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dj on the boat

tonight we had the pleasure of a pleasure cruise aboard a superior cruise vessel. we also had the pleasure of a DJ called Paris who had a gameplan. His gameplan worked as people started dancing at the required time. he told me he also has a daughter named ‘elektra’. i didn’t ask him his surname.
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vegetarians look away

this morning (6.40am)on the way to work i saw lots of snails out on the street as it was nice and wet for them. walking back this evening (11.50pm) i saw snails on the now dry path way. lots of them.
my game was to walk really fast listening to my stereo really loud (Supergrass) whilst dodging the snails on the floor. there were lots of crushed ones, but I managed to avoid them all myself.
a good ‘on the way back from the pub’ game to play i think.

pop idol head-to-head

i walked past two Pop Idol Talent Box vans today. Not a clue what it means but they looked good head-to-head.
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UPDATE: more info on a teenage pop idol here
UPDATE2: i went to a wedding of a pop idol finalist. see here

table bin

someone had cleverly placed a set of table legs and frame around a bin, thus creating a table bin. brilliant concept. just eat your dinner and push what you don’t want in to the hole in the middle.
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dog with weird eye

here is a sign on the Royal Festival Hall door:
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It’s a very square dog with a mad eye
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glove

on Oxford Street no less …
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magazines

i walked to chancery lane this morning from paddington station for a 10am meeting. on the way i passed a very posh street next to Hyde Park. It was so posh they even had free magazines in boxes for the locals to read whilst having their afternoon strolls.
All you high society magazines were there: tatler, cosmo etc.
And from the wording on the box they are all provided by the Westminster Council. Their council tax is high, but certainly worth it I imagine.
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two chairs

two nice chairs passed on my way to work this morning
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I also saw a pair of knickers hanging out of the bin in the street opposite the office …
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aerials

just been discussing our TV aerial with esther.
esther: what’s that bird stick on the roof for daddy
me: it’s the TV aerial, not a bird stick
esther: what’s it for ?
me: it helps you see the TV better
esther: do you have to sit up there to watch it
me: no.

podium dancers

it used to be the case that technology companies would have wacky events in their offices to encourage ‘out of the box thinking’. Tumbling share prices and burst bubbles put an end to that.
As an act of celebration of my company’s half year results, two ladies jumped on to the filing cabinets and did a synchronised dance. it was a precious moment.
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If only I had a record player, I could have played the Up Town Top Rankin’ record to accompany them.

uptown top rankin

it used to be that you’d see records everywhere. now it’s mostly tapes and CDs in the street.
I was pleasantly surprised to see this piece of vinyl in the street this morning:
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Uptown Top Rankin’ by Tight N Up
1989 Fanfare Records, it’s stereo, 12 FAN 20

kezzie cuteness

here is an old photo of kezia (she was around 12 months old i think). It’s not been on the blog before, so here it is.
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old photos

computers are funny things. you come across all sorts of things in their nooks and crannies. these must be from around 1998-ish i would guess.
here are a few photos I discovered:
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dave has many nice shirts. jane appreciates them.
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jane points at daves old sideburns (now returned after a few years absence)
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dave the sad old hippy. why did i ever cut my hair ?
update: jane thinks these photos were taken after esther was born, ie mid 1999 onwards. she can tell this because of the length of her fringe. fantastic !

school bins

being back in a school brunged (brungt?) back all sorts of memories. I had forgotten that schools had their own sort of bins. I was delighted to see this specimen in exquisite surrounds
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bording school activities

in the boarding school where we were staying they had an Activities Board. It appears that smoking is the norm in this school as one of the Activities is Not Smoking. It sure is a healthy activity.
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modern christianity

we’re on a God-holiday weekend in a boarding school at the moment.
it’s always interesting to see the peripheral trends in the Christian faith, particularly amongst the youth.

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location location location

i write this entry under cover of darkness in a bording school in Berkshire. In the near vicinity i can hear a foreign students disco playing agadoo.
hoorah for my ipaq and gprs phone