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Entries from December 22nd, 2005

Stitched up

December 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Stitched up · Work

When the company reorganised and my job disappeared two years ago I was at a loose end for a while. They kept finding me stuff to do but I was more or less an employee without portfolio for a long time. Now they have reorganised again and recreated my old job while removing the one […]

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Selection meeting

December 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Selection meeting · Politics

It was a good selection meeting over in Bewbush tonight. I was extremely impressed by how orderly and sensible the whole thing was – compared to the aimless waffle at Broadfield ward meetings most of the time. I had only slightly mixed feelings about not being selected there. It was a shame as its a […]

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Shaggy Stalked Nippled Mushroom

December 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Shaggy Stalked Nippled Mushroom · Life

Shaggy Stalked Nippled Mushroom Originally uploaded by Chuck and Vicki Rogers. I think they made the name up but, like Ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin.

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If at first you don’t succeed…

December 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on If at first you don’t succeed… · Politics

…then don’t succeed again. I’m just going out to another selection meeting. Again the ward members will have a choice between selecting me, a couple of other candidates, or a sitting councillor who is a prominent member of the council and a hard worker. I still think its important to go through all these motions […]

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Prizes galore

December 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Prizes galore · Life, Music

Today was when the raffle tickets came home to roost. Mid-Sussex Body Positive held their Christmas raffle this afternoon. It must have been a marathon session because one of their staff has spent a lot of time calling and writing to just about every organisation you could think of to get donations for prizes.

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Christmas Presents

December 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Christmas Presents · Life, Work

Unsurprisingly, the kids are all obsessed with what presents they have for Christmas, and I use the word deliberately: they are not just mildly interested, or seeing presents as part of the whole package – they are obsessed. Its a shame really. Such mercenary single-mindedness does detract from the true meaning of Christmas which , […]

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Princess Di mystery!

December 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Princess Di mystery! · Life

The mystery is how on Earth the Daily Express keep managing to find new headlines about Diana, years after she died. Are people still interested? Just for reference, here is a list (lifted from the BBC News Monitor) of all the Express Diana headlines in november: DIANA DEATH CRASH SENSATION (28 Nov) PRINCES TO RETURN […]

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That was the year that was

December 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on That was the year that was · Life, Music

2005 is nearly over, and its been an eventful one. There were some major events with a global impact – the earthquake in Pakistan and the floods in the US after hurricane Katrina – and some of more limited significance like West Ham getting promoted and Gang of Four releasing a new album. Not a […]

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Fortune favours the brave

December 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Fortune favours the brave · Life, Music

I actually won something in a raffle yesterday night! Mind you, I’m not sure that I really won it. I think it was more a case that nobody else wanted it. All the other prizes had been chosen and there was just the one left, which had been rejected by everyone, and we were asked […]

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Competition time

December 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Competition time · Life

Its a ‘spot the difference’ competition. Can you spot the difference between this post from December 11th and this post from December 13th? Its a good job he is Labour or I would take exception to such a breach of etiquette…

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