Category: Diary

General posts about my life and the things I am doing

  • Enough time

    I enjoyed today. It felt like the day stretched, I got up a little after 5, I did a little bit of study, I did some preparation for the day and the week which will follow, and then it just felt like I had plenty of time to do other things as well. I booked…

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  • Slash

    Pleased to report I managed to wake up at about 5:10 this morning feeling reasonably fresh and I got myself bundled up, brushed my teeth and then jumped in the car to drive over to see S. It’s slash and burn time! It was dark when I left and I found myself hoping it would…

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  • Coffee

    A little while back I set up an 11.30 daily coffee call from my own company account. Over the years I have invited a few people I had worked with or otherwise knew from work. People I liked and didn’t want to lose contact with, and from those it’s self-selected to a small core group…

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  • Uncanny

    It’s such a cliche to say that the year is flying by. I don’t know that I’m in the mood to write a story right now but I want to tell you instead about a story I’ve wanted to write for some time. I like the idea of a spy, so well embedded in the…

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  • Sunshine

    The weather this year has been really unusual. By unusual, I simply mean it doesn’t match very well with my experiences over the course of my lifetime. I might sometimes feel old, but in the scheme of things my lifetime is a very short period of time. I sometimes smile when a news article, or…

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  • Day two

    Today is the second day of the London GT. There are a couple of things about this event which are slightly unusual. One of them is it starts later in the day than most events I’ve been to do. I can’t claim to be a frequent flyer when it comes to two day tournaments but…

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