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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
OK, it was only a matter of time. I've got so fed up with LiveJournal being so slow and unhelpful (not to mention those bloody ads that give me an aneurysm every time I come here to log in) that from hereon in you can find my blog over at Wordpress ( Read more... ) -
When An 'Online Community' Isn't
I'm sure at least some of you have heard me holding forth at great length (and occasionally volume) about just how distasteful things have become (or sometimes are, depending on your POV) on both the Marillion and Mostly Autumn official forums. Well, this week I dared to air my perhaps controversial thoughts about one of the many reasons why the ( Read more... ) -
Another One Bites The Dust
Just when you thought it was safe to take a breath, another great band has bought the farm.
This time it's Breathing Space, a superb York-based band. Originally, the name 'Breathing Space' was just the name of the first solo album by Mostly Autumn's keyboard player, Iain Jennings. However, as Iain assembled personnel to both play on the album and ( Read more... ) -
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I find it really hard to believe that we're already three days into 2011. Where the hell does the time go? It only seems like yesterday that I was coming home from the last day at work before the holidays. The passage of time definitely appears to accelerate proportionately dependent on the amount of time that you have already experienced. It must ( Read more... ) -
Oooh, me back
Feeling my age today, for sure: a mixture of the cold (back to the arctic temperatures of last week after a much nicer weekend) and spending entirely too long this week slumped on the sofa, under (or inside) a sleeping bag, poring over my OU course materials. I'm making an effort this week to sit up properly and spare my poor spine any further ( Read more... ) -
Ah, that's better
And we have proper hot water again ( Read more... ) -
Sweet Merciful Crap...
...but it's cold ( Read more... ) -
Ah, bugger
Scratch that last entry... We may have new taps, but the cold tap in the bathroom still doesn't function as it should, alas. Sometimes you can twiddle it for ages and nothing happens; other times you can turn it straight on, but then can't turn it off without messing with it for an age ( Read more... ) -
Oooh, shiny...
We have new taps ( Read more... ) -
Throne Woes
Well, guess who broke the toilet ( Read more... )