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More running...
So I started the couch to 5k (http://www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx) yesterday, after various people's tips and thoughts on my running post. I can honestly say that it was pretty easygoing, except for the 3rd and 5th running intervals -- why those? Who knows!
And this morning, I made my first trip to the gym in ... 15 years.Wow, ( Read more... ) -
Heartbeat
This is a little heartbeat post.
I'm alive, I'm getting fitter, and wondering whether I can maybe graduate to mini-triathlon.
Work is excellent.
Auckland is pretty, and I am slowly exploring it. I need friends -- wonder if maybe community theatre is worth trying?
Not reading. Wish I was.
Not Fanacing. Wish I was.
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Elsewhere on the interwebtubes
Sometimes, I get so caught up in the various comments threads, discussions and arguments in various places, that it's nice to find a reminder of a well-mannered disagreement, such as this one about Susan Cooper's The Silver on the Tree from 2003. It makes my heart sing to see such phrases as "I think the sticking point for me--the porcupine I ( Read more... ) -
Fighting ignorance in 140 characters?
Some things, I just can't let go ( Read more... ) -
Ooops.
Two whiny posts in a row.
On the positive side: I am in Florida, where the weather is lovely. I'm also feeling calm and mellow.
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Fragile environments
I travelled down to Queenstown, on New Zealand's south island, last month. It's a fantastically beautiful place - glacial lakes, pristine rivers, staggeringly spectacular mountains, and more ( Read more... ) -
Self-censorship and the triviality of tweeting
Japan. Awful, heartbreaking and tragic ( Read more... ) -
is this thing on?
I've suddenly realised why people keep asking me how I'm finding the Shaky Isles - heck, I had no idea that was a humourous aussie reference to New Zealand until recently ( Read more... ) -
Law of drama
The law of drama: Whenever I decide to do something big outside of work, drama and/or sickness will get in the way.
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Celebrity doppleganger
So, that whole facebook celebrity doppleganger? Yeah, I didn't do that because I don't have a celebrity doppleganger.
...or so i thought.
Until I discovered Sue Perkins.
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