Monthly Archives: February 2007

time for upgrade

Well, finally taken the plunge and have ordered the basis of a new computer- Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Abit AW9D-Max WiFi i975X motherboard 2GB DDR2 RAM BFG 320MB Nvidia 8800 video card 650W PSU All the other bits will … Continue reading

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walk

Still wet and muddy but decided it was time for a walk. Some pictures of trees: how exciting?

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my kind of humour

Stumbled across the blog of Dooce. She has one of the funniest sites I have ever found. I forbid you to read this page and not laugh out loud many times. If you don’t laugh once, then you’ll never get … Continue reading

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just smile

This made me smile, so I think it’s worthy of a link. Which also links nicely in to the enjoyment I get out of seeing babies smile and even better – laugh. Making a baby laugh (and to a lesser … Continue reading

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I despair

“Id be graceful for an direction.” The level of English skills on helpdesks is quite sad sometimes. Ok – I don’t know how to use commas and hyphens. Do kids actually learn anything at school, apart from how to write … Continue reading

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two hoots

Keep getting woken up around 5am by two owls. This has led to me being pretty tired this week. Dreamt I was a pool-cleaner last night. Is this as good as life gets?

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nice shoes

I love Merrell shoes. Got a new pair of walking shoes and they’re so comfortable. I had a pair of walking boots as well, which I used in Peru, and I never wanted to take them off – they were … Continue reading

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Top Gear

Meant to write this after seeing the first showing. The most I have laughed this year – watching them travel to New Orleans, in three cars. They painted their cars with partially offensive slogans (Country and Western music is rubbish; … Continue reading

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Frou Frou

Strange name -Frou Frou. Amazon recommended this to me and the reviews were good, so I bought it. After hearing the first track, I know why: Garden State – a superb film. I have now added Imogen Heap to my … Continue reading

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A History of Violence

Flimsy story line and pretty wooden acting. Which was a shame as I was expecting better from Viggo Mortensen. Maria Bello is still very very pretty, she was fab in The Cooler.

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