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Busy, Busy…
Had one crappy day yesterday. First, I missed almost a whole night’s sleep – a tachycardia attack hit as i was going off to sleep and lasted for at least five hours. I spent most of the night sitting downstairs watching crap TV, got back to bed at six, managed less than [...]
No Longer Inebriated….
….to prove it, I can spell BANANAS!
I thought I had polished off all my banana wine last night, but I’ve just discovered a bottle hiding away in the kitchen, trembling in trepidation. Never, fear, little bottle, you shall remain virginal – for the time being….
I’m now brewing a further two gallons – a big bucket [...]
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Am Somewhat Inibreated…
…finishing off the last of my amaaazzzing banananana wine.
So I am not making much sense, and will regret this in the morning. Have sent off some emails to friends, informing them of amaaazzzziiinggg insights. But have refrained from posting on Facebook.
For which I will be grateful in the morninggggg……
Kindly ignore this post.
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Non-Geeks Can Ignore This….
….meeping about web design and stuff.
Getting on with the design for the new online Transit, I’ve been looking at CMSs that are specifically for online magazine/newsletters. Wordpress, once again seems to win hands down, with at least three themes that are suitable. I’ve looked at a standalone Drupal spin-off called Prosepoint, but its [...]
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I’ve Been Downsized…
Yup. Knew it was coming, but it was still an unhappy surprise. The Astrological Association is dropping the hardcopy edition of Transit, the magazine that I edit. They’ve sweetened the pill by telling me that I can set up and run the online edition on its own dedicated website (and paying me [...]
Art, Meaning of.. (And Other Things)
Went for a drive today, to find the Striding Arches, a piece of land art by Andy Goldsworthy. Last autumn, signposts for it went up all over Galloway, so we finally decided to see what the fuss was about.
Finding the arches wasn’t so easy. I went online for info, but couldn’t find a [...]
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Hallelujah for songwriters…
….especially for Leonard Cohen. Unbelievably, I’d never heard his song Hallelujah before today.
It was bought to my attention because there is a campaign to make the Jeff Buckley version the Christmas no 1, instead of the newly-released version by some manufactured reality-show popster. I’ve listened to the Buckley version (and the versions [...]
Woolies Wondering…
Went shopping today. As we badly need some cereal bowls, I decided to look in Woolworths.
Found some bowls, but buying four or five of them looked a bit expensive. There were “50% reductions!” signs all over, but even at half-price, the cost was a bit steep (for me).
Then I came across a set [...]
I Am Writing This Drunk….
…Coming off verapamil has meant that I can now drink alcohol (fairly moderately). Before, more than one small glass of wine was liable to leave me feeling very ill indeed (something to do with the way the the drug affects the liver’s alcohol processing).
We have had Daughter no.3 + husband up for the [...]
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And the Winner of the Knobbly Knees Contest is…