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I seem to have written 761,279 words in 4,573 posts. People have made 2,575 comments, which add a further 67,056 words. If you've read all that, you're probably as mad as I amPreviously on Losing it[1]
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Daily Archives: Saturday, 20th January 2007, 10:42pm
Life imitates art, or something
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | NY couple build wall through home A bickering New York couple have had a dividing wall constructed inside their home as part of an acrimonious divorce. Chana and Simon Taub, both 57, have … Continue reading
The Book of General Ignorance
It’s something of a modern tradition for quirky little books to be published in the months before Christmas. Publishers are always hoping for another runaway success like Eats, Shoots and Leaves[1], Lynne Truss’s delightful rant on punctuation, which I actually … Continue reading
It seems to be working
Weight: 214.0 pounds (15 stone 4.0 pounds, 97.1kg)Since I decided to make a new start on the weight and fitness thingy at the start of this month, I’ve made some progress. I’ve lost three pounds so far[1], and perhaps more significantly, … Continue reading
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I may have to steal this…
This has to be the quote of the month, at the very least. In today’s Guardian Weekend magazine, Sue Townsend, best known for the Adrian Mole books, is subjected to the ritual humiliation they call “Q&A”. In response to the … Continue reading
WordPress 2.1 – Smilies!
Like a lot of WordPress users, I use the nifty WP-Grins plugin to make it easy to insert smilies like these into my posts. It adds all my smilies in a row above the box where I type my posts, … Continue reading
WordPress 2.1 – Coming Soon
WordPress 2.1 is due to be released in the next few days. It’s the first major update in just over a year, and has lots of entertaining changes. I’ve been working on a test copy of Losing it[1], keeping up … Continue reading


