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Strange is to a Stranger: August 2013
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Saturday, 3 August 2013. I have talked about this project on Twitter and Facebook but I really need to put it down in a central place. Oh wait yeah I have a Blog for that. So anyway to bring you up to speed aside from learning to play a song all the way through. (Achieved here. I have also been playing with building a Guitar. With a standard JM pickguard - which I wasn't going to use. I liked the contrast of the black jack ...
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Strange is to a Stranger: January 2013
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Tuesday, 1 January 2013. Eclectic Readers Challenge 2013. As I enjoyed the challenge of the Eclectic Readers Challenge for 2012. I thought I should give the 2013 Challenge a go as well. Book'd Out has a great variety for this year so that should keep me on my toes. It is very different and has a lot of different styles of books to those that I would normally read - but hey lets give it a good ole try! 5 New Adult -? I have ...
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Strange is to a Stranger: December 2012
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Thursday, 27 December 2012. Ready Player One, Ernest Cline - Review. This is the final in my Eclectic Readers Challenge. For 2012, and as a last hurrah it is your favourite genre time. Most of the rest of OASIS is monatised to some degree i.e. to transport to different worlds you need virtual money (fully exchangeable with real world money). This sets the tone of the book, it is an adventure set in the virtual world of OASI...
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Strange is to a Stranger: 2 down and into the third and final stretch
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Tuesday, 17 February 2015. 2 down and into the third and final stretch. Sunday night was dread night for me. I had run out of my anti nausea medication and was dreading going in for my last week of full on Chemo. 5 more days of injections and drugs and feeling unwell, followed by the last 2 weeks on 1 day a piece. His reply "I hope it's not because of chemo.". "Well actually it is." I felt bad as I could see he ...I realise...
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Strange is to a Stranger: 2 Week Update
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Wednesday, 14 January 2015. Before starting the treatment I had plans that I would write something each day. That proved impossible. Not only was I too tired and distracted in the hospital when I got home I either did a few hours remote working or fell asleep or spent time with the kids and wife. It was a nice sunny day, better and one of the few we could see coming up. So we jumped at the chance and headed out to the p...
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Strange is to a Stranger: December 2014
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Sunday, 21 December 2014. Writing, Place, Bravery and other things - Marking 2014. I have not written anything in this blog for basically a year. To which I have contributed. Of course I write a lot for my job and have won a few grants and written annual reports and other work related stuff which has been good. I even send an abstract to speak at s conference next year (yet to know if I will be accepted). Not enough but eno...
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Strange is to a Stranger: C-Day Minus One
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Sunday, 4 January 2015. So tomorrow I begin my chemotherapy to rid my body of the cancer. Yesterday I shaved my hair in preparation - I didn't want to have drifts of hair falling out. It has in some ways made all this more real. I guess up to this point it has been something happening 'next year' something not imminent not in my immediate future. Tomorrow the future arrives. Often followed by "why? I have used this time, th...
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Strange is to a Stranger: Cycle one down and hair loss
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Saturday, 24 January 2015. Cycle one down and hair loss. So that's it. The first cycle of three weeks is over, and only another two to go! All in all it is like a band aid - rip that sucker off and the pain is only fleeting. Have the treatment feel ill for a few weeks and then it is all over. At least that is the plan! As for the treatment - well if hair loss means that it is working, then it is working well. Heh not many p...
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Strange is to a Stranger: C-Day has arrived
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Monday, 5 January 2015. So today was the first day of Chemotherapy. I wasn't sure what to expect the one thing I was certain of was that it would be a lot of waiting and sitting and learning. Waiting to commence. pre jacked. Anji stayed with me for a while until I was settled and getting my first lot of fluid pumped into me - 1 litre of saline. She left to get back to the kids (who were staying at home with grandparentals).
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Strange is to a Stranger: July 2013
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Strange is to a Stranger. Something strange something new - the things that I do. Monday, 1 July 2013. A few weeks with a Surface Pro. So I needed an upgrade for my work PC and Laptop, I wanted something that would give me power, flexibility and be lightweight to take with me when out of the office. On device to rule them all! Firstly as a tablet/laptop hybrid. Once turned on they seen to disappear. I needed one hand to take the picture (where are my Google Glasses? Both work OK for times you are without...
