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Continue reading →: Sunday blues
4:30 am and I’m up dinking lemsip, listening to Jamie Callum wondering how to find shuffle play on my new gizmo. I listened to a radio programme yesterday about translating. I will be trying to get hold of the Dictionary of Untranslatables in English, it has done well in French…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #4…Saturday stuff
I woke very early today, listened to the radio for a bit and then, realising that sleep was over, got up. Last night’s dishes washed and put away, I was ready for some creativity. Potatoes, carrots, cucumber, trout fillets and cava seasoned with coriander and ginger. A gentle simmer to…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #3
Happy Christmas from leafy Surbiton. It is mild and sunny here in blighty. I have had my morning stroll to justify the excessive gorging to come. The spuds are peeled, the sprouts prepped and the timings calculated for a stress free roast dinner with all the trimmings. The living\dining room…
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Continue reading →: All I want for 2015
The Guardian carries a story today on 10 things that would improve life in 2015. Toilets are representative of poor sanitation and they report that in India 665 million people do not have access to a private toilet. A vaccine for Ebola is being fast tracked as the death toll…
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Continue reading →: Mobile blog #1
I will get the hang of this eventually, but right now it’s a bit frustrating trying to figure out which icon does what. I should also go and get my reading glasses, but that would be too sensible.
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Continue reading →: Curmudgeonly behaviour
Having cooked a pre-Christmas dinner I had probably quaffed my share of Barolo ( a bargain at £12 a bottle). So my grumpiness had a root cause, although alcohol consumption and a poor sleep pattern do not exonerate me from my surliness. Obviously I’m not going to accept the full…
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Continue reading →: Sugar crush
Against my doctor’s and dentist’s advice, I am shovelling in the boiled sweets again. Is this somehow linked to my playing Candy Crush? Without the benefit of a Psychology qualification I am going to take a punt at it anyway. The comfort food sweetness with all its childhood associations is…
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Continue reading →: Quantum error – it was Schrödinger’s cat, not Heidegger’s
Our youngest came home from university in Glasgow yesterday and we sat at the dining table catching up with his news and his thoughts about his future studies. During all the chat he pointed out a serious error in one of my early blogs – it’s not Heideggger’s cat it’s Schrödinger’s.…
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Continue reading →: Different people
I am constantly shocked that there are those who perceive difference with fear and hatred. The latest jolt to my system is the killing of albino people for their body parts. Witch doctors in Africa claim that potions made from an albino person’s legs, hair, blood and hands can make you rich. The murder of…
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Continue reading →: Morning gastronomy
Having filled my espresso cup in the morning, the only thing that could improve my enjoyment is something sweet to go with it. I am now a fan of the chocolate doughnut. I had always thought that a custard doughnut was tops, but the dark gooey chocolate filling is a…
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