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London Blythe Meet: 30 September

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Loads of pictures from yesterday now up on my Flickr.

It was great to see everyone again and meet some new dolly peeps, including Leo! It was such a pity that the bar was so dark - damn them and their insufficient light.
(Apologies for the high ISO/noise/large DOF in advance.)

Reading and Reading

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Well I had my library induction today and it taught me two useful things:
1. Head librarians can be weird - but very useful - people, who may sweat a lot
2. Those who run fast get book
For my £3,000 yearly fee I am clearly expecting too much - like that there will be more than 8 [...]

Choices

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

This weekend we’re trying to cost up everything we need to buy for the new flat for our grand renovation project; down to the last doorknob and tile.
Today we went at looked at swanky Italian tiles and less swanky sheets of B&Q MDF.

Our tile choices

Bathroom tiles (round grey/white/black mosaic and grey floor tile)

One of our [...]

First Day…

Monday, September 18th, 2006

…at University today and enrolement was surprisingly easy (bye bye £3000) with minimal faffing.
We were talked ‘at’ a lot by various reps, vice-chancellors and officers and I really needed a coffee to keep going. The low point of the morning was a campus fire safety video which said fire was a “Phantom Menace.” Hmmm.
In the [...]

N.E.E.T. Magazine

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

Neet Magazine
A friend is in this quarter’s edition so I took a look - it’s ace! So many pretty things to want and buy. This online magazine is run by an English girl but has a ‘US feel’.
Go look and purchase