Monthly Archives: February 2010

Pig Trotters

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Gary

Today was a Talking Newspaper day. It has also rained all day. There’s really no link between the two. It just meant I ended up damp. The paper had an odd number of stories with mentions of pigs today. Naturally … Continue reading →

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The Gaz Rule of Groups

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Gary

Nicktor came round last night (this explains why I missed an entry) and we watched Kill Bill parts one & two. We thoroughly enjoyed both movies. It was a bit of a long haul but well worth it. However, I … Continue reading →

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Arty Crafty

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Gary

Mirinda loves the Arts and Crafts movement. She loves it to such an extent that she keeps acquiring antique furniture. There’s her guitar ladder back chair. She sits on it while playing her guitar rather than it’s for the guitar … Continue reading →

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St Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Gary

Whenever February 14 comes around I always spare a thought for prohibition. For it was St Valentine’s Day 1929 when Al Capone’s Gang massacred seven gangsters from a rival group headed by Bugs Moran. It was an over-elaborate plan which … Continue reading →

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Quiet here in Farnham

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Gary

It’s odd how some days, nothing substantive happens. I mean I could ramble on about everything that did happen today but it would be tiny scattered bits and pieces and would not really flow as a narrative. For instance: Mirinda’s … Continue reading →

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And the waters flowed forth

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Gary

Normally I would have attended uni today. I was up and preparing to go. I’d had my relax in front of Breakfast, had my first cup of coffee and my toast. I was in the bathroom, brushing my teeth when … Continue reading →

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Todays lesson…

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Gary

Had my first results today. I managed a 68% in DITA (Digital Information Technologies and Architectures) which I’m pleased with. One down, three to go. A while ago I blogged about the church ruins at the Barbican (Snow at the … Continue reading →

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The longest day

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Gary

Yonks ago, Mirinda and I helped out a colleague of hers with a lethal spreadsheet and ever since she has been threatening to take us out to dinner. She tried to organise it about a year ago but, for one … Continue reading →

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Study

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Gary

I had lunch with Dawn today. She’s all excited about doing her PHD again. She’s gone off the Romans but is thinking of doing prehistoric Sussex. We then talked about my dissertation and got all excited about that too. And … Continue reading →

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School

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Gary

I had to give a brief presentation in class today. We are looking at information retrieval and each week we are given a task which builds on the previous week. Eventually we will have a piece of coursework, gradually increasing … Continue reading →

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