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Remember that moment in the Springsteen video when Bruce brings a ‘random member of the audience’ up to dance with him at a massive concert (and amazingly, it’s Monica from Friends)? This was just like that, only completely the other way around. Earl Thomas got down off the stage (easily a six-inch step) and danced [...]
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Finally got a chance today to listen to some of that rare 70s Hungarian jazz-funk vinyl I picked up last week in Budapest. This one’s on the state-owned record label Pepita and it’s by the Debrecen Jazz Group. Fender Rhodes, electric violin and really CTI-ish jazzy treatments of Hungarian folk songs. Awesome stuff. It’s in [...]
Henry goes in for a checkup Henry’s a few weeks old now, and there are a few things that needed a tweak. He’d forgotten how to go into first gear, and his handlebars had come a bit loose – so after work, I popped down to the bike shop and they very kindly tightened a [...]
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We did a spot of househunting today. Yep – still looking. This one was nice, but not right. Our non-negotiables are: 3 double bedrooms (or more if possible, actually), double glazing, gas central heating (with a decent, reliable boiler) good shower (not electric), good kitchen – preferably gas hobs and electric stove. As long as [...]
Farewell to the toe My nephew Asher was born with an extra toe. It’s not unusual in my family, actually. Other members of my family, including Asher’s mum – my sister Kerryn – had extra digits. And apparently, it’s not all that uncommon in the great scheme of things. But they always chop them off. [...]
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