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Stouts Hill School: Key to visitors
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A place for ex-pupils and maybe any surviving ex-staff to exchange memories of the school. Tuesday, 12 November 2013. Here are the people who've contributed to this blog so far, with whatever I know about their dates at the school, and links to their own Web sites, if any. Derek Brian Hulme 1950-53 (approx). David Ireland 1959-65 (? Robert St Maur Mills 1963-68. AJG (John) Morris 1968-73. Michael D. Walker —. Sarah Cromie —. I'm AJG Morris (1968-1973). And also Blundells (NC 1973-1978)! When the school c...
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The moving finger: Crusader Kings II: first impressions
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014. Crusader Kings II: first impressions. Crusader Kings II is a computer game that was released two years ago, so it's not new, but I heard of it only recently, and ventured to buy it yesterday, as I have a temporary lull in work. King Duncan II of Scotland installed Artur (a much younger and inoffensive son of Murchad) as Duke of Munster, now a vassal of Scotland, and I could continue playing as Artur, but I paused the game then, at 1108 AD. The idea of regenerating as your succes...
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The moving finger: Crusader Kings II: The importance of being allied
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Friday, 4 April 2014. Crusader Kings II: The importance of being allied. Having had less work to do than usual for the last two weeks, I've accumulated more experience of the Crusader Kings II game, and I'm gradually learning more about it. I soon learned that rulers with no allies are easy prey. I learned later that I become easy prey myself if I inadvertently run out of allies. There are two good things about an ally:. It won't attack you, as far as I know. This is a very long, life-eating game: a sing...
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The moving finger: 2013-11
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Sunday, 17 November 2013. Fings ain't wot they used t'be. I've tried looking on the Web for the original lyrics to the title song from the Cockney musical comedy Fings ain't wot they used t'be. I used to lead a lovely life of sin. I charged a ton! Now it's become an undercover game. Who wants to read a maggis in a window. Somehow the business doesn't seem the same. It's a very different scene. Well, if you know what I mean. There's toffs with toffee noses. And cooks in coffee houses. Buying a bit of vice.
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The moving finger: 2014-01
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Friday, 3 January 2014. The other day I happened to see on television the beginning of the third Narnia film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. And found myself puzzling over what it is I don't like about these stories. I first read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In 2008 I saw the film of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. On television, dubbed into Spanish, and then read the book again (in English! My feeling is that these are stories written by a man trying and failing to remember what it was...
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The moving finger: 2013-09
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Thursday, 12 September 2013. The subject of secession is rather topical here at the moment, so here are my thoughts on it. Firstly, I believe that in principle any group of people should be entitled to secede from a country. The principle being self-determination: the idea that you're not entitled to govern without the consent of the governed (as some early Americans once put it). Your ex-country declares war on you. In my view this is immoral, but it has happened repeatedly in the past. I'm an English p...
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The moving finger: 2014-04
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Monday, 28 April 2014. Crusader Kings II: How long it takes. I've just finished playing Crusader Kings II to completion for the first time, from 1066 to 1453 AD. It took me three weeks, during which my workload was relatively light, so I was able to spend plenty of hours on the game. This is a very long game. I also find plots more trouble than they're worth, and some of the random events are tedious and could be better designed. It is frustrating, having played other wargames, to have to find an accepta...
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The moving finger: 2013-12
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Sunday, 22 December 2013. Songs of death and jealousy. No, this is not about a previously undiscovered Leonard Cohen album. I was letting iTunes play random music to me this afternoon and seemed to be feeling in a rather contrary mood, because I suddenly viewed in a new light two songs that I already knew well. First up was Don't fear the reaper. A while later, iTunes threw up Run for your life. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Songs of death and jealousy. Hans ter Horst's blog.
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The moving finger: Crusader Kings II: How long it takes
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Monday, 28 April 2014. Crusader Kings II: How long it takes. I've just finished playing Crusader Kings II to completion for the first time, from 1066 to 1453 AD. It took me three weeks, during which my workload was relatively light, so I was able to spend plenty of hours on the game. This is a very long game. I also find plots more trouble than they're worth, and some of the random events are tedious and could be better designed. It is frustrating, having played other wargames, to have to find an accepta...
