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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Groundrules and guests.
Last week it was very wet and dreary for August, so A bought a Wii for holiday club, which at least meant the children were active and happy rather than just drooping around the place. Then as they are away … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | England | London | End to father’s motorway protest
BBC NEWS | England | London | End to father’s motorway protest Police said despite the massive traffic disruption on the motorway, the man had the right to protest peacefully. A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said that despite queues that stretched … Continue reading
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Another week flies by.
No reading, couple of take outs, took children from school out on year of reading free cinema trip and delivered them all back traumatised (oops, had checked film on offer, Water Horse, and thought mild peril sounded manageable, but obviously … Continue reading
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One For Map Nuts
Took the Smalls to meet up with Jax and batch of schoolfriends at the cinema yesterday. Whilst hanging around waiting, I added to my Geograph collection, had an overpriced Starbucks coffee and browsed around Borders shop. I love maps, new, … Continue reading
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UK fishermen blame EU quotas as they discard five tonnes of endangered fish | Environment | guardian.co.uk
UK fishermen blame EU quotas as they discard five tonnes of endangered fish | Environment | guardian.co.uk A British trawler has sparked an international incident after being filmed taking a boatload of endangered fish caught in the Norwegian sector of … Continue reading
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After The Flood
Well there was more wind than flood, but “After The Wind” didn’t seem like such a good title. Still the weekend was fun, even if the camping left something to be desired. I must admit, I am disappointed that our … Continue reading
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BBC NEWS | England | South Yorkshire | Demolition date set for M1 towers
BBC NEWS | England | South Yorkshire | Demolition date set for M1 towers Sheffields famous Tinsley cooling towers will be demolished over the August Bank Holiday weekend, energy giant E.On has announced. Coo, that’s going to change the landscape … Continue reading
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sulking now.
Have been drooling over Dolls’ House Needlecrafts: Over 250 Projects in 1/12 Scale on amazon, and Lily’s come around tonight and told me that the author concerned is well worth reading, so I looked on amazon.com and saw it for … Continue reading
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another week, another catch up blog post.
But not posted on Friday night as I was in a field. Well, for some of it, quite a lot of it was spent drinking wine in a nearby house. The week before. No walking (no cat to feed). No … Continue reading
Posted in Getting to know you, It's life Jim, Small steps
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Chalice begins . . . : Robin McKinley
Chalice begins . . . : Robin McKinley Because she was Chalice she stood at the front door with the Grand Seneschal, the Overlord’s agent and the Prelate, all of whom were carefully ignoring her. But she was Chalice, and … Continue reading
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Like, like
But the best bit is the (fictitious?) organisation who have supposedly published the poster. “Acadamy Of Linguistic Awarness”. Oh dear.
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Major discovery from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution – MIT News Office
Major discovery from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution – MIT News Office In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to … Continue reading
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Dumped!
Her first love. Harry was Big’s first baby doll, she chose him herself from the shop, when she was barely over a year old. Now, heartless, fickle hussy that she is, poor Harry sobs silently to himself, neglected, forgotten, on … Continue reading
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Books finished today
Right-brained Children in a Left-brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child Jeffrey Freed. Borrowed this one from Kirsty following ponderings on Small, who most definitely doesn’t fit into standard assessments of learning styles or behaviours. I don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Ages past, Big, Montessori minded, reeling, writhing
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Mr Fantastic
Oliver Stone’s film W. is currently in post-production. Should be fun: George Bush Laura Bush Condoleeza Rice General Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Tony Blair (and presumably that must be Cherie? …. no, that is Jessica Alba, Cherie is the Invisible … Continue reading
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Marketing-Driven Logic
…. Indeed, if Labour’s present financial straits do lead it (as some predict) to seek a limited liability corporate structure, there would be a case for the cash-rich (but in inner-city patches of Britain, votes-poor) Conservative Party to stage a … Continue reading
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Pay It Forward Exchange
I’ve signed up to the Home Baked Education: Pay It Forward Exchange Instructions as found there: Let me tell you about it, these are the instructions: “It’s the Pay It Forward Exchange. It’s based of the concept of the movie … Continue reading
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Remiss.
In blogging. I will regret that if I don’t catch up a little as it will be a week I can’t remember. So some highlights, or at least memory prompts. Walking – I’ve walked to friend’s house to feed her … Continue reading
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Say No
Many people don’t realise that there are many phone providers offering cheaper calls to standard telephone numbers (those beginning with 01 or 02), which don’t apply to 0844, 0845, 0870 or 0871 telephone numbers. … you can reduce your call … Continue reading
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