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So long and... ooops, no, that's not what I meant to say
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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What I did for h2g2 today
Posted Nov 28, 2011
I thought I'd actually use this as a journal and start jotting down notes on what I'm working on behind the scenes each day that I do work on h2g2 projects.
So....
Saturday 26th - There was a meeting in London to review what we've done since we won the bid in August, and some planning for the future. And very cool and exciting it was too. (Followed by a nice Lebanese meal with Foules Mesdames; ho ho.)
Sunday 27th - Travel home on the train. Draft a policy document which was one of my actions from the meeting. Discuss, discuss and discuss Field Researchers Ltd (the Community's not-for-profit company) with Z.
Sunday 27th - Evening - Jump start my car at the station. Read up about the Data Protection Act. Read more about the Data Protection Act. Discuss the Data Protection Act with Z.
Monday 28th - Evening - Pick up car from garage. Fine-tune the wording of a proposed help page with Aly and Z. Start writing up the minutes of the London meeting (how did I end up with that action?). Stop a tortoise from eating newspaper and explain to it that lettuce is healthier.
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I've been to a wonderful party....
Posted Nov 24, 2011
Several years ago - 21 of them in fact (good grief!) - my Ma, my sister and I threw a surprise party for my Dad. Thank goodness for photographs, because my main memories of the event come from the photos that were taken; lots and lots of smiling faces. He was a much-loved and much-appreciated man.
We managed to keep the whole thing a complete surprise. (Ye gods, but the number of people whose response to "we're throwing a surprise party for my Dad" was "does he know?").
There were people there from just about every stage in his life; his sister was there, army friends, and of course friends from his years as a clergyman.
He always used to be in a foul temper before parties, we'd call hit his "pre-party mood" and it was disorientating having him normal and sunny in the week before. He was in complete shock at the time, and it was over to fast. That was hard really - so many friends, and over so soon.
I loved doing it though. He died five years later, and I still miss him whenever I think of him which, one way or another, is most days.
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Counting Blessings
Posted Nov 21, 2011
1) The lovely weather last week and the view on the way in to work
2) Discussing in the classroom in New Lanark with Z whether Classics was really a vocational course in "Empire Studies" for young Imperialists in the 19th C
3) The tortoises; they really are incredibly endearing
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Motorbike and side-hearse - Mrs Zen - NaJoPoMo - 17th November
Posted Nov 17, 2011
I saw one of these parked up in Lothian Road today.
http://www.motorcyclefunerals.com/index.htm
Colour me ghoulish, but it put a huge smile on my face.
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