Monthly Archives: February 2009

Hunting houses

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Steve

It appears that now is a good time to get into the property market. If you have a job, and money for a deposit (or access to it), of course. Interest rates are low, the market is kind of low… … Continue reading →

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Friday on my mind

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Steve

Currently in a work sense, I’m really not doing Fridays very well… Day’s too long, work is too overdone, and not enough gets done anyway. Work-wise, it’s all crazy… I’d rather be doing the new things, but the old things … Continue reading →

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Productivity

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Steve

This is what I call productivity: On the train, to and from work, I wrote 2100 words of my new fiction project. About 1100 in the morning, and another thousand on the way home. Quite happy with that. Making good … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-02-25

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Steve

BBC NEWS | South Asia | AR Rahman: Global tunesmith Interesting feature on recent Oscar winning Indian film composer and musician. (tags: news movie music)

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Oscars 2009

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Steve

Watched the Oscars last night, doing my usual semi-inexplicable obsessive view of the whole event. For the first time ever they were shown live here, in mid afternoon, and then repeated at night in a cutdown version. That probably explains … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-02-24

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Steve

For the vampire buffs, here's an origin story – Short Sharp Science – New Scientist Story about vampires in history and how real science relates to the vampire mythos. Interesting. (tags: science toread history)

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links for 2009-02-23

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Steve

When Panhandlers Need a Wordsmith’s Touch – City Room Blog – NYTimes.com Interesting story from famed writer Gay Talese that shows his tips to homeless panhandlers in New York. (tags: writing article nyc)

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Kung Fu Panda Karate

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Steve

Will went to his first karate lesson today, at a local class at a nearby high school. We had someone over a week ago advertising them, and after some thought we decided it might be a good  idea for him … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mum

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Steve

Well, it’s my mother’s birthday today… no mentions of age of course. Drove over for a brief hello and some present giving before they went out for dinner. Got Mum a digital photo frame, mostly for pics of us and … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-02-20

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Steve

Anatomy Awards 2009 – Mr Skin's 10th Annual Anatomy Awards, A One-Armed Salute to 2008's Most Skintastic Achievements in Motion Picture and Television Sex and Nudity New awards from Mr Skin, with the best in film and TV from last … Continue reading →

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