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Stress
Son has decided that he will move into Trevor’s flat. So today he set the wheels in motion by coming with us into town and going to see the letting agent – she handles both his and our tenancies. Agent was somewhat put out; but we fully expected this, as [...]
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Hail Xenu!
Another new religion!
First Church of Xenu
Attractive, exciting, just a little bit dangerous. But, somehow, I still feel an affinity with The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
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Better than Broomsticks!
Lucky Lancashire witches! They now have their own bus service!
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Still working…
…Finally got the hard-copy Transit off to the printers. Still have to sort out the web version, but that’s just mostly a matter of formatting; I’ve got another ten days or so for it and I can get it done in an afternoon.
The hard-copy had to go off a little early, and this morning [...]
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Farewell, Trevor….
We went to Trevor’s funeral today. Me, B, Son & Pauline – C couldn’t make it and John had to stay at home and mind the grandkids they have staying this week.
It was held in a bright new crematorium just outside Dumfries – a light-filled wooden building beside a lake, with a view of [...]
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Yesterday….
…was not a good day for me. B has put his back out, very seriously; for the past few days, he’s been barely able to walk. So I’ve been rushing around doing all the stuff that he usually does – cooking, heavy housework, carrying coalbuckets – as well as trying to get [...]
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Watching the Watchers…
MediaWatchWatch was set up in January 2005 in reaction to the religious campaign against the BBC’s broadcasting of Jerry Springer: the Opera.
We keep an eye on those groups and individuals who, in order to protect their beliefs from offence, seek to limit freedom of expression. And we make fun of them.
They have a good post [...]
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God – yours for only $58 pm!
So this morning, B was on our one working computer for a couple of hours, leaving me to twiddle my thumbs in front of the telly.
Flicking through the Freeview channels in search of something vaguely resembling intelligent entertainment (and failing), I found myself immersed in a hitherto unknown world. For instance, there are whole [...]
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The End of the World Has Been Postponed…