Friday, December 9, 2005
Internet relay
When I’d finished blogging last night and cruised around a few websites I went to find my wife in the main downstairs room. She too had been online preparing for a ‘chat’ with her friends via internet relay. Unfortunately we’d had the computer upgraded that she normally uses for this and the MIRC...
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Thursday, December 8, 2005
Two women
I picked Claire up from her dance and drama class on the way home from work this evening, leaving Susan there to complete her teaching stint. We then drove to Granny's where Ivan was already having his tea. Claire chattered non-stop about her day at school and, very excitedly and with a...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2005
The Lord is my Shepherd
I haven't heard, read or thought about the words to Psalm 23 since my Grandad's funeral over 29 years ago. It is probably because of that day that I would, in any case, sought to have blocked them out, however subconsciously. I am not 'religious' in the sense that I can quote lines and lessons from...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2005
Glasses
Isn't it weird how you translate one activity into another when they're totally urelated? My glasses have obviously got slightly out of alignment on the way home and consequently I am experiencing a little pain behind the ears and in my nose. It will just be a case of adjusting them slightly and all...
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Monday, December 5, 2005
I'm feeling much better today
I just wanted to say thank you to all those who have commented and mailed me. I was pretty down yesterday but, to be honest, felt much better after a good writing session on Blogit. I then spent time with our young daughter on maths problems (which thankfully I was able to actually help with) and...
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Sunday, December 4, 2005
Down Down
I loved that song from Status Quo in the 'seventies. I actually preferred 'Roll Over Lay Down' but 'Down Down' is easier to latch on to. So it is in my life at the moment. I am on a downer because of people's activities in the workplace. My family is concerned. We were putting up the Christmas Tree...
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Saturday, December 3, 2005
Stevie's Wonder
I was reading an article about Stevie Wonder recently. I loved the early songs such as My Cherie Amour and For once in My Life but the ones that really go to me were Living For the City and He's Misstra Know it All. They had a grit and awareness that I thought I'd hooked into. But my life was never...
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Friday, December 2, 2005
Office politics
I've had a funny kind of week so far. I've spent much of it away in Belfast and have talked about that in one of my other blogs - Letters from England. The background has been in-fighting at work. Just as I was suggesting to everyone last week that work was really not worth worrying about, I get...
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Monday, November 28, 2005
How can this be?
Isn't it amazing how siblings can be so different from each other? I mean there's no dispute over parentage here; no need for a DNA test, but our two sons are so not alike. I'm not knocking it in any way. We are all unique and we love them both enormously and equally. But whereas Ivan will look out...
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Nepotism at White Lodge
The Royal Ballet School, like other arts-based schools, has often had to deal with the charge of favouritism towards certain pupils. Some always seem to get the key roles while others are told they 'need more work.' This image can be reinforced by the dance companies themselves so maybe it is good...
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