Archive for ‘Enthusings’

30 December 2005

Postcard from Florence

Did you all have a good Christmas? Ours was excellent. We had a successful murder, a cosmopolitan Christmas Eve, excellent company and over-indulgence on Christmas Day, and on Boxing Day diarrhoea (for me) and socialising (for the others). All in all, not a bad way to spend our time. (Though if I [...]

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3 November 2005

Picture perfect

A very brief post after the world’s longest working day (well, maybe not - I’m not a junior doctor, after all) followed by a sojourn in the pub (we didn’t win, but we managed to avoid the crap wine prize - trust me, this is an achievement!).
The college building where I am working in Leicester [...]

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17 July 2005

Too excited to sleep

No, I’m not worked up over the new Harry Potter. Nor is it that I have vouchers for fabulous new shoes. And though I’m thrilled that Eugene has discovered the mole in the Big Brother House, it would be a pretty poor show if that was keeping me awake. It’s not even [...]

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 12:53 am

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10 July 2005

Molto gustoso

A fabulous day today, but too hot to do anything strenuous so I’m popping out to the garden for a spot of work, coming in again when I get too hot, then going out again when the lure of the sunshine becomes irresistible. It like a suburban version of the hokey-cokey.
I have been enjoying [...]

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 2:01 pm

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17 March 2005

And what about ‘disingenuous’? Fan-bloody-tastic.

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 7:24 pm

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17 March 2005

Or ‘diarrhoea’.
But only because I like the spelling.

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 11:28 am

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16 March 2005

And let’s not forget ‘temerity’.

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 1:23 pm

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11 March 2005

le mot juste

I have been criticised at times in the past for using ‘big words’. Usually the criticism comes from people who have only recently met me and who have got me into a heated discussion about something, perhaps having consumed some alcohol. The snide comments I’ve received have only ever come from people who [...]

Filed under: Enthusings — Clare @ 1:18 pm

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