I've been meaning to update for ages, but I haven't been able to bring myself to do it.  Because, well, Ponds :-(  I'm going to miss them so much, and apparently the way I deal with that is to write fic - and then to not-finish the fics (yes, multiple), because presumably my brain thinks that finishing the fics will mean finishing saying goodbye ( Read more... )

So, yes, like Central New Brighton, any merger won't take place for 3 years.  So, in the worst case scenario the two schools merge at the beginning of 2016.  We now have until December 7th this year to consult with the community and have a response to the proposal ready to be put forward to the ministry.  There's another date of April 5th when ( Read more... )

I saw this on the general 'save our schools' page on facebook today.  This is what Central New Brighton have heard, but we have had no more news from our principal as yet.  CNB is in our cluster, though, so hopefully we get a similar timeframe to respond.  I will keep things updated as they happen ( Read more... )

( Thoughts now that it's been two years )

( an article the newspaper got me to musing )

I watched the footage of our team from Comic-con talking about Doctor Who and it hit me viscerally that Amy and Rory are going to leave.  I understand that that is fairly obvious and has been since the day they appeared on the show and that in many ways it's well overdue - they hung around longer than most other modern era companions.  Team Doctor ( Read more... )

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( what do I want to see for the city after 2, 5 and 10 years? )

( but there is some good stuff in there too ... )

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