We watched the latest Mission Impossible film in Imax, in the third row from the screen, in a freezing cold theatre. I can’t recommend this. You’ll put your neck out, and in close-up Imax format[…]
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Month: July 2015
Happy Anniversary
Today was our fourth wedding anniversary. I’d planned carefully for this; or rather, the last time I was in Hong Kong, in between accidentally smacking my daughter’s head into a ceiling and getting on a[…]
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Spinning, pumping, etc
I had another spinning class today. I also had about 5 hours sleep (La Serpiente woke up just after midnight and kicked off) so I wasn’t expecting to do very well. It was another hard[…]
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Tummy time
Because we’re disorganised parents and have to pander to our firstborn, we don’t get as many opportunities to inflict tummy time on Butterball Destroyer. For the non-parents among you, or those of you whose youngest[…]
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After the storm
We were broken by the kids this morning. La Serpiente went on a milk run about four a.m. and I didn’t have the willpower to stop her, and then she didn’t want to return to[…]
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Games Night
This evening, we had friends round to play board games. Unfortunately, we’d been to a party in the afternoon and La Serpiente had gone loopy after eating a couple of blue M&Ms. (We put this[…]
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Marathon simulation
After more than half a year, somebody else agreed with me that Matt Fitzgerald’s concept of a marathon simulation is a little unclear in 80/20 Running. Here’s an attempt to add some clarity: (although as[…]
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Disturbed in the night
Again last night I didn’t sleep well. At one point, drifting in and out of consciousness I heard a rasping whisper call my name. Instantly, I was fully awake, scared out of my wits. The[…]
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A hard day and a good day
Today was a hard day. I got to bed about 12:30 this morning, and woke up at 3 to the sounds of children complaining, and couldn’t sleep after that until 6. I got some emails[…]
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Not sleeping
Butterball Destroyer is getting fed by a bottle at the moment, and just like her father she’s a fast eater; she’ll drain 80ml in a few minutes, shudder slightly and then be wide awake. (On[…]
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