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Friday, October 21, 2005

Magdalen drinks, doesn't it?


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Originally uploaded by Schmodt.
What exactly is happening here? Is it important? Does it demand attention, or even deserve it slightly?

The answer to all these questions could either be 'no' (although that wouldn't make brilliant sense for the first question), or it could be blowing in the wind, as the song says.

Me, I'm honestly unaffected by considerations like these. These are Magdalen people. Good people. People who want to go to a swanky West-End bar in the evenings and just bloody drink.

Let's not knock them for that, eh? Let's not be too critical or ask too many questions. Roll out the barrel, instead; pour yourself a large gin and watch. It's worth it: they're entertaining when a couple of sheets to the wind, if you follow me.

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Team Ashurst


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Originally uploaded by Schmodt.
On Sunday Julia and her work colleagues ran in aid of a children's cancer charity - the Terry Fox Run, I think - in Hyde Park, central London.

Her mum and I had a leisurely breakfast and strolled down to meet her after the run. Then we took a gentle tour of some of London's more famous landmarks, without really committing too much of our precious time and energy to any of them, before going home for a dinner of slowly stewed lamb shanks (bloody marvellous) and botched German hash brown-style potato cakes.

Julia's mum is with us until Wednesday. I swear we will get the potato cakes (called 'Reibekuchen') right before then, but Julia has bought a bag of frozen hash browns in case. Not the same though...

Monday, October 03, 2005

Poor car!


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Originally uploaded by Schmodt.
I'm so behind. This picture is actually about a month old. Maybe a bit more.

Anyway, Julia was in Germany, pootling about getting wine and *more* glasses from Ikea and whatnot, when she was in a car crash.

She's fine, by the way - and the glasses she had bought remained unbroken on the front seat, but...

...this is the state of the car when she had finished spinning about in the rain and hitting the side of the road and stuff.

I'm so glad she's fine (oh, and she is *fine*). She's home again now, and so is the car (which is fixed too), and she's working too. But more of that next time.