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No place like home
What a busy week. I arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday, the 29th. I dumped my stuff, hired a bike (what a bloody rip-off; it would have been better to buy, but I’d have to leave it behind, anyway) and went … Continue reading
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Holiday
I’m leaving now for San Francisco airport to fly to Amsterdam, where I’ll reunite with Sarah, who’s been flying between England and Ireland for the last couple of weeks. My next entry will be from The Netherlands.
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Under the microscope
It’s a bizarre experience to work at a company about whom a news story appears in the media at least once an hour. Reporters have even been known to hide in our bushes, so we now have security guards in … Continue reading
Evolution Of Writing
I stumbled on this nice account of the evolution of writing tonight. It’s amazing to think that the Greeks invented something that was then adopted by the Romans, who refined and bequeathed it to civilisations to come. Here am I, … Continue reading
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Portent?
So, with Sarah still over on the Emerald Isle, I went to Chef Chu for dinner tonight. At the end of the meal, the waiter brought me my fortune-cookie. It turned out to be empty. I’m getting on an aeroplane … Continue reading
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