2005
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Notes on a Family
I can’t remember which one it is, but there is a sketch that Lee Evans does when he “learns” comedy from a tape. It starts off with him reciting the opening line to a joke: “My mother-in-law…” It’s quite a funny sketch, but more because of Mr. Evans than the content of the joke. You…
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Boy, Interrupted
Finally we have internet access back. It’s odd, I hadn’t really noticed just how much I relied on the internet to fuel my working day. I would venture that I’m slightly LESS productive without it to be honest for, despite it’s propensity to distract, it was an good way to help me refocus on a…
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Read in Spain
I’m trying to keep track of the books I read this year, just to see.. er.. how many I read or something. Anyway, I started the year with three books on the go – Lazy Ways to Make a Living, London Fields, and Snow Falling on Cedars. Despite that I read the following whilst on…
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Musical Meme
Don’t do these often but I’m lacking inspiration – via Lyle and Uborka 1. What is the total amount of music files on your computer? 48.8 GB at time of writing (9217 songs to be precise). 2. The cd you last bought is: Still waiting to be delivered! The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom. 3.…
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Is this on?
Home again, home again, jiggety jig… Gosh it’s cold here, hail, snow, wind, rain. What happened to the bright shiny thing in the sky? The blue skies? The 20 degrees in the shade temperatures??!! Glad to see the janitor didn’t let me down (yes I pre-published some posts, the joys of WordPress), and you lot…
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Who is Tango?
I’ve never really had a nickname. My name doesn’t really lend itself to one, and I guess nor does my character. So why Tango? Well, believe it or not, I’m actually a trained ballroom dancer. I took years of lessons and specialised in latin dancing, specifically the tango. There’s something about the passion, almost lust,…