Category Archives: Life

Irritable Morning Syndrome

Posted on 30 September, 2010 by Val

Simon is in Moulins at this very minute, having been summoned to an ‘examination’ by the MSA (mutual insurers for farmers) in respect of his recent ‘Professional Illness’. He has gone armed with a barrel-load of literature about the evidence … Continue reading →

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Oh-so-software

Posted on 26 September, 2010 by Val

So, suppose I am living in a simulated reality. Does it matter? All realities are relative anyway, and since this one seems real enough most of the time, and overall is pretty enjoyable, I guess I can go along with … Continue reading →

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Remember, there is no spoon

Posted on 25 September, 2010 by Val

I suspect that, like Neo, I am living in a simulated reality. I wonder if the world that I perceive is actually a simulated reality created by sentient machines to pacify and subdue the human race, while the heat and … Continue reading →

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We’re all on antibiotics

Posted on 23 September, 2010 by Simon

Well, actually that’s an exaggeration. But recently antibiotics have been pretty central to my life, and now Valentine the llama is joining me in the dubious delights of amoxycillin.

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Suburban Holiday

Posted on 12 September, 2010 by Val

I am in England at the moment, spending a few days in the Strange Land of Suburbia. It is early on a quiet, sunny Sunday morning, and from my son’s kitchen window I can see a distant view of the … Continue reading →

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Attachment and Loss

Posted on 9 September, 2010 by Simon

I am bereft. Naughty Chicken has died.

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