March 2006

Aphra and the pill

… … We have three cats — all black and rather hard to tell apart. Two are siblings and are in fact almost identical, though the male, Ares, is larger and a great hunter, while the female, Aphra, is smaller and loves a tummy rub. The third cat, Olive, is distinguished by her tendency to [...]

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Seasonal transitions

Summer ended this year on Friday 17 March, and instead of slipping into Autumn we launched straight into winter. The rain came, the gales, the fog and the chill. It’s all been fairly abrupt. Of course, we’re not as badly off as our nearest neighbours in Australia some 2,500 Km or 1500 miles away, where [...]

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Blowing up

This seems to be a year for things blowing up, and breaking in general. A few weeks ago the electric weedeater suddenly lost all power and smoke curled out of the motor. I was working on some longer, rougher grass at the time, but nothing that should have killed a machine less than a year [...]

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Olive and the MacBook Pro

My cat Olive has moments of being ultra cuddly. She especially likes to walk around on my lap and MacBook Pro and smooch for a while. This picture’s a bit fuzzy. There was a fairly strong light from the south facing window on a rainy and darkish sort of day. With Olive being a dark, [...]

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Futurama Returns

I was very disappointed yesterday to find I’d messed up somehow and had failed to record the episode of Futurama that was showing while I was out. It’s such a clever and funny show that I find something new every time I watch episodes I’ve seen before. Just recently I downloaded some short sound clips [...]

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The best world

I’m one of the privileged people in the world. Not only do I live in a gorgeous place with ready access to food and amenities, but I also get to work from home. On days like today: sunny, still, quiet, I can slip out the door to eat my lunch, enjoying the sun on my [...]

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