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I got out of the house a bit this week.
First I saw Frankie Boyle’s Lap of Shame at the Leicester Square Theatre with Andy....
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After several evenings spent reading/watching TV reviews, I’ve pushed the button on a Samsung S90C, plus a half-price...
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The week started with an alarming text message from O2 saying that my SIM is on its way and I should confirm a SIM swap. I’m...
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Repairmen have taken away our increasingly blue TV. I’m glad we bought it through John Lewis: it’s four years through its...
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It was the children’s half-term holidays this week. I decided to take Monday off work so that we could all travel in to...
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This week each year is always busy in our family: we have two birthdays, Valentine’s Day and (this year) Pancake Day to...
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My team at work are mostly based near our office in Cambridge, but we also have a few people dotted around the UK and...
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We’ve booked a holiday at Easter. We’re returning to the nice Center Parcs in Belgium we stayed in a year ago. Like last...
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I met up with Andy on Monday in London to see some live comedy: Richard Herring’s RHLSTP recording with Bob Mortimer and...
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We can’t avoid it any longer. It’s time to search for a summer holiday. A drive to a nice gîte in France near the beach is...
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We’re back to normal now: the boys returned to school after their Christmas break.
It was another hospital visit this week...
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New year, new diet, but it’s not for healthy-eating reasons, although that’s a happy consequence. It’s an attempt to relieve...
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Merry Christmas! My parents arrived on Christmas Eve and the cooking marathon began. While the ham boiled I had a couple of...
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I spent a few days this week with a small group visiting the team in our Belgrade office. We had arranged workshops and...
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I visited three different hospitals this week to assess my bum-bump bruising. I probably spent a total of 20 minutes with...
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It was my work’s Christmas party this week. I caught the train up to Cambridge so that I could have a couple of drinks. We...
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I’ve injured myself. I slipped on some ice walking down steps in my garden, landing on my arse and back and sliding to the...
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It was my birthday this week. I decided not to take the day off work and wasn’t sure if I’d regret that decision, but I...
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It’s dark out. Most of the roads on my journey home from the office are unlit so my one-hour commute is suddenly less...
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I spent two days in East London this week at CTO Craft Con, a conference aimed at technology leaders. It was my first such...
