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Houses
Home again, having spent the last two days in Ely, house-hunting ( Read more... ) -
Decluttering and House Sale
So before Easter I managed to get The Study into a state where someone from the estate agents could come and photograph it, along with the rest of the house, to put in its sales literature and, most importantly, on its web page. After Easter we went off to Sicily for a week and a bit, and last Wednesday, the day after we got back from Sicily, the ( Read more... ) -
Iain Banks
Very saddened by the news about Iain Banks. :(
I was amused that when he proposed to his partner, he asked her to do him the honour of being his widow. :)
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Snow
Did I mention that it's snowing? Fortunately it's not settling.
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Progress
So yesterday morning D was bullying me to to clear as many surfaces as possible, and shove as much as I could in cupboards, as someone was coming from the estate agent to look at the house, take photos etc. and give us an up-to-date asking price. So there I was in the study, with the small, battery-powered vacuum cleaner, removing the obvious bits ( Read more... ) -
Eastercon
So we got back from the Eastercon on Tuesday. Officially it was called EightSquared, as it was the 64th, but con chair Juliet McKenna rechristened it Arcticcon, because of the wintry weather ( Read more... ) -
Off to Eastercon
D and I are off to Bradford to the Eastercon tomorrow morning - no, Hell hasn't frozen over. There are Reasons why D has decided, after all these years, to come with me to an Eastercon ( Read more... ) -
Carpet!
I am not claiming that my study is tidy. Or even clear. But there is carpet in the middle of the room. Enough carpet to warrant using a vacuum cleaner!
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Thunderbirds are go
D heard on the radio today that David Miliband is leaving politics to join International Rescue!
Here is the real story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21950493
It was a fun thought while it lasted. :)
In other news, I have managed to unjam the shredder. The floor is now a mess. -
In case you missed it
How to destroy a wannabe prime minister in three minutes. Thanks to durham_rambler for the heads up.
http://bbc.in/YxhR0Y
The full interview can be seen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21916721