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ghostly galleons

my mum got esther a game for christmas called Ghostly Galleons and it’s most excellent. normal kids games are a bit boring or noisey and run out of batteries.
This game is a bit like snakes and ladders but there’s an element of skill as well as luck. and it’s quite exciting when you move the pirate and the boat spins round and various player’s pieces going flying off in to the ‘sea.
esther and her friends love it. and kezia likes spinning the little spinner and putting her person on the top of the mast.
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when you’ve got the game you then need to learn to speak like a pirate

the end of TV

our telly broke. we bought it from ASDA (Walmart) so it’s got a three year guarantee on it and a man is coming to look at it tomorrow morning. i’m feeling quite positive about the whole situation.
as a stop gap measure i enjoyed resurrecting an old PC and installing a TV card in it. Once i’d got it up and running and all tuned in we realised there was nothing decent on anyway. oh well.
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i like having a PC in our front room. it somehow speaks of a future world of interactive enjoyment. even if the machine is 5 years old, massively noisey and only boots one in three times.
i suspect it may be sent back to its rightful corner as soon as our telly gets mended.
UPDATE: the telly man came and took it away to be mended and left a loan one for us to watch whilst they are doing the work. So far this has been great post-sale support from Asda !

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award winners

it was a big awards night for the industry i work in last night. my company won two awards, but the real highlight for me was the triangular arctic-roll chocolate cake. i wasn’t the only one who was impressed
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i discovered that if you stuck your face against the transparent plastic award you could achieve a highly upleasant effect. It also make an attractive dagger.
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johnny vegas

how’s this for a celebrity spot – Johnny Vegas on Tottenham Court Road. he was walking towards me and for once i had the presence of mind to react before he’d walked on down the street.
I asked if i could take his photo and he said ‘yes of course’ and i said “i’m really looking forward to your new film” and he was really chuffed and said “oh, thanks”. then my camera was ready and i took my photo and that was that

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a few minutes later i walked past a bus which was advertising his new film which comes out tomorrow (see bus side for details!)

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an elevated street scene

i tried to produce a boring photo. this isn’t bad.
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the boney spine of a griffin

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little britain

this is one of my favouritist street signs in london. to me it sums up modern Britain. Britain used to be Great with its mighty empire.
but now it’s just Little Britain. and that’s fine with me.
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lampshade

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gloves

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finger misery

i have one of those annoying bits of flappy skin between my knuckle and finger nail on my middle finger on my right hand. all my other fingers are without blemish.
these little things are annoying as any contact with anything causes a little short stabby pain.
however, it has revealed to me how much daily activity involves very close contact with the back of my fingers. my life must be so finely tuned that even a small blemish less than a milimetre high can break the flow of normal activities.
shoe lace tieing, getting stuff out of my pockets, putting my coat on etc all involve close contact with fingers. usually this goes un-noticed, so i welcome the opportunity to think about them again, and in particular take note of the involvement of the top of the backs of my fingers
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sample sale

this sign is in a shop next to the local hospital. i’m not sure they should be selling the samples.
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windows

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threats of removal

you remove your bike or we remove our railings simple as that.
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one small point is that it mentions railing singular, but the sign is stuck on to two railings. which railing does it apply to ? if i had a bike i could have experimented. but i didn’t.

another door

there’s been a lot of door talk recently. the green door and the doctor’s door. and now we have a door with a kangaroo on it.
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big eye and the big pie

i went out for pizza with Big Eye Tony last night. i opted for the chocolate cake for dessert. i was offered cream or icecream and cheekily asked for both, expecting to get a little of each.
the waitress looked at me like i was insane and worriedly hurried back to the kitchen. this was obviously one scenario she had not been covered by her training.
when it arrived, instead of two half-portions they piled extra portions of both on to the plate. hoorah !
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bin chair

a seat by the bins so you can sit and wait for the bin men to come
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magic bollards

one of these bollards has magical powers
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book review

i’ve just finished reading this book which is most excellent. i hadn’t a clue what it was going to be about before i read it. but i do now. and it was very good.
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