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Archive for January, 2008
Hair! (Age of Aquarius playing in background)
In: diary
21 Jan 2008I’ve been letting my hair grow for about three months now. I normally get it cropped to a grade one every eight weeks or so, but I couldn’t be bothered over Christmas. It was really cold the first few weeks afterwards as well, so I decided to stick with it.
Getting your hair shaved to a [...]
Relaxation
In: diary
15 Jan 2008I had my first session of reflexology last night. A friend is doing a course on it, and needed some volunteers to practice on. So we both stepped forwards to help out. Now, I’m not particularly a believer in any forms of alternative therapies, but if it achieved anything, I am massively relaxed now. Slept [...]
Chugging into the week
In: diary
7 Jan 2008Grinding day learning about and playing with my search engine at work. Starting to come together now. Also been trying out some new games and things on my mobile phone. Keeps me busy. Will play a bit of Phantasy Star Universe in a bit, seem to be getting the hang of the retail outlet I’m [...]
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Welcome to flotsville, a MyMiniCity city
In: games
6 Jan 2008A little oddity this, flotsville. You don’t even sign up for it, you just enter where you want your city, and the name of it. Then as people visit it, it expands. A little like the Sims, obviously, except the only thing that promotes growth is vistors. Every visitor each day adds inhabitants and [...]
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Taking it easy
In: diary
5 Jan 2008Nice lazy day today, we did have every intent of a long walk down by the river, and indeed did set off on it, but rain and an evil cold breeze beat us. So we accepted defeat and headed for a nearby pub instead. Not quite as bracing and healthy as we intended, but still, [...]
And back to work.
In: diary
3 Jan 2008Cold. So cold waiting for the first bus of the year today. Good day at work once I was in and warm, got started on my project for the month, search enginey things. Nice to get back, and see that everything was where it should be, and nothing had gone wrong over the break. Always [...]
A pleasant lazy day
In: diary
2 Jan 2008I took an extra day’s holiday, just to make sure I had enough time to get over New Year’s Eve. As it happened, I didn’t get that drunk, but as I’m still a bit ill (have been full of snot and cold since about the 23rd), I did need the extra time just to relax [...]
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On a cold crisp New Years Day
In: diary
1 Jan 2008A happy new year to everyone who bothers to read this! I’m sat with a cuppa, watching what David Vine used to refer to on Ski Sunday as “The traditional hangover cure”, the second leg of the Four Hills ski-jumping tournament. Garmisch-Partenkirchen looks lovely and snow-bound, and I’m glad to be indoors.
We had a good [...]
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flotsky is 38, and ambles through life at a gentle pace, surrounded by gadgets, books and televisions. Sloth is his vice, but it leads to some interesting distractions along the way. He is the world’s leading investigator into P.Wyndham Little, takes a great interest in the works of Kurt Vonnegut, and gets all excited about gaming.
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- daveyboy98: Received a mailing from Mr Little today 25/01/10 Neatly folded , stapled letters to Tony Blair, Hous [...]