Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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Holiday Catchup
So, we got back from our holiday in Ireland a few days ago (2, actually); getting there turned out to be an adventure, and getting back involved being airbourne, but the trip itself was excellent :) Day 0 – The Journey: So, after my nights, on Kathryn’s birthday we spent the day cleaning the house,…
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Insanity
I appear to have signed up to do this: The Commando Challenge in October; with peoples from work; assuming I’m still here. If anyone wants to sponsor me, that’d be cool, I think we’re doing it for Berkshire Air Ambulance; but I’m not certain. I needed an excuse to get fit, and I’ve just given…
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The Usual Uselessness of Slough
So, I went to Allparts, complete with nice printed diagrams, and they looked at me like I was some kind of talking fish. Having wandered off with them for a minute they came back and informed me that one part number didn’t match anything current and the other they could order specially at around 40…
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And today we made dinner
We made Tangine… it’s disappointly not as pretty as it tastes, but hey, I’m no food ‘tog. That’s not mash, it’s polenta. Next time, less chickpeas, more apricot. What made a more interesting photo though was the voddy glass filled with spices. …and for completeness, here’s a dinner we made earlier (well, part of a…
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Today we went a wanderin’
So, we’ve been meaning to go for a walk, and today, the weather was good enough that we could take the coats and go. A few days ago – well about a week ago – when I took Vixy out for a spin (I guess, almost literally given the state of the brakes) – I…
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Garden Pics
So, I’ve updated the garden pics (March ’09 Set) with some new ones to show a few of the things that we’ve grown. It’s amazing and awesome to look at these leaves peeking through the soil and to think of what was there before. And amazing to think that just a few weeks ago we…
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Moving around a lot without going forward
So after 5 hours of work on the DAF (Vixy) she’s in exactly the same state as she was before, only now the brake fluid instead of looking like this: Looks more like brake fluid. That there is brakefluid with added flecks of crap. I suspect it’s disintegrating rubber from the insides of the tubes.…
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Moop
So, another week of nights approaches, and we’re trying to get a car ready to go on holiday. The minor’s exhaust is fouling the suspension, which should be fairly easily fixed. Rebecca is the most likely candidate; only the noisy gearbox and worn diff and suspension being a problem. Jejy’s right out. Vixy’s heading that…
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What can we do?
So, yesterday I was angry, today I’m antsy. I want to do something. Society in the UK, and elsewhere, is under attack from those who would wish it destroyed. But this isn’t some attack from outside. It’s not extremists and fundamentalists (of any stripe) attacking it. No; this is a sneaky and subtle disintegration of…
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The cool and the uncool.
Well, I did some tidying, when I’ve finished my tea I’ll throw a second coat on the wall around the window in the kitchen. Looking at coat 1 I’d say two more and we should be there. It should look smooth enough to paint with real paint :-/ So, via primitivepeople comes Caffenol film developing,…