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Hints on etiquette and the usages of society with a glance at bad habits

January 5, 2012 – 2:12 am

I’ve been reading ‘Hints on etiquette and the usages of society with a glance at bad habits‘ by Charles Wm. Day which is fully available online. Up until seeing the link by raincoaster I wasn’t aware that books were fully available on archive.org, but I will now need to have a look for others that [...]

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The evolution of language

January 4, 2012 – 12:22 am

It’s not a secret that I love watching Hercule Poirot mysteries starring the one and only David Suchet. We’re watching between one and five episodes a week in the house and currently have about 15 episodes recorded on Sky Plus. In addition to hearing Captain Hastings’ ‘I say’ or ‘good Lord’ or ‘that girl’s a [...]

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Last.fm listening visualisation

January 3, 2012 – 5:23 am

I’ve been on Last.fm since 2008 and have blogged about it before. Stats fascinate me, but not nearly as much as visualisations created based on the stats. Saw LastGraph linked on Mark’s blog and created my own graph from joining Last.fm until now. It’s interesting to see what over 60000 listens look like and even [...]

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365 days since ‘The Event’ – #burglary

January 2, 2012 – 7:05 pm

It has now been two years since I was burgled. Whilst I have mostly gotten over that and the anger that came with it now, it’s still an event that has ruled most of the past 12 months of my life. This showed in the form of nightmares and the unusual desire not wanting to [...]

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A year of @SatScenes

January 1, 2012 – 10:01 pm

I’ve written about @satscenes before [though the post is hardly worth clicking through to!] and I’m quite proud that I’ve managed to submit a satscene for every Saturday this year with one hitch once where @akaSylvia graciously allowed me to submit one late. Satscenes are “photographs of people enjoying their Saturday from around the world” [...]

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Not the best of days #firstworldproblems

December 23, 2011 – 8:57 pm

This is a complete #firstworldproblems post. Here is a list of things that went wrong today: I didn’t sleep well thanks to a scratchy throat. I started the day with lemsip. I hate lemsip. I got wet in the rain in town. I got hit in the back by a shopping basket. I got wet [...]

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Yet another post on my Christmas knitting

December 20, 2011 – 6:56 am

I’m happy to report that the Christmas knitting which looked so intimidating just a couple of days ago is now much more manageable. I completed and by now even gift-wrapped two major projects that have taken up a lot of my time of the past months and I can’t wait for Christmas purely so I [...]

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One of those moments

December 18, 2011 – 1:34 am

Had a conversation today about deaths in families with others that had lost a parent when they were younger. Conversation was the same as always – everyone seems to be affected hugely, even a decade later, whereas I don’t seem to apart from some moments. Fast forward 12 hours and whilst reading a totally random [...]

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A tree in a tree!

December 16, 2011 – 5:49 pm

Took a break from Christmas knitting the other day and attempted a couple of Christmas decorations with dubious results. I made a star of which we won’t speak of again and a Christmas tree based on this pattern. I’m not very happy with the tree though crocheting a gold border around it gave it some [...]

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Christmas presents

December 12, 2011 – 5:21 pm

I’m starting to feel the pressure with all the Christmas knitting I planned to do. Originally I thought I had done it all well – I started before the end of October and I laid out exactly what I was going to knit for everyone and got the wool ahead of time. And then it [...]

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The fireplace

December 11, 2011 – 9:28 pm

Those following me on Twitter will already know that I have been spending far too much time in front of my friend’s fireplace. They finally had their chimney swept and bought wood and Monday was the first time they lit it. Since then I have spent far too much time at her house for various [...]

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How to make a Nutella hot chocolate

December 6, 2011 – 11:39 pm

It’s no secret that I love Nutella which is probably the German in me coming through! I am sometimes surprised that I like it seeing I generally am not much of a chocolate eater, but there’s just something about it.  I’ve blogged about Nutella once before, too! When I mentioned making a Nutella hot chocolate [...]

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Sleeping issues

November 30, 2011 – 8:40 am

I’m used to not sleeping well and have had various sleeping problems since I was 15. I also participated in a sleep study which showed that I generally need less sleep than most people and four hours a night can be enough for me. I have various sleeping issues: Inability to fall asleep Inability to [...]

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De Quervain syndrome – ‘Knitter’s thumb’ update

November 29, 2011 – 11:26 pm

I’ve mentioned my thumb/hand issues before here and here and today went back to my GP surgery to have it looked at as it’s now been a month and the pain is still ongoing restricting not only my knitting, but also other daily activities. For example getting dressed is proving to be an issue daily. [...]

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Star Wars The Force Unleashed 2

November 27, 2011 – 2:29 am

I recently completed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 or SWTFU2. I mentioned it very briefly before. I played the first one shortly after its release and was surprisingly enjoying it very much. The Euphoria game engine coupled with the ability to let loose with a lightsaber worked very well and the difficulties were well [...]

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Star Wars: The Old Republic

November 26, 2011 – 10:35 pm

I got very excited a couple of weeks ago when I received an email to the weekend beta testing for Star Wars: The Old Republic as it has been a game I’ve waited for a long time. I had never played an MMO before with the exception of free trials for WoW, Eve Online, Star [...]

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“You’re pretty much ancient already”

November 22, 2011 – 10:43 am

A random memory came up as I was just reading a friend’s Facebook status and, before I forget it again, I thought I’d post my comment here also. Years ago – when I used to do a lot of Children’s voluntary work – a child came up to me a few days before my 20th [...]

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The Strange Case of the Sanguineous Stump – Murder Mystery evening

November 21, 2011 – 11:58 pm

Last Friday I went to a murder mystery evening in Reading organised as part of the Reading Festival Of Crime Writing 2011. The story: Sol Joel, owner of the mansion at Maiden Earlegh, diamond merchant, horse race owner and cricket enthusiast was devastated. Firstly his uncle had fallen off a ship in mysterious circumstances, then his [...]

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