Monthly Archives: January 2006

Reasons to be Cheerful

By Val | Published: January 30, 2006
Feeling quite optimistic today, for several reasons. First, I finished a big chunk of work that’s been grinding me down for weeks. Then, I was able to pay the coalman when he called. Then, when the post arrived, it didn’t contain any bills! After that, when we collected Son and went [...]
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Just been asked….

By Val | Published: January 28, 2006
…by Daughter no.2 to design a website for the band that she and her BF play in. Whoo-hoo! Creative work at last! As yet, I have no idea of what type of site they want, what features they want, but I’m already sorting out ideas, images and templates. Thinking up completely original [...]
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How to Deal with Cancer Patients

By Val | Published: January 25, 2006
From FowlSound’s blog (he’s a cancer patient): 1) If you feel like you should say something about the disease, don’t. You’re about to make an ass of yourself. 2) If you feel you have to act extra nice, don’t. You’re about to make an ass of yourself. 3) If you’re afraid to deal with people who have cancer, [...]
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Jesus & Mo

By Val | Published: January 25, 2006
Jesus and Mo. It’s a comic strip. Made me laugh, anyway.
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Strange dreaming…

By Val | Published: January 25, 2006
My dreams are often a little strange (aren’t everyone’s? I can hear you all asking). But I can ususally work out what they mean for me. The one I had early this morning was an exception. I was trying to get home, pushing a rusty old builders wheelbarrow. Along the way, somewhere, a [...]
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SchNEWS 20/01/06

By Val | Published: January 20, 2006
This weeks’ news you don’t see in the tabloids, courtesy of SchNEWS SIGN ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND Apparently David Blunkett was decidedly mellow when it came to Incapacity Benefits cuts, at least he was compared to new Work & Pensions secretary John Hutton (weekly salary: £2,600). This week Hutton outlined his plans to introduce a range of [...]
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Is Google Taking Over My Brain?

By Val | Published: January 19, 2006
I mentioned a couple of posts back that my memory is getting more and more unreliable. I’ve been thinking about it since, and concluded that the cause may not be old age, so much as my growing dependence on Google. I’m using Google more and more in my everyday life. I want to look [...]
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13 Things to Do in Tescos

By Val | Published: January 18, 2006
1. Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in people’s trolleys when they aren’t looking. 2. Set all the alarm clocks in Homewares to go off at 5 minute intervals. 3. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone: “Code 3 in Housewares”… and see what happens. 4. Go to the Service [...]
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The Girl Who Named Pluto

By Val | Published: January 17, 2006
The New Horizons Pluto Mission was due to lift off tonight, but had to be cancelled because of the weather. Hopefully, it will lift off tomorrow night. If you’re interested, you can watch a live webcam of the launch on the website. Looking around the site, I found the transcript of an interview [...]
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Memories….

By Val | Published: January 9, 2006
When I get forgetful, I always make the excuse that at my age, there is way too much in my head for fresh memories to consistently stick. But there are times I wonder when it’s more than just an overfull mental filing system. Today, as the car was refusing to start, I went to town [...]
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