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Just in case there is anyone in Livejournal land who remembers me, HI folks.  Still here.  I really must get back to checking out Livejournal.

Back at work now for six months and almost back to a normal life.

And people don't understand te appeal of Rugby?


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Seeing as how I'm off work at the moment I've had time to see a lot of movies.  My friend Seedy bOb and I have a tradition of not seeing good movies, so it came as a huge surprise how much we enjoyed the A-Team.  Mindless, plot holes to drive trucks through, character development replaced by big guns, car chases and explosions.  Just the sort of ( Read more... )

....so there I was in the observation ward of the cardiac ward.  Oddly enough I felt well, better than I had for a few months.  Apart, that is, from the two needles left in my arms to allow for drugs to be injected.  The sensors stuck to me body to monitor my heart and the wee clip on my finger which measured the oxygen levels in my blood.  I had a ( Read more... )

I wasn't sure what I was going to say about my illness, but what the hell it isn't a secret and I'm feeling good at the moment, with a decent chance to make a full recovery.   On the 27th April, less than a week after my fiftieth birthday I went to the gym at 6:30am.  I hadn't been feeling great and wanted to clear my head.  I had a good work-out ( Read more... )

I still like comics, this reminded me why.


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When you get advice on music from someone called Seedy bOb, you shouldn't expect too much.  So for the past couple of days I've ben listening to some dreadful Metal Music.  In some cases albums I had owned as a 13/14 year old before a brief dalliance with prog rock was replaced by a kind of joint punk/motown/stax period.

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