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QMoon Virtual Postcard #2
We arrived in Rome last night to find a city teeming with life. There's a buzz everywhere, and a crowd whereever you look. Roma Termini, the central station, stretches for miles and is bustling with commuters and tourists, fighting their way through ticket office queues or met.ro (the underground train system) gates.
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QMoon Virtual Postcard #1
Thank you all so much, everybody who came to QParty, and to everybody who's blogged about it (I'm paying a small fortune for internet access, so I haven't had time to read everything you've all written, but I've been quite moved by everything I've seen so far: abnib must be full of Q-jokes!), and in …
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QParty Venue Not So Ready As Expected
Blogging from Roper Hall, where, in 5 hours, QParty will be starting. It seems that the management might have been a little optimistic when it came to their scheduled renovations...
There's still rubble on the floor. The furniture is in stacks. The sound system isn't connected. Did I mention the rubble?
Kit, Fi, Matt, Matt, JTA and … -
“Five Years Ago I Met Claire, And I’ve Not Looked At Another Woman Since”
That's one of the things the people who don't know Claire and I very well may be expecting to hear in my speech at QParty on Saturday. I've finally managed to finish writing everything I wanted to say and trimming it all down so nobody gets bored to tears waiting for me to finish. Better …
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QParty Venue
During the worst of my fretting about QParty this weekend, I thought that what might be best to calm me down would be to talk to my folks, in Preston, and check up on the things that they've been looking after for me (confirming that the venue is booked, arranging catering, etc.).
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Sometimes I Read Too Much Into Things
This post was removed shortly after its publication after a misunderstanding by the sender of the card lead to anger from their side of the family. I tried to pacify them, acceding to their every request (explaining my thinking, sending an apology, removing this post, and eventually removing the comments they'd published to the post) …
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The Purple Rose
I received a surprising gift at work this morning. Click the picture for a full-size snap.
AltA Purple Rose... But From Who?
A gift box from InterRose, delivered by Royal Mail Special Delivery. The building manager who brought it up from the reception desk to my office kept insisting that it wasn't from him (apparently … -
A Series Of Unfortunate Injuries
How to have a good time after returning from a tiring holiday and even more tiring return journey:
Return home delighted to see that Paul has tidied up your entire house.
Relaxed and refreshed, throw yourself backwards into a soft, comfy chair.
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How Not To Watch Comedy
We failed quite miserably to see any live comedy yesterday (although the day before was good). I blame the wine.
Y'see, we thought: you know what would be nice before we go out this afternoon? A quick bottle or two of wine.
Six bottles of wine later, the plan to go and watch some shows somehow mutated … -
Really Bad Erotica For Dummies
In a recent post (The Magic Of BiCon) I mentioned that some new friends and I had spent some time reading bad erotica (store-bought, would you believe it, not home-made) to one another. I just thought I'd take a moment to share with you exactly how awful some of this literary pornography was.
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Edinburgh Fringe
Well, we made it to Edinburgh. After scooping up (well, not literally, although that could have been funny) Ruth and JTA from Maulds Meaburn we zipped off up the motorway and soon were completely lost in Edinburgh. Now I don't want to point a finger of blame here, but I'll say this: if Ruth's contribution …
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Preston
Claire and I are in Preston, and I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to get hold of real internet access, characterised by the fact that, as you'll see, I've put links in (it's a pain in the arse to do while posting from my phone, as I have been). I can't post long, as we're …
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The Magic Of BiCon
Three sit on the damp grass. One reads out a bad example of a good erotic story, stopping from time to time to turn the book around and show the pictures to the others, who laugh.
Five cuddle up in each others' arms, in some sort of exclusive party for those they love - or might … -
BiCon Ball
Wow. Last night's costume ball was amazing. Claire's "Lara Croft" outfit went really well, and our efforts in the Costume Workshop earlier in the day to convert my picnic rug into a great kilt (for my William Wallace costume) paid off. Unfortunately at midnight the spell was broken and my kilt turned unexpectedly back into …
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First Day At BiCon
Yesterday, of course, was our first "full day" at BiCon, and it made the difference in terms of feeling welcome and "at home."
Claire and I went to a couple of welcome-y workshops: Start Here! and Getting To Know You! The timetable's pretty well organised because despite there being up to 6 activities on at any …