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alec-m: back to the future

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Saturday, August 18, 2007. Back to the future. I'm not there yet, but at long last it feels like the end of the tunnel is approaching and that I'm returning to normal. A lot has happened in the last few months, and I think it all got a bit too much, so I retreated back to the very basics - home and work. I can relate to retreating back to the very basics. Sometimes we need 'time out' to evaluate where we are going in our lives. View my complete profile.

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alec-m: 04/01/2007 - 05/01/2007

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Saturday, April 28, 2007. It's been quite a while since I last posted - a combination of being busy with stuff that isn't interesting to write about and a general lack of inclination. Shortly afterwards, however, my car radio was interrupted, as it's set to do, by a traffic bulletin from another station. The little display on the radio read only "traffic info", so I couldn't tell which station was responsible. Eventually, when the music ended, a voice bizarre...

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alec-m: 12/01/2006 - 01/01/2007

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Monday, December 25, 2006. Peter and the wolf. Merry Christmas, everyone! I watched 'Peter and the Wolf' on Channel 4 yesterday. It was a recent animation by Suzie Templeton, with no dialogue, just the music by Prokofiev to tell the old Russian story of a boy, his grandfather, a bird, a cat, a goose, a hunter and, of course, the wolf. Darkmatters has several posts about this film, starting here. For an alternative, thorough and enthusiastic interpretation.

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alec-m: entropy, entropy, they've all got it entropy

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Sunday, June 03, 2007. Entropy, entropy, they've all got it entropy. Yesterday I saw a road sign to a 'Classic Car Show and Autojumble'. I think many of my belongings must be autojumble, because I leave them alone for a while and they turn themselves into tangled junk. Mine do that too Alec! You have reminded me of some of the great mysteries of life. Missing socks.just where do they go? You are creating art. Remember this fact! View my complete profile.

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alec-m: snakes on a desk

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Thursday, June 21, 2007. Snakes on a desk. Yesterday, someone brought two snake skins to work - not made into anything, just complete, empty skins that had been shed. One was about a foot long, and even had the eye coverings that snakes develop just before they shed their skins (and apparently, because they can't see, that's when they're most dangerous). You scanned a snake skin! Wow Bet that doesn't happen often! It was pretty cool though.). I'd love to see ...

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alec-m: marching as to war

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Tuesday, June 12, 2007. Marching as to war. Soldiers from the Stafford regiment marched through Hanley at lunchtime today. Someone in a fancy hat, perhaps the mayor or similar, stood on a raised wooden platform, with a reasonable crowd around who applauded as the 200-odd young lads went past, drums beating. There was no public inquiry into the case for invasion, yet young people continue to enlist and their families and neighbours stand applauding them in the...

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alec-m: 08/01/2007 - 09/01/2007

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Return from athens (northern branch). I also got to see my Mum and Dad, which was great, and, as always when I visit, I ate very well. Excellent all round. Links to this post. Wednesday, August 22, 2007. Links to this post. Saturday, August 18, 2007. Back to the future. I've felt like a fraud recently, because I haven't blogged, I've hardly visited the allotment, I haven't been to see the bees, I've taken very few photographs, and ...

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alec-m: At long last

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Wednesday, August 22, 2007. OK, it was several weeks ago in real time, but in blog terms it was only the post before last when I wrote about scanning the skin a snake had shed. A couple of people commented that they'd like to see it. Well, here it is. (Sorry about the delay.). Didn't realise that you could scan the skin of a snake. I never even noticed the bar code. That is amazing Alec. Glad you put it on (your post I mean! And quite facinating to see!

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alec-m: return from athens (northern branch)

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Return from athens (northern branch). I also got to see my Mum and Dad, which was great, and, as always when I visit, I ate very well. Excellent all round. Lucky thing, I'd love to go to the festival. Maybe another year. Glad you had a good time. Sounds good Alec - the fetsival is always a great atmosphere isn't it! Glad you had a good time. See you soon, Emma. I love the snake skin its amazing! Maybe next time though ay!

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alec-m: 03/01/2007 - 04/01/2007

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Up-close(r) and (a little bit more) personal. Wednesday, March 28, 2007. As the clocks change, I produce my spring wardrobe, the result of a rare shopping trip to Hanley on Sunday, with Lisa in tow to provide essential advice and guidance. With a second visit to the apiary on Saturday and our second kung fu class on Monday, it feels like we're emerging from the winter. This is the real start of the year. Links to this post. Monday, March 19, 2007. Links to this post. Saturday, March 17, 2007. There are d...