Category Archives: RealLife

GF != Wife

June 12, 2007 – 12:30 pm

For those who don’t know already, in a few (11) weeks time I will be getting married to my girlfriend of the past nearly-4 years. This causes something of a dilemma. Currently if I want to reference Catherine in something like IRC I use the two-letter-acronym “GF”. It’s quick to type, especially as the letters [...]

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Sundown 2007

March 29, 2007 – 10:51 am

RC55 has announced this year’s Sundown, the “other” UK demoparty, a multi-platform scene event featuring “old-school” platforms such as the ZX amongst the other, more “standard” competitions. Again the event takes place in Budleigh Salterton on the south coast, about an hours drive from my home. I’ve already mentioned this on raww.org, so why mention [...]

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An announcement

October 19, 2006 – 12:45 pm

Those of you who keep a close eye on my other website will no doubt have noticed that news throughput has been down in recent weeks. Ever since I got back from my Canada trip, in fact. There’s a perfectly good reason – I’ve been busy working on things to do with my upcoming wedding. [...]

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Sleepies

June 14, 2006 – 10:15 pm

Still missing Sasha-cat, so thought I’d post something cute. Just like this.

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Coming Home

May 16, 2006 – 2:37 pm

On my way home from work tonight I’ll be stopping to pick up Sasha from the vets. We left her there two weeks ago, after… well, you know, and she should have been returned today from the Crematorium. Some people think it’s odd to have her cremated, but I don’t see why we shouldn’t treat [...]

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…and it’s quiet now

May 6, 2006 – 2:49 pm

On Tuesday night the moment I have been dreading for years finally happened. Sasha, my pet cat of 18 years, passed away. I came home from work to find her stumbling when she walked, and sniffing around as if she was exploring the house for the first time. She didn’t even purr when I held [...]

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