Cinderella on Ice

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A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to see Cinderella on Ice. It's my sister's fault - she decided she wanted to see more shows this year, and since her husband isn't keen, I get to go with her.

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Character plus ... a leaking conservatory

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I've been keeping an eye on properties I might like to buy. One of my saves searches brought me a house in Kelston with the caption "Heaps of potential -character plus".

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Housing Update

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Yes, I know it has been a long long time since I posted. I'm a bad bad blogger.

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Humour Part 4 - Why I don't think they're funny

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I regularly get emails sent around with sexist jokes like those in Part 1 & Part 2. I'm pretty sure a few years ago we used to have a whole lot of them hung on the walls of our postgrad labs. I know I found them funny then, but I don't anymore.

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Humour Part 3

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Please see Humour: Part 4 for an explanation of this post.

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Humour Part 2

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Please see Humour: Part 4 for an explanation of this post.

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Humour Part 1

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Please see Humour: Part 4 for an explanation of this post.

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Margaritas and Singstar

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I had a few people over to my place last night for Margaritas and Singstar. The aim of the evening was to find the best Margarita recipe. The three basic Margarita ingredients are tequila, triple sec and lime juice.

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Graphing Songs

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Today the Herald posted the below graph of Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up and challenged readers to represent a pop song as a graph.

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Every woman, every man, join the caravan

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Today I experienced the 'caravan'. Nearly two dozen people traipsed into my building and inspected my apartment. They were only there a couple of minutes, and then a photographer took some photos and they all buggered off.

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