Tag: family
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Little Things
A little under a fortnight after the death of his father, Dan explains how it's the little things, and not the big things, that are hardest for him.
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Full Stop
Dan's father was killed this weekend in a tragic accident. [updated with funeral info and photo]
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New Computer #2 - Dana
Dana is the second of the two new computers Dan's acquired this month. She's tiny, reasonably-powerful, and uses almost no electricity.
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Northern Radio
While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of moving around the country on his perception of different dialects.
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Five Beds
During his Christmas and New Year tour of the UK, Dan is offered the chance to sleep on no fewer than five separate beds. He's not been quite so crass as to rank the crash spaces he was so-kindly offered in order of comfort, but he might as well have.
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To The North Pole!
In April 2012, Dan's dad will walk to the North Pole. Dan shares a few words of encouragement, and asks you to consider sponsoring him
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Instead Of Blogging...
In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about during the last (very busy!) month, and gets on with writing about other things. He's been busy!
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Who's Your Daddy?
Days before he and the other Earthlings move out of Old Earth forever, Dan finally gets to have a conversation with his neighbour. And his poor mind is damaged forever by the experience. JTA's probably will be, too, when he reads this...
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Well-Wishes
Dan says thanks to everybody who, upon hearing about his dad's injury, passed on their "get well soon" wishes.
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Well That's Confusing
My dad... is in Aberystwyth. And I'm not. That's a little unusual.
He's mid-way through a cycle tour of Wales, and sat in Wetherspoons to avoid the rain. If you happen to see him, cheer him on for me. -
Busy Weekends Part II
Following up on my post about the weekend before the weekend before last - here's what I got up to the weekend before last (i.e. the weekend after that). You can see why I'm confused:
Ruth's Family Picnic
The weekend before last, JTA and I joined Ruth and her family at their "annual family picnic". This family … -
Busy Weekends Part I
The weekend before the weekend before last, Ruth, JTA and I went up to Preston, for:
My Sister's Birthday
My sister, Sarah, turned 21 at the start of this month, and we - accompanied by her friends and family - went out to a new Punjabi restaurant called East Z East. The food was fantastic (although in … -
In Which I Express Praise For My Sister
Normal blogging will resume shortly, but I just wanted to quickly take advantage of a period of strong mobile signal as I sit on this Thames Travel bus (oh yeah: I'm in Oxford for a few days) to share with you a feeling of warm fuzziness I experienced earlier today. (note: this blog post took …
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Alice Cooper, Richard & Kathryn's Wedding, Etc.
A very brief summary of some of the things I got up to last weekend with Ruth:
Nottingham
Alice Cooper concert in Nottingham.
Absolutely spectacular: it's amazing that this over-60-year-old man can spend a couple of hours singing and dancing and leaping around and being executed - I was tired just watching him.
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My Mum's Partner Slept With Sarah Michelle Gellar
I've got your attention now.
It's true, but it's not like you'd think. My mum's partner, otherwise known as Andy - or, sometimes, as Slightly Weaseldump - was working in the USA last week and when he was due to fly back his 'plane was cancelled by bad weather. The alternative flight offered would take him …