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I may be gone a while
A chap/chapess is coming this afternoon to install the line and modem for fibre optic broadband. When we had broadband installed originally we spent over a week offline because the router was faulty -- something the provider's support team refused to believe -- though the replacement they finally sent has worked perfectly ever since (and served as ( Read more... ) -
Thursday, and even futher North.
The drive out from Cimorene's to Glasgow was wonderful, over the tops (and, luckily, no problems on a complex and 'no overtaking' road) and onto the M6 through Westmorland, and then into Scotland, stopping at the glorious Tebay services where we picked up cheese and biscuits and chocolate. Our only 'what the fuck?' moment came in trying to get off ( Read more... ) -
On to the North
Last Tuesday, we put two dogs and four cats into the car, drove to Ongar and deposited them at the Animal Country Club where, as usual, the dogs leaped at the kennel girls wagging their tails and the cats headed straight for the beds under the heat lamps. Then we drove home and filled the car with luggage and headed North up the A1 ( Read more... ) -
Plus ca change... in, of all things, fan fiction!
I was listening this morning, as you do, to In Our Time which was on Tristram Shandy by Lawrence Sterne. Now, I have had no great urge to read this book, which I know by reputation only. Not my scene, really ( Read more... ) -
I'm Baaaaaaaack
From the sunny North. (The weather in Glasgow was glorious - half the Convention was out sunbathing ( Read more... ) -
Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Captain America - the Winter Soldier
Non-Spoiler.This was very enjoyable, at least in the first three quarters of the movie, where it balances action set pieces with conspiracy thriller and character development reasonably well. (Perhaps a little too heavy on the action set pieces, but that is a matter of taste.) It moves along at a great rate and ( Read more... ) -
The Jonathon Ross Files
For reference, this was the last major awards ceremony hosted by Jonathan Ross ( Read more... )
