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After ages (read: years, I even bought a Win 95 laptop in the end, specifically to play it on) of trying to get Dungeon Keeper 2 installed and working on a XP and Vista machines, I randomly found my DK … Continue reading →

Apparently they are Byronic! Flawed heroes. e.g. Severus Snape. I have learned something new. That said, still got to love the typical classic villain. e.g. Hans Gruber. Notice a pattern…?

Poor Jasper (now de-shrubbed), my new money plant Sixpence (daughter of New Penny, daughter of Penny, daughter of Grandma’s money plant), and my narcissi from last year who will hopefully remerge this year. Not sure if I should put them … Continue reading →

…when your laptop matches your mug.

I’m a vet, not a horticulturalist. I should have taken Jasper home for Christmas. Instead I left him in our office, which is a furnace at the moment. I came back to find him rather lacklustre, but he’s now decidedly … Continue reading →

A looked late but I thought I should share what the loaf turned out like. It was lovely, and very easy to make! I used this recipe rather than an original Doris Grant loaf.

This is our allotment plan. We have an allotment! This is the plan for it. It is “small” – only 9m by 7m but I think it’ll be more than enough for us. I found a nice little program on … Continue reading →

I made bread and for the first time it rose! This is a Doris Grant loaf.

As well as being a nerd. Bonus. Well, my lovely little mini keyboard has decided that after a good 6 or so years of function it is time to leave my employ. The up arrow has been soggy since it … Continue reading →

A little belated… So Christmas was good – everything went swimmingly which was a little unsettling actually! No mad rush, everything working pretty much ok… felt rather odd. After Christmas I went snowboarding for a week which was fun, but … Continue reading →