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Saturday, February 10, 2007

Writing and coffee

Can there be a better combination than writing and coffee? I've been madly buisy again lately and feeling guilty about not being in touch - my apologies. I brought Claire down to Covent Garden this morning for her fortnightly class. I had a reflective moment at the start of the journey which I've... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Just concentrating on the gravel

As part of our management speak in the day job we talk about rocks and gravel. Rocks are the key high-end objectives each of us sets ourselves and the gravel refers to all of the 'doing' stuff or operations in order to build those rocks. Gravel also refers to superfluous flim flam and endless e-mail... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 5, 2007

Bye bye fluff

I'm on a training course today and writing this in the lunch break. It's an Excel course and being run by trainers the company has used many times in the past. The trainer is young, thin and with a very strong South African accent (hey!) but he's quite quirky even if the pace is a bit slow. I'm not... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 4, 2007

Screwing around

I've been screwing around for the last few days so sorry I haven't been reading or writing. In truth, if someone ever asks me for a screw again I will probably nail them. Yes, Susan and I have been building furniture. We had a delivery of some 26 boxes of stuff on Wednesday afternoon - all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Online and on form

I've been working online from home today and have to say I really feel on form. I suspect the fact that I have two days holiday booked for tomorrow and Friday has played a major part of that. Isn't it strange how we sometimes wake up and it's as though a part of us hasn't? Or we wake up and part of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Lights out

As we approached the station this evening, the driver told us to take great care as a local power cut had caused the station and surrounding area to be thrown into darkness. Dramatic stuff! I think he must have been bored. Needless to say, people did not take care or show any courtesy to their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 29, 2007

It's all in the presentation

About three weks ago our beloved leader announced that he'd had an idea for a presentation! Strange, I know, but this was quite a good one. He suggested that all of us 'senior people' on the management team present our goals for the year to the rest of the staff so that they could see what we were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

When children rule the world

'When children rule the world' is still a song our daughter Claire enjoys listening to. From 'Whistle down the wind' she regularly plays the compilation cd from the show. I have to say that I think there are some other great songs from it such as 'No matter what' and the title track itself, but this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Domestic Saturday

Today was a domestic kind of day. Susan and I wanted to get Claire's bedroom pretty well finished before she came home from a friend's house this evening. We nearly made it. I had to pop into Ely this morning for some provisions before returning to empty the ashes from last night's fire (singing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Friday and Thank God

But not because Friday sees the end of the week, but because it was a really good day and I thank God for that! I woke up this morning with doubts lurking in the pre-dawn electric lights; artificial shadows trying to get ahead of everything natural. And then...I just flicked a different kind of... Sign in to see full entry.

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