Recently I’ve expanded my repertoire of walks to include a few more hills. I’m still basically walking from Slaithwaite to Marsden and back, but now I’m trudging up the valley sides rather than the valley bottom. The other day I came across a rather dilapidated abandoned farm house. Despite my…

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I thought it was time that Evan widened his his vocabulary. Dan: “Evan, say nincompoop” Evan “flurble” Dan: “Nincompoop” Evan: “flurble” Dan: “Say nin” Evan: “nin” Dan: “com” Evan: “com” Dan: “poop” Evan: “poop’ Dan: “Nincompoop!” Evan: “COLIN!!” To be fair that isn’t quite as random as it would appear….

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Greg pointed out to me yesterday that I haven’t posted in about five days. That just might be a new world record for me. Although the comment feels a bit rich coming from someone who updates his own blog whenever Brigadoon makes a reappearance. I’ve got various amounts of stuff…

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Oli, Dave, Kerry and I had a planning meeting for the Dales Walk last weekend. If you’re really interested you can see what we discussed here, but it’s rather dull. Oli sent me some photos that he had taken during the meeting, and his captions amused me somewhat so I…

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The kids and I were driving back from the supermarket and I was suddenly struck by the magnificence of the countryside we were passing through. “Just look at that Amy” I told her “Just look at the beautiful green hills and trees. Isn’t it wonderful!” “Yes” she told me “And…

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So it looks like America has now elected Barack Obama as its president. It’s been a long road but there is now a African American in the White House and it is time to reflect on how far the USA has come since the days of… What? Primaries? John McWho?…

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Everyone in this world needs an Australian pop culture guru, and Lee is mine. I’d advise you to go and check out his excellent blog, Quit Your Day Job, but I don’t want you stealing him from me. I really should sing Lee’s praises a bit more, after all he…

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I don’t often blog about my work, mainly because it would be inappropriate. For those that don’t know, I am a community psychiatric nurse working for a mental health crisis team. We have a number of different roles, but the easiest explanation is that if you turn up at casualty,…

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