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Please don't expect some kind of end-of-year meme or quiz of summary of my life, as setting down something like that, then staring into it's cold face would likely make me depressed. The last one I did was several years ago, please look at that.
As a final 2010, up yours from the universe in general. The crank-arm on one of my bikes broke* without ( Read more... ) -
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I gained a little bit of self-insight yesterday, based on two completely unrelated incidents. I think about 90% of my actions, when interacting with people are based on recalling previous incidents. When I can't think of one such, I'm a bit flummoxed.
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Psychology Today: The Not-So-Harmless Simple Interview Question
"What is your favorite move?"Suppose you're a person who's more-or-less indifferent to movies? I personally view them as visual ephemera. Entertaining, but of no particular significance and really not worth the bother of re-watching. I only ever watch a film all the way through in a ( Read more... ) -
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I had a hugely exhausting, and mostly cold and wet, weekend, starting at 1pm on Saturday and ending about... well just now.
The upshot is that I just passed the second training and assessment weekend I need to be a < drum-roll > Level 1 Snowboard Instructor. I'm not one yet, mind you - I must get another 20 hours or so of lesson shadowing, find ( Read more... ) -
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Ohh.... I could do this.
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/PhD/getDocument?SerialNo=609
In fact, I actually would like to do it.
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My ratings for Historical Re-enactment, by period.
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The return of tax farming?
Oh... that'll end well.
The New Tax Man: Big Banks and Hedge Funds Lacking Oversight, Wall Street Titans Charge Property Owners Steep Fees - and Can Seize Homes
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Oh... I so want to make one of these...
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/10/book_clock.html
Though it'd work much better if the books were given actual titles - the right book was called The Three Musketeers, the left was The Nine Tailors and the centre ( Read more... ) -
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Wikipediage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_L.19_(LZ_54)
I self-nommed for DYK... and am presumptuous enough to think it has a fair chance.
I try to tell myself that doing these things is a useful exercise in research and non-fictonal writing. More likely, it's just a massive display of obsessive-compulsive anal-retentiveness.
Meh.
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Things to so with warm, soap-bubble foam
And it just needs to be warm! There's me assuming they'd aerated the soap solution with helium or something.
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