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• TableTop Day 2015 is Coming!

  

  As can (just about) be seen from the fairly blurry photo of my calendar, International TableTop Day is on Saturday the 11th of April 2015. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2015 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 2015 is Coming...

  

  So you read this, 2014 is either about to end, or has ended. (that pretty much covers everyone, except possibly for Doctor Who) How's your year been? Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Adventures in Wesnoth

  

  Recently I've been hideously addicted to an open source adventure game, Battle for Wesnoth. Here's my team exploring some caves. Tip for you - elves are... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas

  

  You know how you end up eating so much chocolate at Christmas that it makes you feel sick? Well, this year has been no exception. Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Christmas is Around the Corner

  Christmas is just around the corner, as I write this there is less than four hours before Christmas Day begins here in the UK. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 3 Days to an Asteroid Impact - Time to Tweet!

  

  The European Space Agency has been busy this year.  Not content with managing to land a fridge on a comet, they've now worked out that about three days before a... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Anti Hacking Jeans and More Brilliant Writing

  Well, time is counting down to Christmas, in one weeks time it will be Christmas Day, we still have quite a few presents to wrap (and a couple of buy) but... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Made a Quiz!

  

  You know all of those brilliant quizzes people take?  For example: Who is your celebrity arch nemesis? (mine is Justin Bieber) Video Game Character Quiz -... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Do You Want to Know Your Future?

  

  It has returned, from another dimension... Or maybe from a shelf. It's the Pyramid of Mystery! Last year, with the aid of the Pyramid of Mystery and a load of... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day!

  

  It's December the 8th, and that obviously means one thing - it's "Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day"! Today is a day to dress up as a time traveller, either... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stop the Sun!

  

  This morning my other half wanted to show me her favourite song at the moment, Avicii's "Addicted To You", but it hard was to see the screen with the sunlight... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Have a Working PC! (just)

  

  I have a working PC! My longtime PC died a few weeks ago, when the motherboard suffered a lethal injection of electricity in the wrong place, so I've bought a... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• National Days And... The December Challenge!

  

  Firstly, today is St Andrews Day, the Scottish national day.  St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was a Galilean fisherman who is also apparently the... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shopping on Black Friday

  

  Friday morning I was out getting a few bits and pieces - we wanted a new kettle and iron, some household staples (aka milk and yoghurt - although I don't... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  Today it's Thanksgiving and I'd like to cheer on all my American friends who are hopefully eating a huge dinner of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, vegetables... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Princess Daddy

  

  This morning I asked my son to tell me a story. With a little prompting from my other half, we got the following out of him: Once upon a time, there was a... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 24 Hours is a Long Time...

  

  Yesterday I wrote a post saying that I wasn't sure if I would buy a Raspberry Pi or not.  I couldn't really think of what I would do with one. Today I bidded... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Like Raspberry Jam

  

  I don't mean the stuff you put on your toast. Today I was at the Hull Raspberry Jam in (unsurprisingly) Hull. Raspberry Jams, thought up by Alan O'Donohoe, a... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are You Ready for Christmas?

  Time is ticking away, for in five weeks it shall be Christmas Eve.  Have you got your presents bought yet?  The shops are full of seasonal wares, the... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Am a Caring Wife

  

  I took an online test this morning, and apparently I'm a caring wife. That's probably the reason why, when I had to plug my laptop in to charge this morning, I... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION