Archive for March, 2008

Treats upcoming

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Things to look forward to, in the order they should happen:

Get a proper melodeon - Saturday if all goes to plan. W00T!
Regency Run - Sunday
Laser eye surgery consultation
Debbie runs the Stratford Half Marathon. I suppose I have to go and support her. Sounds like 3 hours of standing around to me.
Eurovision - and associated […]

Activities catchup: Aber

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Often, we visit my parents over Easter weekend. Since we were in Egypt this time, we went the following weekend instead.
It was very pleasant, but over all too quickly.
Friday: arrived late, presented them with an Aladdin lamp, ate, went to bed
Saturday: sat out the nasty rainy morning, then after lunch went to Aberystwyth for […]

Activities catchup: Egypt

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Gosh, haven’t I been lax about blogging?
Last week, or is it the week before, we went to Egypt. More specifically, Dahab on the East coast of the Sinai peninsula, where you can Saudi Arabia over the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aquaba on a clear day. Most days are, of course, pretty clear.
Sinai is pretty […]

Regency Run reminder

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Just a reminder: I’m running the 10km Regency Run in Leamington this Sunday, and you - yes you - may have a chortle about that, and then pay me for the laugh I gave you by donating to charity.
It would really make me feel better about the foolish choice I’ve made.
Debbie is also running […]

Wondrous scripts of the world

Monday, March 10th, 2008

(If these scripts don’t come out on your browser — sorry!)
For some reason this morning, I noticed a claim that Wikipedia has “over 9m articles in 250 languages”. Nine million is a big number, but I was more drawn by the 250 languages. What does that say about the sheer scale of the world, […]



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