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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Bedtime
Getting ready for bed at night gets ever longer and more complicated. Put the dog outside for ablutions Go to the you know where Take night-time meds (5 tablets and 30ml liquid gunge) Clean and floss teeth Heat up Hottie … Continue reading
The Art of Ageing
It’s nearly Pre-Birthday-Month time so it seems a good time to dive into The Art of Ageing again. It is one of those little gems that has a great deal of common sense. More than anything, the author, John Lane, … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, Joy and Woe, philosophy, poetry, William Blake, writing
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The joys of insurance
The joys of insurance don’t refer to the days when I started work in the insurance profession in Glasgow in the 1960s. That was the time of Chief Clerks, signing in, creaky lifts in enormous buildings, hushed tones in hushed … Continue reading
Mooc week 2
We nearly had a bit of a hiccup with the Forensic Science Course this week. There is a lot of additional information available and at one point we found ourselves going down the highways and byways of fingerprints and how … Continue reading
Official Letters
You know the official envelopes that drop through the letterbox? The kind of things from The Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Palace, The Police. . . . . . . . . . . (Yikes – that one frightened me so much … Continue reading
Another update – this time on bathing
This is another update – today it is on bathing Misty. The last time I described the process I gave a description which said that it had to be secret. Then, once she was actually in the bath, provided it … Continue reading
Update on mooc
Over 23,000 students have enrolled so far. Not able to give it due attention today. At least it is only fictional.
New Year at the Hairdresser
Looking in the mirror at the hairdresser this afternoon was not an altogether happy experience. I don’t usually “do” mirrors all that much these days. The only exception is for Dance Class on a Friday Night – it seems to … Continue reading
There’s been a murder!
According to folklore – There’s been a murder! – is a stylised line from the famous Taggart series, though the makers of the programmes assure us it is not so. Anyway, Strathclyde University have launched a 6-week MOOC on an … Continue reading