26.10: Today has been a dull day. Someone has stolen the Internet! [Pause for gasp] I have (seriously) been to the local centre five times today to check e-mail, find plane tickets, pay bills, download lecture notes, check e-mail again, etc, etc… So I’m officially an Internet addict, I gladly admit it. Better than TV […]
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Oct 28
Oct 28
Loch Ness
– breathtaking. It’s “only” a lake, but if you appreciate nature as much as I do, do put it on your list. The Scottish wilderness is much like the Norwegian but rougher, more beaten. The ruin on the shore is a beauty; I will not expand on that as I find myself gauging clichés. We […]
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Highlands!
I spent the weekend at Ruigh Aiteachain, a bothy in the Eastern Highlands, with the Shared Planet, popularily called the hippie society. SP’ers are slow, and we were on wheels two hours late and it was pit dark when we were there. Luckily I got hold of a torch in the last minute – and […]
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Nia
Pilates is SO last month. The new variation over working out is obviously Nia. A weird mix of just about every other gym class, according to Nia Now the influence comes from no less than nine styles: Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do and Aikido, Jazz dance, modern dance and duncan dance, Moshe Fedenkrais, Alexander technique […]
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Care2
I’ve spent tonight browsing Care 2 , a huge resource of tips and thoughts concerning green living, animal welfare and human rights. Not all things there are for me – I consider talking with dolphins more than a bit lofty – but the site is full of gems. Blessings!
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Change Chaos
There’s at least seven different UK coins, and it’s very easy to get tricked on the change (luckily the scots seem to be honest, if overly economical at times). I’ll just warn you about the 50 pence: It’s a large octahedral coin, but if someone tries to give you one that’s really abnormally large, over […]
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VegBag
The other day I carried home a bucketful of veggies, some I’d never even seen before. There were green tindarine-like citrus (I thought they were limes, and was quite surprised to find they were orange on the inside), a purple / green leafy thing I’m still not quite sure about -loads. So much I could […]
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Aikido seminar
4 hours of practicing the gentle art of people shuffling. This time featuring sticks and swords. Fun fun! I faced one of my demons there, the forwards roll. I once broke a rib doing something similar in Kung Fu class. That was run-jump-rolls and we were all noobs. Looking back, it’s a wonder no one […]
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Yoga
Second yoga class today with lovely sun greetings. And a new sensation: This time I could clearly feel my chakras. Earlier the eye chakra has been the only one I’ve been able to get at. We went out of class with the straightest postures in the world thanks to the Downwards Dog. Lovely, lovely, lovely. […]
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The backside of snippets
My current inbox. 1000 unread mails, spam excluded. Round, nice number. Approaching half of the total messages, too. Cheers for Information Era! (click pic for full view)
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