http://www.dreamdust.co.uk a day without hyperbole is a day wasted Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:19:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bonnie tagged me with some Bookworm award-meme-thing that seems to just involve copying some words. My kind of meme. The logo is also an uncanny representation of me at work. The rules say: Pass it on to five other bloggers (pfft), and tell them to open the nearest book to page 46. ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/19/page-46/ Another day where it gets to half past three and I notice that the light is beginning to fade, which in turn reminds me that I haven't taken my photo for the day ... and that it really would have been much wiser to have done it earlier in the ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/18/getting-dark/ In the sitting room we have one of those fancy things that tells you not just the time, but also the temperature indoors and the temperature outdoors. Of course, I can't see this device from where I spend most of my day in my office. However I am able to rely ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/17/and-when-hes-wearing-skis-i-know-it-must-be-snowing/ Lauren turned up this morning bearing birthday salutations and gifts. Gifts that required super-human strength to extricate them from the packaging, but which smelled very nice. I'm not sure what's happened the rest of the day. With a bit of rain and wintery darkness outside I tend to switch off, ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/16/a-day-of-rest/ I had a craving for Lauren's Rocky Road and then Lori shared her recipe for Rocky Road cake, so it seemed meant to be. Time to melt some chocolate and stir in some marshmallows and chopped up brazil nuts. I decided to make a slab like Lauren did, so at ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/15/sometimes-chocolate-is-required/ I haven't been putting anything except my frondy carrot tops into the compost bin for a while as the bin was very full. Putting a few bricks on top has now pushed everything down about 8 inches, so I can start adding more. As well as the kitchen scraps from ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/14/oh-good-shes-talking-about-compost-again/ And like yesterday, I keep thinking it's Friday. Bits of work done today, translations of reviews, transcripts of crazy people talking, bits of code updated, people emailed. And I keep leaving my daily photo until late afternoon when it's getting dark outside and in. The good news is though that there's ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/13/back-to-work/ 06:37 beep beep - beep beep My phone wakes me. I've been here before. A text from my dear cousin: "Happy birthday. Sorry so early, but some of us start work before 10am!" Oh ha-di-ha. 09:50 John rings on the home line; I've turned the work phone over to the guys for the day. He ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/12/happy-birthday-to-me/ This is how I was earlier in the day, with two knitting needles, a crochet hook and yarn all being orchestrated in my hands. I'd dropped a stitch, found out how to pick it up, but evidently wasn't doing something quite right. I tried several times picking up and making ... http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/12/thank-goodness-for-opposable-thumbs/ It's been raining most of the day - at times quite heavily. I've been here in my office. Content to let the outdoors be outdoors and me be indoors for today. http://www.dreamdust.co.uk/2008/11/10/the-rain-it-raineth-quite-a-lot/