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Rough night, slow day

10 July, 2017 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

Last night La Serpiente and Destroyer both woke up, about 2am, and I spent my night bustling between them and then sleeping on La Serpiente’s floor (Destroyer climbed in next to her mother, recognising weakness,[…]

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Almost time for launch

26 May, 201727 May, 2017 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

This morning I related my conversation from yesterday to a colleague. “Well, you don’t have any EQ” she said. I had the last laugh, because only people who don’t have any EQ would be confident[…]

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I’m not the guy you think I am

23 November, 2016 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

I get adverts piped straight into my Gmail inbox these days, hot piping adverts based on deductions Google has made about me. Delicious, highly relevant ads, like, well, like this one: I’m pretty sure this[…]

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I love you so please shut up

10 May, 201610 May, 2016 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

First, a history lesson: There is no such thing as a bad idea on the internet, just an idea that isn’t ready yet.  Back in 2000, Urbanfetch and Kozmo both had the same idea –[…]

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Nervous flyer

15 February, 2016 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

I have a flight at 2am tomorrow morning to Tokyo. That’s not the bad bit. The bad bit is that I’m flying with JAL, and JAL have the most aggravating website I’ve used for some[…]

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Some minor frustrations

27 January, 2016 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

I had been planning to go for a run this evening, but what with not leaving the office until 7, and then having to feed and water the kids, and after La Serpiente went to[…]

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Lost in the ether

8 September, 2015 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

I wrote a specification document about a month ago for a friend who wanted to do some analysis of some regulations in a country a long way away. I sent it to him, went off[…]

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What we talk about when we talk about loss

5 August, 201510 August, 2015 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

My wife lost her phone today. She still had the ability to communicate with me because I read all my email on my phone, so she could cajole and plead with me to call her[…]

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Possibly leaving on a jet plane

10 July, 2015 James ForemanFrustrations of the Modern Lifestyle

One problem with adding an extra member to your family is that if you’ve booked flights to take your family home for the summer, you then have to tell the airlines that you’ve increased the[…]

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How To Peel An Avocado And Other Dangerous Pastimes

24 June, 201525 June, 2015 James ForemanEating

This evening I stabbed myself with a kitchen knife. Fortunately, the end of the knife is properly blunt from all the abuse we’ve meted out to it over the last couple of years, so I[…]

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