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As you may or may not know, we recently had our kitchen refurbished. Its lovely. Done by Wickes. I was showing Zoefruitcake around it after the installation had finished, getting her used to the new gadgets and things. And she spotted this little monk…just sat on the worksurface….hovering there…. “What on Earth is that?” she…
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Where was I? Oh yes, I wasn’t pregnant. I wasn’t glowing in the dark. Instead I had developed super human ability to use search engines (these days Startpage.com, really good privacy focused search engine that, until recently, was supported by Waterfox browser — now using 1.org as a charitable search engine instead) and watch doctors…
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In the previous episode I told you about the two trips to hospital including: Chest X-rays, Oxygen masks, Blood oxygen sensors, ECGs and being told to cease drugs until otherwise told. The poorly, or maybe perfectly – depending on how you look at it — timed appointment with Nuclear Medicine was on the Thursday. It…
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Do you remember me?Like I remember you?Do you search my nameOn Google too? Or have you forgottenHow we used to beWhen we shared times together?Or is it just me? Well it’s been a while,And I’ve left lots of clues,In case you look me up,Or see me in the news. But I guess you haven’t Or…
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When Mrs Gnomepants V1.0 and I moved into our house in Barnsley, it had a hideous pink bathroom suite from the 1980s. To be fair, it was really well kept and mostly clean- the carpet floor didn’t stink too much of wee as in the houses later years, the previous occupant was an elderly lady.…
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Many years ago, probably just before I started polluting the internet with mind ramblings and enough poorly written prose to poison any large language model harvest, I had a scan. I’ve had lots of scans to be fair, so it’s probably one I’ve talked about before in the 20 odd years I’ve written here. Anyway,…
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The cat committee would like it to be known that, as 2024 was exceptionally horrible for all, 2025 will be an improvement. At least, that is, if they get extra skritches, treats and hot box before it is house humans time to return to work on Thursday.
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Now an annual tradition, at D&D last night our esteemed host Mark put on a fine spread of haggis, neeps and tatties. Haggis, as you know are small tartan coloured animals that roam free in the rugged highlands of the North. Their little nasal wails and toots can be heard across the mountains from many…
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I asked an AI text generator to create a short monologue called “Cottage Pie for One” in the style of Alan Bennett. This is the result: As I stand alone in my tiny, dimly lit kitchenette, surrounded by the mundane aromas of a bygone era, I find solace in my comforting ritual of making cottage…
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![Picture of the Day: Holy Well, Southam, Warwickshire [2010]](https://stegzy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/imag0130.jpg?w=450&h=450&crop=1)
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the area I now live in has some curious and ancient locations. One such location is the Holy Well near Southam in Warwickshire. An ancient site where once pilgrims from all over visited in their legion, to bathe and be blessed by powerful earth magic and perform ancient rituals.…
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