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The Sayings of Chairman Owen

2008-07-08T08:35:29Z

"Spiderman killed all the dinosaurs because they were too stompy" "Spiderman has a manager, he tells him what to wear"

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And today's thought is...

2008-06-30T07:26:39Z

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. -Patrick Henry, revolutionary (1736-1799) That's one of the reasons that I read A.Word.A.Day (wordsmith)

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Alphabetic Synthesis Machine

2008-06-20T13:09:28Z

I was blundering around google, looking for software that might let me synthesize pseudo-bold and italic versions of a Roman font when I found this - http://www.alphabetsynthesis.com/. Nice art project that evolves 'imaginary' alphabets.

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Wakehurst Place

2008-06-16T12:47:02Z

Went to Wakehurst again yesterday. The irises were blooming. They were lovely. Pete came along in Em's sling. Owen came along begging to be carried by Daddy (Daddy resisted). Saw this as well. There's no sense of scale here but the plant was n...

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Baby brother

2008-04-13T10:12:12Z

Well, at 3:58pm on Friday, Peter Nathaniel Gibson was born. Emily and Peter are doing just fine, spending a few days relaxing at the birthing centre. It's been an interesting few days: Saturday 5th Baby due. Nothing happens. Friday 11th, 9:00am...

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Warning: rant

2008-03-13T09:20:40Z

The announcement that the government intends to encourage teenagers to swear an oath of fealty to the crown has me spitting blood (again). I hope, by the time that Owen (and the little brother to be) are old enough to have the choice, my republica...

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Branding

2008-03-13T09:12:13Z

Paraphrasing a book I just finished... Branding is something done to animals and slaves.

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Brothers

2007-12-08T22:58:11Z

I worked from home a couple of times this week so I picked up Owen from school. Coming back on Thursday, we had a long conversation about brothers. We started talking about the baby and about him being a brother and ... Owen: I don't want be brot...

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Autumn!

2007-11-15T14:21:53Z

Last weekend we went to my parents' for a couple of days. We should have been going with Em's grandmother but she had to delay her flight because she was sick. Anyway, we went to a Remembrance Day service with my parents as my dad was laying a wr...

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Eating yer veg

2007-10-25T08:59:27Z

So, do we have the only child in the world who would a) refuse to eat his "teddy bear" pizza b) ask for more salad We've raised a foodie. Mostly, he turns his nose up at food targetted at kids but he likes Stilton. What have we done? He's worked...

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