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Moving to Dreamwidth
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Meet Tia, our next feline overlord
It appears Tia (whose name means Princess AND Goddess) would like to move in with us tomorrow. We will endeavour to prove satisfactory. She was previously living with her 3 grown up kittens, but the ape service was inadequate, especially in the grooming department ( Read more... ) -
Hamster cheeks x-ray
Especially for bugshaw. The video is amazing.http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2015/01/16/les-joues-dun-hamster-passees-au-rayon-x/#xtor=RSS-32280322?utm_source=twitterfeed& -
better
Having a tooth out is not as bad as I imagined. Then again, I have a pretty nasty imagination. Also the anaesthetic has yet to wear off. -
He's got WHAT?
Text from Spidermonkey says he came off his bike in the wet and 'apparently has a fractured hip'. I tried to ring back but he is in a lecture! (He also said he is OK, just needed the painkillers he took to uni with him - basic paracetamol and ibuprofen.) Am not sure what to make of this. I know he's tough, but broken hip fixed with paracetamol ( Read more... ) -
Unexpected
Spider's A Level results were good but disappointing by his high standards in practice exams. (Though he passed STEP!)
He's missed his offer from Nottingham, which is sad, but got Leicester, his insurance choice. However, he's decided, based on course content and advice from his Head of Science, that Sussex's Mathematics and Physics degree is ( Read more... ) -
Alarming research paper
It has long been theorized that the week prior to an exam is an extremely dangerous time for the relatives of college students.
An alarming piece of research with relevance to both my work and my family: grandmonkeys are advised to sit down and take a couple of statins before reading the full paper.
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Have you seen this cat?
This time last year we had no black and white fluffball (Humbug having gone walkabout). Now we have two! Meet Bughum, the Other Beast of Girton. Note white face, 70s 'tache and matching set of short socks.
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Lessons learned today
When you've just shaken off a three-day headache after only 2 days, it's not a good day for an eye test and contact lens check up. Now, is this day 1 of a new headache, or the last day of the old one ( Read more... )