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Snow emergency!

January 24, 2005

Well, here I am in Boston, snowed up to the eyeballs. Almost literally. We had a snowstorm last night which dumped about two foot of snow over most of the eastern seaboard of America, including here in Boston. Once the snowploughs have been round, though, it piles up to four or five foot on the […]

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Lessons learnt

January 21, 2005

Cold, real cold of the minus several billion degrees C variety, is something you have to experience before you learn those little lessons that make the difference between surviving and surviving in slightly less discomfort. Lesson 1 Cold dry air causes static. If you have long, fine hair which is prone to static, have it […]

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Funny

January 19, 2005

Funny how you think that on the plane you'll read all those blog posts in your aggregator that you haven't yet read, that you'll maybe write some emails and do a bit of work, but instead, all you really want to do is curl up, listen to music that reminds you of your boyfriend and […]

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LHR

January 19, 2005

So here I am, emulating my friend and hero Joi by paying through the nose for an hour's wifi in Terminal 3 of London Heathrow. Except Joi always seems to be at Frankfurt, but the principle is the same. The coach to LHR was early, so I had the delight of a leisurely amble to […]

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Clery's

January 18, 2005

Saturday 22 Jan, from around 8pm I think, at Clery's, 113 Dartmouth St, Boston. Be there or be, er, somewhere else. I'll be the one with the British accent.

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Migraines may be linked to heart defect

January 18, 2005

It seems that a small and easily fixed heart defect may be to blame for those crippling nightmares called migraines. I hope this is the case, because it's relatively easily fixed. I also hope that I'm one of those people that a) has this defect and can therefore b) get it fixed. I am fed […]

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Entirely unprepared

January 17, 2005

I am so going to freeze my ass off in Boston. I just looked at the weather forecast and was surprised at how mild it was, until I realised that Americans do the temperature thing in degrees F instead of C. I reckon they only do it to make the weather sound warmer – somehow, […]

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Booked!

January 12, 2005

In seven days time I shall be sitting on another plane making my way to Boston for a few days. Gonna meet up with my belovéd, and spend some time hanging out with The Redhead, Joey and Itamar. Specifically, on Saturday 22nd we will be at Clery's so if you are in the area please […]

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43 Things

January 10, 2005

There are more than 43 things that I want to do with my life, but it might take me a while to get them all into 43Things. Still you can always grab the RSS feed and see how my list progresses.

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Some days

January 5, 2005

Some days I feel like a complete idiot. Some days I just am a complete idiot. Despite the fact that it's Wednesday – both my computers tell me it's Wednesday to it must be true – today has definitely been a Monday. It's had Mondayishness shot through it like silk spun from spider poo. I'd […]

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Serendipity

January 2, 2005

Last year was, without doubt, a year of unexpected events, of surprises, of serendipity. Who could have thought that an off the cuff comment from Gary Turner about #joiito would have had me using IRC again for the first time in years? Or that that would have lead me to becoming friends with such a […]

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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2005 (Part 2)

January 1, 2005

Well, yes, it's 5am. Welcome to 2005 EST. 🙂 I dunno, the things I do…

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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2005

January 1, 2005

May 2005 shower you with joy!

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An ongoing need

December 31, 2004

I haven't blogged about the Asian tsunami disaster, primarily because I couldn't think of what to say. Emotions range from sadness to incomprehension to helplessness. I want to do something, but what can I do? I have made a small donation, but I feel bad because I can't afford to give a lot. But then […]

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Nadolig Llawen! Merry Christmas

December 25, 2004

I'm useless at sending out Christmas cards, and like Joi I don't like sending mass emailings, so here are my season's greetings for all of you. Cards, having been bought at least, may follow in due course for those friends I have addresses for. I'll try to get them done by the end of January, […]

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