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Seasons greetings!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Nev

Now that Movember, St. Andrews Day and Thanksgiving are over and done with and the first door on the advent calendar has been opened, I’m allowing myself to start to bask in the Christmas spirit. Of course, there’s still a … Continue reading →

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It’s far too early

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Nev

“Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.” – Johnny Carson Since the start of October we’ve been subjected to the overtures of Christmas. Personally, I’m a big fan of using the American … Continue reading →

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First rant of the year

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Nev

I have to say that I’m beginning to dread the Christmas and New Year period. Let me be more specific. I’m beginning to dread Boxing Day and the first of January. For the past few years December 26 seems to … Continue reading →

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Downtime

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Nev

Both for me and my blog. Apologies for hosing things good-and-proper last night while trying to watch 21 Grams on FilmFour and not really concentrating when attempting to change to an SVN based WordPress update system. Some command-line database poking … Continue reading →

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In the words of Noddy Holder

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Nev

“It’s Christmas!” St. Andrews day serves as a very handy demarcation, much like the American Thanksgiving holiday. I can start to think about Christmas and not get angry now that it’s actually December. Of course it has been pretty much … Continue reading →

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Let the train take the strain?

Posted on December 28, 2006 by Nev

I took the train back to Edinburgh yesterday after spending Christmas back at home with my mum, brother and sister-in-law. This journey turned out to be one of the worst trips I’ve made. The train to York was late arriving … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 22, 2006 by Nev

I know, it’s a crappy Americanism but occasionally as I’m not religious I feel somewhat of a hypocrite celebrating Christmas. I am spiritual (not as in the “I don’t go to church but am scared of dying” crowd) but organised … Continue reading →

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The ‘C’ word

Posted on November 21, 2006 by Nev

No, not that one. Like it or not, Christmas is just around the corner. After a weekend in the snow and noticing the decorations springing up everywhere, I thought this would be as good a time as any to mention … Continue reading →

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