Author Archives: Kai

All change!

Posted on May 5, 2014 by Kai

Oh dear! I kept thinking “wait to blog until you have something interesting to say…” – apparently that’s over five months of nothing interesting! Things have certainly changed since the 13th of December 2013. On the 24th of November I … Continue reading →

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I don’t think the dates were optional…

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Kai

For years now I’ve been making Jamie’s Nan’s Christmas Pudding. I got the recipe from a Jamie Christmas DVD I have, which differs slightly in that there are no nuts, cranberries replace 100g of the mixed fruit, and I’m fairly … Continue reading →

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Hi-dilly-ho, neighborino!

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Kai

😀 I saw my first deep sky object! Deep sky object = DSO, fuzzy things generally too faint to see with the naked eye like nebulae and galaxies). Took the telescope out tonight – ogled a bit at Jupiter again … Continue reading →

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Turn around when possible…

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Kai

I’m at a career crossroads. Or rather I’m at a career roundabout, doing that thing where you aren’t sure which exit to take and you’ve gone around the roundabout a few times now, enough times to forget which exit you … Continue reading →

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Sky watching

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Kai

I got a telescope for Christmas! Unusually for us I’ve started using it already in the hopes of maybe seeing comet ISON which may break up at the end of this month. Telescope is a Sky-Watcher Heritage 130p and its … Continue reading →

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Of villains and rouges

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Kai

I went to see the encore screening of Hamlet at the cinema yesterday. I recommend it. I’ve seen Othello via live broadcast now, and Hamlet as an encore screening (not live, but still complete with interval etc.) and although I … Continue reading →

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Winter Is Coming

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Kai

I’ve been re-reading A Song Of Ice And Fire lately – I tried reading it before and got up to the start of book six I think, but took a break and one thing you can’t do with ASOIAF is … Continue reading →

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Human training for cats

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Kai

There are a number of essential life lessons that must be learnt when you have cats. When you have black cats in particular, you must learn first and foremost that in the dark, cats are invisible. Thus, if you step … Continue reading →

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Fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Kai

I have lots to tell you about – we just returned from a holiday to Italy, and I also still need to tell you about my fab Ireland trip last year! But for today, a quick update, to mark the … Continue reading →

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Starmen

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Kai

Tonight I saw the International Space Station go overhead for the first time (knowingly). I’ve seen satellites before (though not often in recent years, oddly – used to see them all the time when I was younger), but this was … Continue reading →

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