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It's not NP-complete when the problem is fitting a quart into a pint pot
Packing for Epic Canyoneering Adventure now. Sarah has the humongous Luggage-O-Tron, on account of having all the abseiling rope to pack in it. Have been assigned a small case of a disgusting pink shade and unknown origin, that I will be embarrassed to pick up from the carousel ( Read more... ) -
What we do for a bottle of wine
Today has been an odd day. As my previous post explained, I got an odd phone call from the solicitors on my way to work, and on my way home afterwards I managed to get carded when buying a bottle of wine ( Read more... ) -
I broke the legal company
Our old wills became invalid after our civil partnership ceremony, so we arranged to get some new ones written. Today I got a phone call:
Woman: Hello, I'm from XYZ Solicitors, can I speak to Mrs B or Dr K please?
Me: Dr K here!
Woman: Hello! I'd like to go through your will setup, as I'm very confused! So, the situation is, you two are partners ( Read more... ) -
Diathermy Armpit Ow
My Transwoman-Solidarity Hair Removal Project continues. I had short wave diathermy (the more brutal form of electrolysis) on my left armpit today, and my sympathy with my wife and other trans women has increased, because it hurt a lot more than laser or blend electrolysis did. If I ever have that done again, I'm taking painkillers beforehand! I ( Read more... ) -
News About Me
I have handed my notice in at work. I've been there more than seven years (as one of the founders) and we've done some great things together, but over time I've been getting more and more burned out with the engineering side and it's hard to become less driven when it's a company that I've got so much of myself tied up in, if that makes any sense. ( Read more... ) -
New Tricycle
I appear not to have written anything since before our civil partnership... hmm, must have been a bit busy. We had a fab time, thanks to everyone who came, sent cards, etc. It was absolutely amazing ( Read more... ) -
Benefit of the Doubt
After a good night's sleep, I've decided to think a little less badly of my grandparents. They're very old, and it must be near impossible to be in one's late nineties without some mental deficit. It may have seemed like they were being manipulative on purpose, but I suspect that underlying it was a lot of confusion that they couldn't admit to ( Read more... ) -
Bureaucracy does its thing , and a mother-disaster is averted
Thanks everybody for all the kind replies to my post yesterday. I was touched to see so many comments, so quickly! I am feeling a lot more in control of things today.
( how the practicalities are working out... and my mother ) -
Sad News
I got a phone call at 2:45 this morning to tell me that my father had passed away in hospital, in his sleep ( Read more... )