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Tiptree Jam is not a normal company

March 26, 2012

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This is an unusual blog post for me, but one that I am compelled to write. Today is my lovely wife’s birthday. I tweeted earlier that I was going to the Tiptree Jam (Wilkin & Sons Ltd. as you might know it) tearoom at Heybridge Basin.  It is a lovely place to go and my wife… [Read more…]

Toilet Etiquette

October 24, 2011

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This is not a whimsical look at which urinal you should use and why. This is a rant. A rant about the dirty horrid people that appear to be everywhere. I go to the toilet more than most people. My wife says I have the bladder of a pea, whereas I say her family are… [Read more…]

Nine years of marriage

October 19, 2011

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Nine years ago today I got married. A lot has happened in that time. A lot of it very painful both physically and emotionally. There have been deaths in the family, I’ve had my gall bladder removed, huge amounts of stress at work and home. These things are extremely hard to deal with, but having… [Read more…]

Music and Books

October 18, 2011

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I was thinking back to one of my favourite books this year this morning, Serial Killers Incorporated by Andy Remic is a great book by Anarchy Books and was co-released with a soundtrack by th3 m1ss1ng. In the bizarre way that my mind works this then reminded me of a few tweets by Adam Christopher… [Read more…]

My Kindle is dead

August 17, 2011

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ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!! I cried, I got angry, I had a mini pang of depression. It feels like somebody has twisted off my little toe, or decapitated a distant relative. I can see you know shaking your head and thinking I should get a grip. You’re probably right. When I get a break at work I go… [Read more…]

Is Working in IT a Professional Career?

June 15, 2011

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I had an interesting conversation with a colleague at work today. He attests that working in IT is more like being a builder than being a professional. I thought about this for quite a while, and then like any generation-X male I head to wikipedia to start some research. After looking at a few sites… [Read more…]

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