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Entries from September 30th, 2009

Labour conference – day four

September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Labour conference – day four · Politics

Following Tuesday’s over-long day, when I was in Brighton from 0800 to 2300 I took it a bit easier today and caught a later train.  Actually a bit later than intended: Jayne was a bit unwell and waiting for the doctor to call back so no lift to the station – I had to walk […]

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Labour conference – day three

September 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Labour conference – day three · Politics

Day three started far earlier than I would have liked.  In fact I was in the Hilton Metropole at a fringe event at a time when many delegates and visitors staying in Brighton itself had probably not got up.  I was there for the British Humanist Society’s second annual ‘no prayer’ breakfst,

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Labour conference – day two

September 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics

A slightly late start for me.  I missed the absolute start of the day’s sessions so I missed the Scotland report and the first Welfare & Economy debate and the Economy Q&A. I was in time for some rousing speeches from Yvette Cooper and Alistair Darling before lunch and also caught up with my school […]

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I love a man in uniform

September 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music

Over the weekend I caught up with the last few editions of Later with Jools Holland.   I rarely watch anything live now, so I was watching this on the V+ box and being a bit naughty: not having a lot of time I just fast-forwarded through large chunks of it, even though I would have […]

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Buying the past again: The Beatles v. Kraftwerk

September 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music

Hot on the heels of the Beatles remasters comes the news that Kraftwerk are also re-releasing all their albums (not counting the Ralf & Florian albums) in a remastered form.  The weird thing is, and maybe it is unpatriotic, but I would be more likely to buy one or more of the Kraftwerk remasters than […]

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Labour conference – day one

September 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics

Well I finally made it to a party conference.  It is too early to know yet whether the conference is/will be a success for the party or for me.  I am still getting used to the whole thing. As it is only down the road I am commuting, making use of the 20% discount I […]

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Risky business

September 27th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Life, Work

The other day we were doing some risk analysis at work, the usual stuff that many companies and departments do – even more so it they are an IT department or rely heavily on IT.   It was the traditional brainstorming session, collecting threats and vulnerabilities and then assigning probabilities and impacts to them., but I […]

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Going Commando

September 26th, 2009 · Comments Off on Going Commando · Life

Last week I was frustrated when I decided to watch Commando and discovered that I didn’t actually have it.  Yesterday I bought it in HMV so I could scratch that itch.  It was only available in a box set with Predator, Terminator & Conan.   Good value – although I already have Predator.  So tonight I […]

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Two legs good, eight legs bad

September 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on Two legs good, eight legs bad · Life

I have to hold my hand up and admit that I have a bit of a phobia with spiders.  I am a lot better than I used to be and I don’t mind if there is one in the room, even if it is scuttling across the floor close to me.  I find spiders fascinating […]

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Spizzenergi t-shirts get you noticed

September 24th, 2009 · Comments Off on Spizzenergi t-shirts get you noticed · Life, Music

I went to a quiz night tonight, in aid of the Alpha people, which is a strange thing for an atheist to do I suppose, but they are nice people and I do enjoy a quiz.  I was wearing my 25th anniversary Spizzenergi t-shirt – the one that says “1979-2004” on it so it looks […]

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