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Things to do on a rainy day

OK so one of the joys of living in Camden (and indeed in London) is that there’s plenty of tramps about, and occasionally they’ll leave bits & pieces about the place.  Found this lot out on our doorstep this morning.

jasonbstanding Wednesday 22nd July, 2009Wednesday 22nd July, 2009 Mindless twaddle 2 Comments Read more

Snap snap flap flap

In the absence of an opportunity to type anything substantial this week, here’s a selection of photos I snapped out the window of our plane as we returned from Sweden back in January. Brilliant. (It has also occurred to me

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But as long as you love me so, let it adverse-weather-condition, let it adverse-weather-condition, let it adverse-weather-condition!

No surprises there then.  London, a city which has had a few days of snow pretty much every year I’ve been here, gets a bit of snow and grinds to almost a complete standstill.  As if to celebrate, Transport for

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Contrast & complain

I knew that there was something wrong in Adelaide recently when I started seeing the volume of people on Facebook discussing the weather: ordinarily not a topic that so many people lock onto.  Housemate Emma returned from Melbourne yesterday, reporting

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Cultural assimilation. It’s the way forward. (Which way is forward?)

Having lived here in London for over 4 years now I think I’ve gotten used to many of the local customs & behaviours, and to some extent modified my ludicrous Australian behaviour patterns to fit more closely with some of

jasonbstanding Wednesday 19th November, 2008 Musing 1 Comment Read more

Rummaging time again

Upon walking back from lunch the other day, I noticed that the building across the road from our office had a “For Sale” sign tacked out the front of it, and so taking heed of the only instinct I seem

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Tasteful Mac, real tasteful.

Well done by the way to thelondonpaper on Friday for their incredibly sensitive and well-executed false front-cover advertising feature.  On the same day that the actual lead news story is about 2 French biochemistry students being stabbed over 200 times

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The last book I finished was...

Rick and Morty - Seasons 1 to 5

A rewatch of Rick & Morty HAD to be done, because… well… infant to supervise, right? And when she’s a bit older I won’t be

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