
Gwnewch bopeth yn Gymraeg!
The owner of a sex shop on Anglesea...said he was happy to comply with all the conditions imposed for the shop in Holyhead...
These include a bi-lingual signs clause, which could translate his Good Vibrations shop name to Dirgryniadau DaFabboo! Who's with me to go and buy our sex aids in Welsh ( Read more... ) -
Socks
My sock club package came last night. Which leaves me with a dilemma; I expect to finish my current pair of socks, for a friend, tonight. I need (yes, need) to cast on some more socks. But I have two other socks that are high on my queue, as well as the new sock club socks - a pair called Leyburn for me, from yarn that knirirr's mother gave me for ( Read more... )
