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Ready to go...
Well, I'm now on a weeks' leave and just about to set off for London for Loncon - I spent most of yesterday evening working my way through the programme to see what I'd like to see. I sometimes have problems choosing between items at Eastercon, but I think I've got a choice of three interesting items in nearly every timeslot over the five days, but ( Read more... ) -
Casing the joint....
Hmm, I've not been on here for a while ( Read more... ) -
Technological inflation...
My old 28" Sony Wega tv died last Monday, I think I'd had it for about 15 years, so I reckon I got my moneys' worth for it (I just did a search on Google and I see one sold on ebay for 99p a couple of years ago - buyer collects!). It was a bit of a monster, an old CRT Trinitron tv which weighed 44 kg, so it was a bit of a struggle just to shift it ( Read more... ) -
Loncon 3 hotel bookings - ouch!
Well, hotel bookings for next summers' World SF Convention have opened today (and this was the first day I can book leave from my 2014 leave allowance, too ( Read more... ) -
Phew!
Well, I've had the results of last Thursdays' tests, and the conclusion is that I have an elevated blood glucose level but it's not diabetes (yet), so I'm in the clear though losing some weight wouldn't be a bad thing... -
Ho hum.
Spent three hours this morning sitting in the phlebotomy department of Leighton Hospital in Crewe (just as well that they said "bring a book" on the appointment letter!), following a 12 hour fast, as they're looking to see if I'm diabetic. Extract blood at 9, wait 45 minutes for test results, drink three cups of Lucozade, wait two hours, then ( Read more... ) -
The Next Age
Well, my brother Emyr hit 65 last Wednesday (and his grandson Jac was 6 the same day), so yesterday was his last day in work - apparently he's having a surprise week in Madeira next week! I thought it amusing that his last day at work was also the day I got a letter from the DWP telling me that I won't get my state pension until my 66th birthday ( ( Read more... ) -
Oh my aching feet...
Just currently putting my feet up for a while after wandering around the wonderful Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (after walking the full length of Sauchiehall Street, breaking off to watch what looked like a practice lawn bowls event for the Commnwealth Games (teams from Scotland, Wales, Malaysia, NZ, and Australia in evidence)). There was ( Read more... ) -
On hols...
A few weeks ago I realised that it was 30 years since I last had a holiday in Scotland for anything longer than a SF convention, so I decided to remedy that this year. I'm currently on a Virgin Pendolino somewhere in the Southern Uplands (just gone past a wind farm that wasn't there last time I came this way) - train's about 20 minutes late, but ( Read more... ) -
The New Doctor
OMG! The Doctor's older than I am, for the first time since Sylvester McCoy's day, even if only by a few months! Anyway, good luck to Peter Capaldi - it's strange seeing one of the hot tips actually getting the job.