Well its now been almost 3 months since I moved to cheltenham.  The plus points are I am nearer family and friends, I am not doing silly long journeys to visit the nam, I have good housemates, and have made a few ne friends along the way ( Read more... )

As I look back on another year passing I hope 2007 will bring you everything you want.  As I look back on the spam I have recieved over the past few weeks I think this one is particularly relevant since I actually had this conversation in my previous job concerning greetings like these:

I wanted to send you a holiday greeting, but it is so ( Read more... )

Anybody have any suggestions for some decent music, its rather tragic when one of the best discoveries of the year has been Dragonforce (although I blame zeke_hubris for that entirely).

Well the first week of my job is over and it has been an interesting week.  A number of things are obvious.  The private sector expects results and you are expected to put the hours in.  Not that I wasn't expecting this mind. Although having to get up at 7am ready to dirive into work for 9am is still taking a little getting used to.  My boss is ( Read more... )

Well I have spent the past weekend in London catching up withphrixus_nyx and zeke_hubris. It was a quiet weekend mostly spent talking and drinking in many establishments including a Thai meal on the saturday night that made a welcome change. Of course the drive up to London and back was about 5 hours each. Which is reminder of why I never want to go anywhere near london ( Read more... )

Well I think I have done more work over the past 5 days moving into my new room than I have done at my previous job over the past 6 weeks or so ( Read more... )

Well I am mostly packed and the van is being delivered this afternoon. A quick trip to Swindon to pick up some stuff and then onto Cheltenham. An observation I make every time I move, is that ever since I left home to start University I have been living in one room. I find it an interesting comment on my life that I can pack all my worldly ( Read more... )

Well I have just been told at work that my final day for working is this Friday. Going out with work collegues tomorrow and then moving to Cheltenham on Saturday. By the end of next week I will never see Wallingford again.....

It's funny how things move forward so quickly. Onwards and upwards I say.

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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape ( Read more... )