Tag Archives: Christmas

Beyond Spamalot

Christmas 2010 & New Year 2011 has not been the most exciting holiday I have had. it did not help that I worked up to and including Christmas Eve and also between Christmas and New Year. Admittedly, this working was done remotely, but it was work nevertheless. I was supposed to be in Swansea the

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-27

Just won at Monopoly – well it is Christmas – using alternative rules http://www.kyber.co.uk/monopoly (won using Foreclosure) # elephant on a trampoline: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/12/and_now_elephants_on_trampolines.html # the dedicated #photographer: http://eyebg.com/?p=4921 (images of photographers going the extra mile) # Powered by Twitter Tools

Just won at Monopoly – well it…

Just won at Monopoly – well it is Christmas – using alternative rules http://www.kyber.co.uk/monopoly (won using Foreclosure)

Two men in a boat

A rare photograph of me and my brother together risking our necks on water (well, relaxing on a narrow boat really).

Canal Christmas 2008

We took the unusual step this Christmas (2008) of hiring a narrow-boat for the week and navigating the canals of England whilst everyone else faced the normal stresses of the celebration period. We had a great time away from the hussle-and-bussle that normally goes with this period.

Sick for Christmas

Last few weeks at work has seen me surrounded by people suffering from the most horrendous coughs and colds and given my asthmatic history, I have been deeply worried about getting sick. It looked like I was managing to fight off the bugs though until yesterday. First signs appeared during day  but seemed to damp

Monopoly Rules

As is typical of so many families around Christmas, we have been playing a lot of Monopoly. It seems a lot of people use a number of house rules (and many people have been using them for so long, that they are not even aware that theu are not following the standard rules.