Originally, I had ordered a stuffed turkey leg joint, which should serve 2-3 typical portions, and would have fed me with plenty of leftovers for Boxing Day. When John said he would join me, I thought it would still suffice, but on hearing Bob could make it too, I decided to get a breast joint instead, serving 4-6 people.
Month: December 2009
This is by the definition of bookmaker William Hill, which claims a White Christmas requires actual snowfall over the 24 hours of Christmas day – according to them, the couple of inches of snow already on the ground does not count.
All in all, a very pleasant show, and worth listening to – it should be up on Iplayer in a little while.
I was already a bit of a fan of the instrument, from my exposure to the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain and Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
It’s a delightful game, where the players collaborate in adding clues to up to 4 treasure maps that will lead them to treasure; but when the treasure is revealed they are trying to beat each other to the richest pickings.
This Christmas is going to be a strange one. For years, we have been round at my brother’s house, together with mum and dad, and my sister-in-law’s parents. Even when dad was in a nursing home, we would manage to get him to my brother’s for Christmas dinner – on a couple of years, mum and I even had two Christmas dinners – an early one at 12 at the nursing home, and then a late one, mid-afternoon at my brother’s.
However, I find the problem with online stores – specifically clothing stores – is you only have to order from them once, and they start sending you regular paper catalogues. Now, to me this seems unnecessary; after all, they already know that I buy online. But the catalogues pile up on the doormat, and are then moved straight to the recycling.
In 2004, I was kindly invited to be the British Guest of Honour at Conterpoint, the American NorthEast Filk Convention. I’d originally planned to fly out the week before the convention, and maybe stay for a few days after. However, I very quickly received many invitations to visit and stay with various people on the East Coast, and eventually my planned trip was going to last a whole month.
In 2004, I was kindly invited to be the British Guest of Honour at Conterpoint, the American NorthEast Filk Convention. I’d originally planned to fly out the week before the convention, and maybe stay for a few days after. However, I very quickly received many invitations to visit and stay with various people on the East Coast, and eventually my planned trip was going to last a whole month.
Wanting to keep a record, and also to keep in touch with the folk at home, I wrote a small and simple journal application, that I could easily maintain during my travels. It worked really well, most of the journal text was written and uploaded direct from my Palm, while photos were taken and uploaded from a mobile phone. When I got back, I added a further archive of photos taken on my camera.