I have started back at work with a clear feeling of being unceremoniously tossed in at the deep end into a baptism of fire ("Minister, with all due respect, one cannot..."). Three days/nights in and this almost cliff-face-steep learning curve is starting to level off a little. I've received a lot of congratulations, even from people who it ( Read more... )

You may remember I had a little odd incident a few weeks back. Well, I've had a neurologist look at me and he says his examination definitely points to a migraine. However, just to be sure, I'll be going for an MRI at some point. Nothing to worry about. Of course, I am worried - hard not to be when they say they want to look at your brain with ( Read more... )

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There was drinking and dancing and a crocodilewings and a purpleheather and the Hannahs (mistress_carrot and ooohshiny and all manner of other good people. And there was good music supplied by that wonder of a DJ, Flashqz. And I had a tail of glow bands. And then a select few went up to campus and watched the sun rise... until it started raining ( Read more... )

I got a promotion at work. I'm now the leader of my old team. I'm back on oil, tech and media jobs so I'm considering going in with my hemp (s)Hell t-shirt on ( Read more... )

Sometimes musicians burnout in a blaze of glory, sometimes they fade away slowly, but rarely do they seem to have so much to offer the world and, for some reason, they are not allowed. Esbjorn Svensson created such beautiful music and showed no signs that the well was going to go dry any time soon, but we'll never know. Please take some time to ( Read more... )

So, I had two weeks cat-sitting in London, which was lovely, if a little lonely. Now I'm back. Not much more to report except that ( Read more... )

Having slept for a while, I feel quite a bit better. Still a bit of heaviness to left leg and left shoulder, but it seems to be going away. Probably nothing. Sorry if I scared anyone.

So, about an hour before finishing all my work, suddenly i realised there was a rainbow smear across my vision. Right in the centre. Like you get on windows when there's a mildly oily run of water. I pointed out to by team leader that I couldn't see properly (ie i couldn't see the exact thing I was reading at any one time) and Marianne, who's very ( Read more... )

Ok, so there are very few pictures of actual hooping here but there are a few pictures of mine and Lucy's adventures whilst enjoying the sunshine, for those interested.

I will say now - it's my finger, ok? my finger!


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