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  • Bah Humbug – 2

    Bah Humbug – 2

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 2 – Decorations When I was a wee badger pup, I used to delight at being driven through the suburbs to wherever

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  • Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 1 – Christmas Lights Last month, the council cherry picker came round and put up the usual festive illuminations around the main

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  • I could regale you with tales of yore when I stayed at Port St Mary Station in 1983. I could relate tales of adventures, visits to the seaside, fine dining, light snacking and large breakfasts.   But I won’t.   Instead I present a pictorial representation of our holiday on the Isle of Man.  

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  • The Walk (Part 3) –Wales Coastal Path 2013

    After having carefully planned my working week to coincide with a visit to the North West to make it easier to travel to Wales, I set off from Liverpool on Thursday morning bound for Pistyll near Caernarfon to begin the third phase of the walk around the coast of Wales. At this pace, I suspect

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  • Filter this: Or how an entire history class ended up on report due to web filters

    Way back in the noughties I had the misfortune to work in a sixth form college. Regular readers will recall this was in the post industrial landscape that is Yorkshire. Cameron’s recent moral panic calls to mind the overbearing system of “safe guarding” that was in place at the college. I must provide some back

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  • The 27th Hollowell Steam and Heavy Horse Show 2013 from stegzy gnomepants on Vimeo.

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  • Stopping attacks on referees will benefit Daventry’s economy & employment situation won’t it? – http://ow.ly/lIGIe

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  • Music Project – Album #48 –Abraxas –Santana

      Abraxas by Santana   Sometimes I wonder if anyone is still actually reading these entries as I persevere to listen to my album collection in alphabetical order. But do you know? Part of me like to think that long forgotten LJ flisters might still be reading or random people might be coming across these

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  • Music Project – Album #47–A’arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming–Therion

      A’arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming by Therion Back in the good old late nineties, Scandinavian metal and rock bands started to experiment with their sound. Whilst the likes of Nightwish and Within Temptation experimented with female operatics, Therion went the whole hog and opted for a full choir.   Curiously it works. A’arab Zaraq Lucid

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