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Friday Links

Posted on May 29, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Although it’s been a short work week, I’m still happy to get to the end of it! Here are this week’s links… Grace Dent on the death of a Grange Hill star, watching telly in the 70’s and … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Tart

Posted on May 28, 2015 by nicdempsey

Although I cook most things from scratch, puff pastry is not one of them. If life is too short to stuff a mushroom, then it’s way to short to make puff pastry. So I buy it. Most often because I’m … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – May 2015

Posted on May 27, 2015 by nicdempsey

It seems like May was the month of Regency and dragons (and dragons in regency!), my reading months often have themes that I don’t notice until later. Steelheart – Brandon Sanderson (library) Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Perspective

Posted on May 25, 2015 by nicdempsey

A bit later than usual because of the Bank Holiday. It wasn’t a normal week. I got to grips with a budget (spreadsheets were involved) and cleared a ton of paper out of the house. I spent six and a … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on May 22, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s been a busy but less frantic week this week, so here’s some reading material for the weekend! This looks like a much better idea than the bloody garden bridge (and it’s not asking for public money!) Although … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – a difficult week

Posted on May 18, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’d like to tell you that although last week was busy and stressy, I handled it gracefully. I did not, I handled it, survived and didn’t burst into tears, lose my temper and start shouting or kill anyone, even though I … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on May 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

BB King died this week. This was going through my head most of Friday. Is this the best example of BB’s music, nah but it was the first thing I thought about when I heard he’d died. So… I was … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on May 15, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Hopefully, everyone has had a busy productive week and is ready for a nice relaxing weekend. Here are this week’s links… Well this is horrific. X-ray scan at Spanish border reveals child in suitcase.  The problem is Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Perfect Poached Eggs

Posted on May 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m not a perfect cook. My palate is not that refined, I love to cook but don’t like to spent hours in the kitchen, I try to hold an 80/20 rule about eating processed foods and I do pretty well … Continue reading →

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Half Way

Posted on May 13, 2015 by nicdempsey

It’s Wednesday and sunny and I had a migraine last night and I’m the only person in the admin team that’s in the office and it’s a high stress work week. I don’t feel at my best, today I would … Continue reading →

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