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Author Archives: BigAl
Laptops and Puppys
I was recently given an old IBM i-series Thinkpad by someone who I work with and after having to salvage a cd-rom from another old Thinkpad (which had a busted screen) it works quite well. No network, wireless or otherwise, … Continue reading
A womans greatest enemy?
According to a recent Radox advert, the greatest enemy of a woman is time. I beg to differ. The greatest enemy of a woman is logic… BigAl
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Early Stages
Recently I’ve been trawling YouTube for b-sides and odds and ends that I used to listen to when I first started getting into music. And then I found this. It was the b-side for Sentinel, the single released for Tubular … Continue reading
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Brown Crisis!
At the gym this morning, on the wee tellys that usually show second rate dance videos, one was showing Sky News. The story was about the current crisis the government is going through. And had the best story title I’ve … Continue reading
The joys of the gym
Being a bit on the overweight side I’ve tried a variety of fad diets over the last few years. It’s easy to get caught up in the wonder of it all. “Lose half your body weight in 15 mins!” Or … Continue reading
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Eurovision!
We came 5th! Woo! But Turkey beat us and their song was dreadful. But then so was ours, so I should be happy with 5th place! Norway won with their twee nonsense which is fair enough but, in my mind, … Continue reading
The Zen Touch lives again!
I have a Creative Zen Touch and I haven’t used it in AGES. For the life of me I can’t remember why. Oh, that’s it, I was re-copying all my music onto the pc as .ogg format and not .mp3. … Continue reading
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Thundering away
Just checking in… For the last week I’ve been suffering from some dread lurgy (again!) and have been not fit for much of anything. After going to see Frost/Nixon on Friday night the weekend has been much of a waste … Continue reading
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ITV Player – Get your act together
Despite my previous posts about the joys of Jeremy Kyle and his show, The Jeremy Kyle Show (get that man an award), I still find myself hypnotised by the infernal ringmaster and although I’m not able to watch the antics … Continue reading
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Facebook, no more
Well this morning I finally did what I was telling myself I would do since before Christmas; I have finally let go of the insidious grasp of Facebook. I’ve closed all applications, changed my settings, and deactivated my account. I … Continue reading
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At the back of my mind
At the back of my mind… is what I originally wanted to post about. Damn, it’ll get back to me eventually. It always does. I’ll have to remember to post about it then though, and not wait thinking I’ll remember… … Continue reading
Merry 29th November!
Glad tidings one and all. And what have I been upto all this time that I have not been updating the blog? Well, i have been doing (and completeing) my NaNoWriMo for the year, more of that exciting journey can … Continue reading
How not to catch a sign with your head
Today part of my day, other than helping set up barriers and a tent for the Whiteinch Gala, involved getting the remaining stuff out of an old church premises called The Gateway. One of the things I had to see … Continue reading
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Turning into a bright shiny day
I went in this morning full of the coughing and wheezing, feeling under the weather and less of the joys of work. Especially as I was faced with a mild fcuk up that could have been avoided had I been … Continue reading
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A brief update
Been busy at work recently, started a part-time college course and been hard at work on the novel. Too brief do you think? Well right now I have some kind of chest infection, which is pretty bothersome, I’ve knuckled down … Continue reading
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The man with the patchwork head
I have been given an electric razor and as someone who has only ever used wet razors for the baldification ritual this was an all-new experience. So all and new that I’ve made a bit of an arse of it. … Continue reading
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That twilight zone feeling
It’s been an odd couple of weeks. One of those times that things just seem to happen around you, you know? Anyway, something that is good and solid (but still kind of part of that Twilight Zone feeling) is that … Continue reading
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Fun with heavy lifting
At work we’re closing one of the two locations that we have, we don’t use it enough to justify the expense, and the highlight of the day was getting up at Stupid O’Clock to head down there to meet one … Continue reading
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Bloody Stupid
Last night I successfully took a small gouge out of the top corner of my right thumb. Gah. Idiot. Blood, blood and more blood. As you can imagine I’ve not been particularly happy about this. So it’s all taped up … Continue reading
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Jury service
I’ve been called for jury duty. The fools are letting me and 14 other random yahoos determine someone’s fate. Or that would be the plan if any of the people called were actually used for an actual jury. So far … Continue reading