Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Monday, June 9th, 2008
I had quite a full weekend, with surprisingly little gaming. I socialised with family, as it was my niece's birthday, watched some MST3K, made Jambalaya, got some Sun on the appropriately rather hot Sunday, finished reading Feersum Endjinn, and poked my head in to a couple of games.
It turns ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
I got to see Kenickie's reaction to my vacuum cleaner for the first time today. As Kenickie joined the household last November this is something I probably shouldn't admit.
He didn't like it much.
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
I still haven't learnt my lesson about headaches. I woke up Sunday morning with only a vague sense that maybe my head would start aching but stupidly resisted the urge to see about getting some paracetamol, thinking that it wasn't even a headache yet and it would be foolish ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I had my six-monthly dentist appointment yesterday, which I duly attended. I am not exactly afeared of dentists, but I don't much like tooth pain and I had a bad experience some years back where I ended up getting a filling before the anaesthetic kicked in. Mind you, ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
I can happily report that the chicken jambalaya I made heats up well and tastes just as good as leftovers.
It looks like I have a new meal to add to my recipe book. NOM NOM NOM
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
I popped in to my local town over the weekend, trying to avoid crowds by turning up when I thought most people would be going home. It didn't work out that way, and my arrival may have coincided with some early cinema traffic, but that was okay. I ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
I'm flying to Paris next week.
{o,o}
|)__) O RLY?
-”-”-
No, Charles de Gaulle.
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Walking back from King's Cross to Euston after last night's gig I saw some flashing blue lights ahead of me on the road. It turned out to be nothing too serious from what I could tell, a police van stopped on the side of the road with a couple ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
I really ought to bear in mind that when I say 'bike' many people will hear 'bicycle' and not 'motorbike' as I intend.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Dungeons and Dragons fourth edition rulebooks are to be released soon, and my RPG group is in the process of ordering or thinking about ordering copies. There are a few deals floating around to order the books at a discount before they are released, with the books becoming full ...
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