About the posts that have suddenly appeared…

As an explanation for why a month’s worth of posts that have suddenly appeared…
I run two blogs: this one and a very fannish one. This one has some of the same content, but a lot of the more fannish posts aren’t copied over because I know that it’s not something that the readers of this [...]

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I aten’t dead

After all the reports, forecasts and huge amounts of preperation, Hurricane Bill turned out to be, er, not nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be. Ah, well.
In fact, Hannah was scarier last year.
I had one brief power flicker, but otherwise everything was stable. The rain started early in the morning, with the wind [...]

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This is going to be fun

So, hello there Hurricane Bill. You’re going to be fun, I can tell.
I was planning a night away this weekend with my knitting crew. Lots of knitters, a few babies, food and yarn in a cottage on the shore. As Hurricane Bill will be arriving on Sunday and the heavy (100+mm!) rain will be starting [...]

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A post of many things

After 3 months of fog, apparently summer has decided to appear. The temps are in the high twenties with humidex taking it to the low thirties at the shore (where my house is). The humidex even two kilometers inland is taking it to the high thirties.
Yes, this does feel a wee bit extreme.
Still, I’m feeling [...]

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Weighing in on the healthcare debate

I’ve been trying to stay quiet on the American health care reforms/NHS debate because it’s a subject that makes my blood boil so quickly.
Instead, calapine said it for me: http://calapine.livejournal.com/569192.html
And in the same language that I’m tempting to use
While the NHS is the most visibly attacked system for most British people, the conservative [...]

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Updatey thing

It seems like lately all I do is apologise for not posting. Must get better.
Mum has been enjoying her visit so far. I think she’s feeling slightly at a loose end because she’s so far re-organised several cupboards and cleaned out my freezer. It’s all little jobs that needed doing, but the kind of thing [...]

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Kitty antics

In less grumpy, whiny news…
Last night, the cats decided to show off just how crazy they can be for Mum. At first it was just Kate, wandering around look at the ceiling, jumping onto counters and uttering pathetic little meows.
Eventually Mum and I worked out that there was a bug up there, tormenting her by [...]

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Insert meaningful title here ->

The good news: Mum arrived safely last night and, when I left for work this morning, she was happily planning how to rearrange my kitchen cupboards.
The bad: Due to a combination of the heat and stupidly reading Rowan 46 before I went to bed, I didn’t so much sleep as doze in ten minute increments. [...]

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