Monday, February 3, 2003
Am I Callous?
I've read some very moving blogs and reports, here and elsewhere, about the loss of the space shuttle. And the death of seven people can never be anything other than a tragedy. But... Since the shuttle first flew, trips into space have been an increasingly commonplace form of transport - even more...
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Sunday, February 2, 2003
What an Eventful Weekend!
Friday I took up drinking again, out with my two regular drinking buddies in the Joiners Arms, and you wouldn't believe the amount of abuse I got! When I announced on Jan 2nd I wasn't drinking for the month I had my sanity questioned, my sexuality questioned, even my ligitimacy. On Friday, having...
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Thursday, January 30, 2003
What a Beautiful Day!
We've had a couple of inches of snow since the early hours, and now the clouds have cleared and the sun's out, making the whole scene in my back garden sparkle and glisten. I've been munching Bombay Mix for lunch, and I'll follow it with the one remaining piece of caramel slice that's in the fridge,...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Am I Living in a Parallel Universe?
I mean, is it just me? Am I completely alone in not buying ANY of the current "news" themes? Am I the ONLY one that firmly believes he's being lied to, consistently and systematically? Take the whole Iraqi scenario, albeit a fairly sizeable one. Now y'see, in my world, when the man who led the last...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
New Lungs for Old
My mate Peter is an inspiring soul. Late 2001 he had a new set of lungs given to him - CF had eaten away his original pair to an almost-useless mush - and the transplant came in the nick of time. He was on oxygen 18 hours a day, taking or inhaling drugs for another four, and had to rest and catch...
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Sunday, January 26, 2003
A Sober Month Nears It's Close
Many moons ago, in a previous existence, (when I still fell for the idea that working like a lunatic for 45 years of my three-score-years-and-ten so that I could put enough money aside to enjoy myself at a time in the future when my health, memory, energy and eyesight began to fade), I was a...
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Friday, January 24, 2003
Communication Chaos!
Porn Writer popped my IM cherry last night - thanks, hon! - and I had an hilarious chat with her. In fact, last night was great for communications all round, if a bit scary at times. For a while, I was holding a simultaneous text conversation with two ladies; the Young Lady, with whom I was...
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Thursday, January 23, 2003
My friend and occasional work colleague, Lucy, was having beautiful weather down on the south coast yesterday, while up here in the frozen north it was pissing down. So she promised, while flying up to SDcotland this morning, she would deposit some sunshine as she flew over my house. And what a...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2003
It's Nearly 4am!
I don't know what's going on with my sleep patterns these days. I used to be such an 8-hours-a-night man. There just seems to be a lot going on at the minute. I'm writing and buying, planning business ventures and investment moves, accepting consultancy work and blogging, learning and reading and...
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Digital Damon
The digital video camera arrived yesterday, and it's absolutely amazing. It weighs next to nothing, 165g even with the battery attached, yet it's capable of so much. It takes digital video, of course, onto a Mini DV tape, that can then be squirted into the editing suite on the iMac (whenever THAT...
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