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Hospitals, and Potential Chickens from alffly 384 days old

I don't much like hospitals. Of course, that's a sentiment so common that it approaches cliche, but I feel like I should mention it. I, and other members ...

Caring is Hard from alffly 386 days old

[ ... ] my life a very unpleasant place to be, and which have leapt, jaguar-like, straight to the top of my list of priorities with an ease which ...

THEY Walk Amongst Us! Probably. from alffly 421 days old

See? I told you that the Large Hadron Collider was going to be trouble. The documentary evidence is right there, a couple of posts ago. I wrote that ...

Poker, Again from alffly 423 days old

My arch-rival in poker, that insufferable dandy Lord Tankington-Smythe, seems to have been intimidated by his previous decimation at my hands, because ...

Still Alive from alffly 424 days old

So, it's Saturday and, thus far, the world remains remarkably untouched. Reality as we know it is not unravelling around our ears. Perhaps Stephen Hawking ...

Head Full Of Other Stuff from alffly 427 days old

[ ... ] Half Life 2 - I cannot tell a lie. I have been gaming a lot recently, but I have a good reason: it's Half Life Bloody 2. I bought The Orange Box ...

When Gigs Go Bad from alffly 433 days old

The open mike night rolled around again on Tuesday. After my triumphant featured set at the last gig I was looking forward to playing again, even if ...

When I Come Back Around from alffly 458 days old

[ ... ] I've ever been to, and without doubt one of the best things I've ever done in my life. I can't wait to do it again next year. See you there.

After the Gig from alffly 463 days old

So that went better than I had any right to expect. The gig, I mean. All that stuff I said about the set list being carved in stone was nonsense, of ...

Fear of Music Part 2 from alffly 464 days old

So I think I've got my set list sorted out. It became easier when I discovered that someone I'm trying to impress won't be at the open mike night, so ...