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Want (or I’m not hard to buy for)

Posted on July 11, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve been told several times that I’m hard to buy for. I of course utterly reject this notion, there’s lots of wonderful things in the world and I like a lot of them, but the truth is that there is … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Whining: Hot, tired and grumpy

Posted on July 10, 2013 by nicdempsey

There’s just no pleasing me. For months I’ve been complaining about the grey, miserable weather. Now in the midst of sunny, hot weather I’m fed up with it already. The sad truth is that I love the lighter days in … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on July 7, 2013 by nicdempsey

It’s not Country, it’s Americana, however Bob Harris played it on his Country show, so pick your name. Whatever genre it is, I think it’s great… The Civil Wars – The One that Got Away  

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Friday Links

Posted on July 5, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This weeks links… 1) When I grow up I want to be Imelda Staunton, only taller. If you could bring something extinct back to life, what would you choose?  A dodo, or the old Labour party. 2) Lionfish … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – June 2013

Posted on June 30, 2013 by nicdempsey

Fragments – Dan Wells I started this straight after Partials. Which I didn’t talk about at all last month! I really enjoyed both the books and I’ll read the third but I did find the writing style dense. I needed … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on June 30, 2013 by nicdempsey

Sometimes having the radio on, reminds me of the songs I love but just haven’t played for a while. Like this one… The Impressions – Finally Got Myself Together

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Friday Links

Posted on June 28, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Thursday night drinking with Christelle and Mike isn’t the most sensible thing I could have done but it was lovely and I’ll wake up at some point today. It’s been a huge week for news. Here it’s been … Continue reading →

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I feel like my head is about to explode..

Posted on June 27, 2013 by nicdempsey

This week I have been dodging migraines. I seem to have been on the verge of one since Sunday, on Tuesday I didn’t go to the planned pub quiz because I thought my head was about to go boom. It … Continue reading →

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Notes for Tourists..

Posted on June 26, 2013 by nicdempsey

So this week, the tourist influx has really hit, so here are my do’s and don’t for visiting London. First up, welcome to London! It’s lovely to have you, I think that London is a fantastic place and couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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City walk – Picture post

Posted on June 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

A couple of weeks ago we went for a walk. It was the weekend that we had ‘summer’. We walked from The Oxo Tower to Borough Market   From Borough we walked over London Bridge and down Monument, where I … Continue reading →

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