Year: 2006
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A Question Of Honour
If your girlfriend and your sister are in a fight, who are you supposed to defend?
That's one of the many questions that went through my mind on Saturday at Houghton Tower's orchestra and fireworks display. It was the usual affair of music and fireworks and excessive patriotism, dampened only by the dampening effect of the … -
And We’re Off
Right; off to Lancashire. For those that remain:
Adam's offered to host Troma Night. Which seems brave considering that he'll just have come to an end of his 22hr15min Dr. Who marathon.
Bryn: I managed to do it - this morning, I surfed BBC News from my DS Lite. It'd have been easier … -
Fun With A Nintendo DS
This post starts very geeky, but becomes about computer games later on. Feel free to scroll down three paragraphs if you like computer games but don't like computer hardware hacking.
My M3 Perfect and some related hardware arrived today. Basically, it's a SD card reader that plugs into a Game Boy Advance slot (which are found … -
Umm… About Troma Night (Plus: Last Night’s Dream)
Oh yeah; Claire and I won't be around this weekend: we're off to Houghton Tower again (again!) for classical music and fireworks from the comfort of a gazebo, which we've recently started pronouncing "gay's bow". The net result is that Troma Night won't be at The Cottage - if somebody else wants to host it …
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Dan’s Lazy Beef Stroganoff
Another recipe for you all. This experimental stroganoff worked well, so I thought you might enjoy it too. I've no doubt it could be multiplied up wonderfully to serve more people.
Dan's Lazy Beef Stroganoff
Serves: 2-3
Ingredients
2 medium-sized sirloin steaks, thinly sliced (use a very sharp knife and try to cut slices no larger than … -
And The Meme Goes On
I promised a few people I'd do this meme with them, you see...
In case you'd forgotten, here are the things I'm writing about:
I’ll respond with something random about you (it'll probably be something particularly random, because it'll be the first thing I thought of - it may or may not be pleasant).
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I’m Not One For Memes, But…
As you probably know, I'm not a huge fan of most of the memes that float around Blogland (Abnib, etc.), and generally steer clear. But I did this one on Faye's blog, and thought I ought to pass it on.
What you do:
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Coming To Brum?
Those of you coming to Birmingham, be aware! After much debating on Paul's blog, it's been kinda-somewhat agreed that we will gather at The Cottage at 9:20am. We're currently looking at me, Paul, Claire, Rory and probably Suz. Bryn and Heather have also expressed an interest in coming, which'd be great not only because they're …
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Hospitals
My Gran's been taken into hospital: we could've seen that coming when we visited while up that end of the country for my cousin's wedding. She'd protested about the possibility of being admitted then, stating that "she'd been in hospital three times before and they hadn't managed to kill her yet," which is an interesting …
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Gabbly - gabbly.com
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Gabbly - gabbly.com.
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Comcast Customer Service
Saw a news story today that made me smile: it seems that this guy had problems with his Comcast cable modem and, after a fair amount of hassle, finally managed to get them to send an engineer around to look at it. The engineer proceeded to fall asleep on the guy's couch, which he caught …
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Computer Games And The Monetary Value Of Entertainment Time
How much does entertainment cost? Well, it depends on the medium. A recent interview with Bing Gordon (who has not only a crazy name but also a high ranking position with videogames company Electronic Arts) talks briefly at the end of the article about the comparative cost of different forms of entertainment, and tries to …
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Another Story Of ALP
My rant about ALP Property Management continues to gain interest and attention from all kinds of folks. Recently I received an e-mail from a young man (who'd like to remain anonymous), telling me about his experience with what might well be Aberystwyth's least ethical estate agent.
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Back In Town
We're back. Hope Troma Night went well (nobody's told us so or otherwise yet) and that everybody had a fab week. I'm absolutely knackered so that's all for now.
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Out Of Town
Claire and I'll be out of town for a couple of days, visiting my folks and going to my cousin's wedding. This means that this week:
There won't be a Naruto Night.
There won't be a Geek Night.
Troma Night will be held at Matt P's new house. Hopefully he'll be cool …