Category: self
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Music Monday – Busted
Yes. Not even gonna lie. I love this band. Busted came back in 2016 with the album Nigh Driver which was a departure from their original catchy radio-friendly pop-punk tingled pop of their first two albums. Well, now they’ve released their fourth studio album and I love it. Half Way There is a ten song…
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Card games
As well as another round of Coconuts when Chris came to visit today, there was a round of Exploding Kittens and two turns of Mapominoes I do like a good board/card game!
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Vacuum exercise
As I look at my 14 minutes exercise today on my Apple Watch, I’ve decided, Apple should consider vacuuming as an exercise.
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Music Monday – Stand Atlantic
I’ve gone from pouring over new music and releases from “the scene” to getting new recommendations from Spotify Release Radar and other places like artist radio. I think it was a song off their 2017 release Sidewinder which got me interested and I mentioned them in my 2018 Music Recap. Have a listen of this…
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Thirtieth
That is totally one of those words you read and think “That doesn’t look right”. Today is Zara’s 30th Birthday, I kept a surprised by inviting some friends over last night which I think she appreciated. We had a few drinks and played games, which is pretty standard for us. We didn’t do too much…
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10 years since Blue Skies, Broken Hearts…Next 12 Exits
I have this photo on my window sill. It’s a signed photo by Kris Roe of The Ataris. I got it signed at an acoustic gig which happened 10 years ago. Waiting on my mate & the doors to open for the Kris Roe gig. — Doug (@dougaitken) January 31, 2009 TEN YEARS?! I’ve loved…
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Super Graphic
Sometimes your friends sent you cool Christmas presents. Edit to add a gif showing the interior:
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Chicken fajitas with peppers and red onion
One of the awesome Shortcodes I found during my Automattic trial was the Recipes one. Really easy to use and presents in a well laid out format. While looking for the kit I used, I found this blog about Lidl with a post about the same kit! Yes, I think I’ve reached peak diversity of posts…
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Late nights
I saw a tweet earlier on Timehop which made me realise the change over the past ten years. Not the current thing going around of 2009/2019 profile photos, but my sleep pattern. I was awake at 7am, not due to getting up earlier but still being awake. fuck this. can't sleep. no point trying anymore.…
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