We brought Maya home from the local SPA (French equivalent of the RSPCA, Société Protectrice des Animaux) after a long time trying to decide which cat to adopt. The only criteria we had were for a sterilised female, because our other cat is male – wanted to keep a good yin/yang balance.
While we were there, [...]

Nathan and Liam spent a while dotting paint on their pad from felt pens that paint rather than draw. Mostly they’re good for making big splodges though. Good to catch up with friends and see the kids playing together. 2010 has started quite well for catching up with people.
Testing Painting Pens
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I’ve just uploaded some older photos to Flickr with a wedding theme – having spent a few minutes clicking through my photo archives. With digital photos, you don’t have the same tactile experience compared to thumbing through piles of old photos in a box. But when you find nice photos, at least you can publish [...]

This photo was taken on the 8th April, 1978 according to what is written behind the original print. The print itself has washed out colours and has degraded over time, some work was done to try to rebalance the colours. Yes, that is me on the left and my brother on the right. We were [...]

Having just moved desk, for the next few weeks my view is this wonderful train depot vista.
Looking forward to our move to La Défense even more now, when they move the trains, since the tracks aren’t passenger carrying standard, they screech.
Office View
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Michael Jackson suffered a heart attack last night (European time), and could not be resuscitated. Wacko Jacko he may have been, but it’s the end of an era. Love or hate him or his music, he’s the biggest selling album artist of all time. His music, his pop videos and his dancing have influenced pop [...]

Now you can really take the kitchen sink with you. This amazing folding kitchen sink is from Sea to Summit, a camping and outdoor equipment supplier. It comes in 5, 10 and 20 litre sizes and can hold hot water and detergent. Full marks to Sea to Summit for the segue between a sink and [...]

On Facebook, you have a status which is limited to something along the lines of 140 characters, rather like a tweet in Twitter, which has a similar character limit. I often update this with a link, a story I have read in the press, or a mundane observation about how awful the weather is lately. [...]