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Nov
02
Septuple Negatives
November is National Novel Writing Month. Or at least it was, before the NaNoWriMo organisation crashed and burned at the
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Oct
22
Not So Neighbourhood Watch
SOAS played UCL in their first round match, and I estimated their proximity to be among the highest of all
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Oct
16
Power Up
Storm Amy whacked our power out for two days last weekend. Which means that for once I have a good
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Oct
02
Welcome to the Show
Isn't it infuriating when something you've heard a million times but never really taken on board
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Sep
27
Award Winning?
This morning I entered a writing prize. Or rather, I'm not sure if I entered it, because when
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Sep
22
Double Stuffed Peanut Butter
About a year ago, we started painting the walls of our living room orange. You can read about it here:
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Sep
08
Four Score and Seven Years Ago
S55E08 - Lincoln vs Lancaster
University Challenge isn't quite 87 years old (it turns 63 (three score and
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Aug
25
The Heinous Hegemony of the Straight Potato Peeler
I've just peeled 2kg of potatoes. If I worked in the kitchen of a Victorian manor house and
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Aug
18
Delay Replay
I've just started a new job, and it would be easy to blame this for the delay in
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Aug
13
Naked Penguins
Last Saturday, I saw a man dressed as a naked penguin performing a show at the Edinburgh Fringe. How can
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