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Last night, for the first time, I realised I still can't smell autumn in the air... Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Keats, John To Autumn...
Autumn 2 | Posted by joh at 08:12 AM on October 01, 2003
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Suppose you're reading a book that claims you're under constant attack by invisible psychic vampires. You feel drowsy and listless, and sense, with some alarm, a malefic presence nearby. You...
Memetics | Posted by joh at 07:53 PM on September 28, 2003
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Back in Brighton. Again. I suspect at times that it is trying to keep me here. I was born here. I grew up here. Years later and I am still...
Stuck in Town | Posted by joh at 04:37 PM on September 27, 2003
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Pisces: Feb 20 - March 20 Well now, Pisces! You don't need to read your horoscope to know which area of your life is taking up your energy just now....
Fish of Dooom | Posted by joh at 07:16 PM on September 22, 2003
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* A packet of pro-plus * A punnet of gooseberries * A bottle of tea-tree oil * A cat collar * A rubber duck * A pair of Marigold gloves...
Shopping for the Insane | Posted by joh at 08:54 PM on September 21, 2003
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ALL my past life is mine no more;   The flying hours are gone, Like transitory dreams given o'er, Whose images are kept in store   By memory alone. (Love and Life)...
Mem'ries of Henry | Posted by joh at 12:13 PM on September 18, 2003
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God damn right, it's a beautiful day and I'm resisting the urge to run up and down the corridors of the research centre waving my left hand at people and...
God damn right! | Posted by joh at 08:31 AM on September 17, 2003
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There are days when I dream of another AIBO to play with. (Thanks Ed!) CAPTIONS INVITED...
Dreaming of AIBO's | Posted by joh at 09:28 PM on September 16, 2003
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None of the gods love wisdom or desire to become wise, for they are wise already -- nor if someone else is wise, do they love wisdom. Plato, Symposium 203E-204A...
Oh God | Posted by joh at 09:07 PM on September 04, 2003
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I'm tired (ill), bored (Enfield), ill (ill), lonely (Enfield) and ranty (possessed of rant-like conversational skills). I think I need to turn it around. Make sure I don't develop habromania...
Change of Plans | Posted by joh at 09:47 PM on September 02, 2003
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What I have consumed today (in no particular order): 1 small glass apple and mango juice A small amount of re-heated dinner from last night (shephards pie) - which made...
Sickness Food | Posted by joh at 08:00 PM on September 02, 2003
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I still remember my suprise two years ago when my mother mentioned that we are related to the Fjelde family. (Although it did explain the signed Ibsen translations lying about...
Lost yet Found Relatives | Posted by joh at 06:44 PM on September 02, 2003
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Too far away, no mere clay or royal ceremony, a war afoot. No, it is opposition. Never odd or even. War-distended nets I draw. Now, sir, a war is won!...
Games I play | Posted by joh at 10:53 AM on August 31, 2003
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Now that I finally have access to my computer again I can start writing about the exciting things that have happened this week. If I can remember them. But then...
The Brighton Pirates | Posted by joh at 05:24 PM on August 30, 2003
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1) The M25 is often busier at 10.30 in the morning than it is at 8.30. 2) Thumb wars is sometimes the best solution to an unsolvable problem. 3) Endnote...
Ten Things | Posted by joh at 08:27 AM on August 21, 2003
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