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Two months and a sofa

So, I’m now two months into this weght-loss kick, seems to be going ok – I’ve lost 10 kilos, clothes are looser, and the graph is still on a downward trend.

This afternoon I go for an initial consultation at the recreation centre in Bridgend for excercise on referral. My doctor has referred me to them, [...]

New look

I was getting a little bored with the old site layout, and was feeling constrained by the single sidebar – the sidebar took up more vertical space than my posts! So I have picked a new theme for the blog.

I’m very happy with the result. It’s a three-column theme so I now have two sidebars [...]

Burns Night

Well I guess that it’s Burns Night, you know what put me onto that fact? The piper in full garb that stood outside the masonic hall next door for half an hour playing on his bagpipes to welcome guests. He’s gone indoors now so I don’t have to listen any more 

In honour of [...]

E-retailer one-ups

I had two mailshots this morning from two e-retailers, the second one looks like a classic piece of one-upping (although I’m sure it isn’t). See for yourselves…

I can’t help thinking that someone at Play got the email from Amazon and said “£5! We can beat that!”

Some people might say I have an active imagination, but [...]

Next

So I’ve kinda decided that I’m going to try to do the CCSE next. It’ll be a challenge because it’s over a year since I did the  course, and it’s usually best to do the exams as soon after the course as possible so that you don’t fall into too many real-world bad habits, but [...]