life

quote from esther: “this cake is so gorgeous I can’t even taste it”.
i think she captured the ‘mood of cake’ perfectly

I’ve shouted “hello” quite loudly to 4 people this morning (3 street cleaners and one person in the office). No one has acknowledged my greeting.
Perhaps today I am invisible (and the sound equivalent of invisible).
Although I did converse with Laurent as I entered the building this morning. He is French.
So maybe I’m invisible and inaudible (probably the correct equivalent word) to all except the French.
Or maybe French people are just friendlier than English people in the morning.
makes you think

2 ethernet cards £4
pair computer speakers £6
guess who ? 50p

esther helps poochy blow out her birthday cake

fly kites on windy days.

went to Mecca Bingo in Reading with Jane and Sally this evening. Didn’t win money, but did gain a whole lot of fun. Also saw loads of rats near a litter bin. I can highly recommend Mecca Bingo in Reading. They made us feel extraordinarily welcome !

there is a reason why apples comes from the female part of a tree. but it escapes me. www.michiganapples.com may help

modern life has few real dangers. we seldom get eaten by wild animals or killed by infectious diseases (shoddy zoos, SARs, world terrorism, natural disasters excepted). The challenges modern man (i use that term in a non-genderly way) faces are more subtle.

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voting is fun. three names on the sheet – no loonies or extremists here. whole thing took 30 mins (incl 25 mins walk)

unfortunately no golf was allowed whilst voting

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it’s the local elections today which is very exciting. i’m working from home which means i can pop along and vote during the day. i suspect it will be quite empty. i’ll let you know.
working from home ‘downstairs configuration’:
(voting slip next to laptop)

funky music down the funky doctors …

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fantastic blue pool in the UK.
Toilets were voted best loos 1999.
Won’t win this year though (imho)

photo by dave

photo by dave

just back from a weekend in weymouth. was very excellent. stayed in a caravan, but even that was good.

photo by dave

fantastic geography

photo by dave

photo by dave

here’s a cunning plan. in order to be able to finish work at 1.30pm on a Friday (4 hours early) I have decided to start work 4 hours early (5am).

Read More »an experiment in time

photo by dave

easter sunday today. double feature church music-wise. arborfield this morning and barkham this evening. lots of funky bass lines. all good fun.
went to the vyne with andy, gill, adam and luke during the day. was most excellent.