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How ridiculous - and modernlife - is it that Sis sends me emails from the room she's in to the next room that I'm in?

Okay, it's a link to a cartoon that, as she said, is totally me.


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Oh dear oh dear.

I know I said I wanted a nice quiet leavetaking from work, but I didn't think the universe would take me so seriously...

Although the campus is not yet closed down, people in open plan areas (like my entire building) have been given the option to work from home and not surprisingly, most of them have taken it as (they have children ( Read more... )

Because I will have enough flexitime accrued by the end of the month, I will take both 27th and 31st off, so my last day at work (before I go on leave and at the end of leave retire) is 26th March. Given my work arrangement, and including today, that makes... ten more days work. Of which two are Fridays and half days.

Doesn't quite seem real.

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From the film Harvey, and the superlative Jimmy Stewart.

When I was born good fairies clustered round my cradle, showering me with wit, beauty, grace, freedom from dandruff, natural piety and other great gifts, but the Wicked Fairy Carabosse (who had not been invited to the party) crept to my side and screamed "Let him be cursed with Inability To Do Little Jobs Around The House", and so it has always bee ( Read more... )

We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.

Robert Benchley

These are simple, and inspired by the old "life gives you lemons" cliche, but I found making them soothing while waiting for a tradesman who was running late again... they also have lots of yellow on them, which is my favourite colour so that makes me happier too :)


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So that is it, really - it's taken me well over a year, but I've come up with 100 ( listed under the cut... )

Our white violets

I though of doing something big and special for The Hundredth Thing.... then I thought, but these are things that make being me just that bit better. I decided I wanted to go with... just a little thing.

And they don't come much littler than these humble flowers.

And these do. Our rather overgrown and rambly garden has always ( Read more... )