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• Drinking a 1990’s cooked puerh while girding and preparing for what will be, I have little a doubt, an intense week. #
• Playing catch-up with ‘Ex-Machina’ and ‘Fables’. #
• @kierongillen Get. A. MacBook Air. Seriously. in reply to kierongillen #
• Strokes of genius: I now have a folder on my desktop called ‘The Rug’ into which I sweep all the virtual clutter. #
• Oooo tweeting from xbox live is somehow odd #

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• Today we take the children on the Severn Valley Railway. #
• Off the gym to blow out the remnants of man-flu. Spiritually completely unsure this is a good plan. #
• RT @tenpn: Osama shouldn’t claim responsibility for the Boston bomber. Could have blamed it on a lacky, instead his position is untenable. #
• RT @tenpn: Hasn’t delivered on manifesto promises: I’m not in infediel hell, and the west hasn’t fallen. Time to step aside, Osama. #
• At the pantomime with son number 1 - Joe Pasquale starring. What would visiting aliens think? #
• The opening is amazing. Like an ‘Iron Maiden’ concert kicking off. #
• 4 penguins just can-canned across the stage. #
• After the thrills of the pantomime, now the early train to Liverpool. #
• Perfect for chewing through the Inbox ♫ http://blip.fm/~jusic #
• listening to “Blondie - Sunday Girl” ♫ http://blip.fm/~jusl9 #
• Keep fit during crunch or suffer intellectual meltdown: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/18/running-brain-memory-cell-growth #
• listening to “Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach” ♫ http://blip.fm/~jutt1 #
• Oh Apple, how I love thee…….. #
• @N1tch Ludd.ite. Back to your quills. in reply to N1tch #
• @antonyjohnston I saw that. Them’s some intense peepers. in reply to antonyjohnston #
• @tenpn Every last one of them will be about the iPad as it should be. in reply to tenpn #
• Protecting Britain’s Indian Ocean coral: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jan/27/wildlife-chagos-islands #
• Very much enjoyed Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly in ‘Creation’ #

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• Things I learnt in Wisconsin: CheeseHats save lives #
• Jet-lag. Hangover-fun. #
• @tenpn Rock n’roll in reply to tenpn #
• Currently unconvinced that my MacBook Air battery can possibly last 5 hours in any conditions, ideal or otherwise. #
• Drinking fine, green tea, writing a weekly report. Later, we feast on chicken and drink white burgundy, #
• Giddy with excitement: ‘Mass Effect 2′ just around the corner. #
• Looking into ‘Evernote’ - note taking and idea management software. Promising stuff. #
• ‘Spirit Tracks’, you really are a thing of wonder. #
• Up and at’em. Continuing my OneNote investigation and loving the text recognition vibe - very slick for meetings. #
• @N1tch You’ve finally saved enough for gender reassignment! I’m so pleased for you……… in reply to N1tch #
• Drinking a Morertti in Liverpool’s ‘Bar & Grill’. Thus it is. #
• I need to be rebranded. MK1 is worn out. #
• Buzzing off a pot of ‘Big Red Robe’ fine Oolong tea. #
• And marvelling and wonders of the Eye-Fi SD memory card that wirelessly shares pictures and videos from my camera. #
• Winding down with Jasmine Silver Needle tea. I am becoming a tea bore. Honestly though, check out the tea-porn: http://jingtea.com/ #

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• Things I learned in Iceland: Mink whale looks like beef and tastes like sea-conch. #
• Fighting the traffic from Chiswick to Heathrow. #
• Been travelling since 07:45 this morning. The fun is starting to wear off. #

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• SitRep: replete on Dim Sum and tea. Enjoying last throws of the break before ‘Mayhem 2010′ kicks off on Monday. #
• Turns out it’s not the skiing part Son Number 1 finds difficult, it’s the standing bit. Not sure where I sign-up for standing lessons? #
• Is there a famous quote about how only horses should shop for shoes? There should be. #
• Girding loins in preparation for the return to work tomorrow. #
• So, I unintentionally gave up coffee during the Christmas plague. My system is now reminding me what a shocking thing that was….. #
• So this is what a full day at work without coffee is like. #
• Stafford - just one stop from Crewe. #
• @kierongillen There were effigies of you hanging from the station. The people wanted to eat their God to absorb his power. I’d worry. in reply to kierongillen #
• @N1tch My mother told me not to talk to strangers. in reply to N1tch #
• Not had coffee or booze for 5 days and feeling very strange………. #

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• Pseudo RT @kierongillen “blah, blah, blah…writer of the year. http://tinyurl.com/yb9sngz Crikey. Thanks!” Well done KG, well done. #
• Mrs W. looking unconvinced that the fast-trak (sic) skiing lesson I gave her for Christmas is a good idea…….. #
• Much love for ‘Super-Mario’ on the Wii - with ‘New-Decade’ looming, some games to close: ‘Dragon Age’, ‘Spirit Tracks’, ‘Assassins Creed 2′. #
• Sheesh, man. This cold/flu virus thing I’ve had since the 21st is doing bad things to my mojo. #
• Up and at ‘em. Surprisingly sprightly for a New Years day. #
• A wise man once said “everything looks better through the bottom of a pint of Guinness”. #

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• The good people in Nostalgia & Comics gave son #2 a free advent-calendar yesterday. Good people. Support them. #
• @N1tch Birmingham City Centre - just down from the Radisson Hotel, around the corner from China Town. Lots of stocking fillers were bought.. in reply to N1tch #
• @tenpn ‘Sin City: Hard Hero’ - missed that. Must head in and pickup. Got Ellis’ ‘new’ Gravel trade yesterday. Loved the 1st one, recommended in reply to tenpn #
• Grown up suburban cocktail thing tonight in a lounge suit of all things. #
• @kierongillen I hear he’s in Panto at the moment. ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with Joe Pasquale. #
• ‘Avatar’ at the Imax, Millenium Point, without the kids. A rare treat. #
• @ThePaulDaniels DeeeeeBBbbby! Fancy rehearsing for Cinderella? #
• @tenpn ‘Transmet’ is double-plus good by any standards. Recommend ‘Gravel’ next - I never tire of SAS magic. #
• Enjoyed ‘Moon’ last night. Great performances by Spacey and Rockwell. Well worth watching. #
• @ThePaulDaniels You reflected on an easier way to clean the doorsteps. A little line reading with broom could have been just the ticket! #
• IMAX has gone Kapput just at the coming of age moment. Mrs W and I guessing all beats to come - not difficult. Very good, however. #
• Sort of like ‘Dances with Wolves’ with 10ft tall blue Aliens…….. #
• Collected my long-awaited copy of ‘Liber Novus’ today……beautiful, beautiful, beautiful……. #

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• @ThePaulDaniels I can organise meals-on-wheels? #
• Rolling a ‘Dark Heresy’ character on the train to Londinium. Deep geek. #
• Hanging upside down, in chameleon form, invocating. With a glass of red wine. #
• That London. That. London. #

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• Spent a very pleasant last night gaming with some old friends and colleagues. Alhambra, Pitch Car and Dominion: Seaside. I mostly lost. #
• Parenting. Crowd control. Shades of grey. #
• http://portablenorthpole.tv/home is back, and better than ever…….. #

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• Early train. Coffee emporium out of large cups as ever. People have hung for less. #
• @N1tch Aside from the fact you’re making a terrible mistake and should be getting either a) and iPhone or b) a Pre, what can I say? #
• Belly full o’thai #
• Agenda item: MW2. Yes, indeed. #
• Facing the final frontier. A weekend of looking after children on my own - swimming, Judo, skiing, all have to be organised. Terrifying. #

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