Tweets on 2011-09-30

Sep30

RT @catofstripes: Like the Stripey Cat Supper Club on Facebook, dates for the autumn published, buy tickets. http://t.co/HeorTOMM #
@NCCLols @katrinabull I guess the Netherlands is not far enough away for full candour. in reply to NCCLols #
@miltonline also: lucky, lucky computers. in reply to miltonline #
Clumsy panini eating has somehow smeared cheese on my glasses. #
RT @freakonomics: Census Bureau Cuts Number of Same-Sex Married Couples in Half. http://t.co/NFtuyFwZ #
Got home to cats lolling around the house pulling the whole "I haz a sunbeam" schtick. #
@journodave @JosephStash your experience of Twitter mostly limited to people you follow. Bright people follow bright, don't meet the others. in reply to journodave #
@Meryl_F seriously injured pride, but apart from that it was just boosters, so no biggie. in reply to Meryl_F #
RT @tom_geraghty: Very funny cheap flights song: http://t.co/4mGF13Nl <<< this definitely in my head when I booked with Ryanair last month #
@artesea saw 'em in Nottingham a few years ago in reply to artesea #
RT @qikipedia: Last year more than 16,000 hours of UK train delays were caused by people stealing metal parts from the railways. #
@rfenwick funny you should say that just after I put the guitar away after strumming Jolene all night. in reply to rfenwick #
@neilfawcett absolutely – our residual bin is out for the morning and is less than 25% full. Alright, we're a small household but still. in reply to neilfawcett #
@rfenwick *frisson* in reply to rfenwick #
Tutor: "… And today marks the end of the only two weeks you will spend in university during the entire course! " #gulp #

Tweets on 2011-09-29

Sep29

Probably shouldn't use this in teaching. (Is your child stupid? Use him as a brush!) http://t.co/5dp2Bs7u #
Cat getting wise to what appearance of the cat carrier means 🙂 (@ Arnwood Vets) http://t.co/5qX3OthC #
Never been entirely sure about the vet's animal op pics. Now they have tv footage too! http://t.co/SCjmhUEc #
Now even estate agents understand about the Zombie Apocalypse. http://t.co/L4v9DKy5 #
@JChris_J how about if I say something po-faced about how awful it is? Perhaps with an irony smiley like this one: in reply to JChris_J #
RT @newsaboutwomen: French feminists want to ditch ‘mademoiselle’ >>> German feminists ditched Fräulein years ago! http://t.co/6DzeQaIB #
RT @LloydieJL: The One Show reminds me of that classic Victoria Wood segue "Well, I don't know if dolphins ever get cystitis". #
@JChris_J mm yeah, have been thinking about it and discussed with tutor. Will talk to school next week (erk) too. in reply to JChris_J #
Wow, someone has told Lord Gnome about bleeding to the edge. #
Cripes. Law & Order: SVU is doing a DSK-style storyline as its series opener. http://t.co/jfcQ6etR #
Next Weds is World Teacher's Day. Theme: Gender Equality. What better way to celebrate than starting school placement! http://t.co/Zha5iG36 #
Rudely awoken by sound of… Vogon constructor fleet? Martian invasion? WTF is it? #
Trying to stop the alarm by putting my fingers in my ears. #

I’m a little bit obsessed with tiny houses

Sep28

Eg this, recently, a tiny hotel bedroom made out of cement drainage pipes:

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Or what I think of as a pod hotel, but Wikipedia calls a “Capsule hotel.”

I’ve been thinking about camping pods since I first saw one on the front page of the Camping & Caravanning Club mag, and wondering if I can replace the shed with one. Then I saw whole bunch at a B&B in Scotland and liked them even more:

They’re very expensive and only really sold to actual campsites, for thousands of pounds. What exactly would I do with it? I am telling myself that when nephews or godchildren visit, we can get them to sleep in the garden, but that is many years off yet. Perhaps I just want to sleep in the garden sometimes?

How about an eco-pod-home? Or a 3m x 3m x 3m bachelor cube (I once saw a suggestion that something similar would make good student digs)

The nec plus ultra though, must be these Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. Aaaaah, so cute!

Not of course that I could ever throw enough stuff away to live in 90 square feet!

Tweets on 2011-09-28

Sep28

Queueing out the door. (@ NCT Travel Centre) http://t.co/Ubz3Mfpi #
@Meryl_F bus pass top-up shop. Getting year-long student deal. in reply to Meryl_F #
Sesame Street does Glee Club: http://t.co/eapaup5o #
Totting up, I seem to have had 9 of my #5aday today. #
@dr_nick you need to get some summer programmes like Burn Notice and In Plain Sight. in reply to dr_nick #
@NCCLols OJ, apple, banana, cucumber, raisins, onions, tomatoes, spinach, pineapple 🙂 Not counting the wine! in reply to NCCLols #
RT @poddelusion: We're still looking for stuff for this week's @PodDelusion if anyone fancies doing something? New people welcome too! #
Do the Democrats not re-choose their VP? I guess it's going to be Obama for President, but will it be Biden again? #
RT @owenblacker: RT @zefrog: Black and white, #gay and straight twins http://t.co/nINiBfgR #lgbt #
@owenblacker @zefrog hah. The straight one is an acrobat on a cruise ship. #
@owenblacker just had sesh on racism/schools – horrendous recent personal testimony. in reply to owenblacker #
@owenblacker "don't waste a Ucas slot on Oxford – they don't let black kids in" in reply to owenblacker #
@owenblacker "black boys don't grow up to be engineers – why don't you paint a bus driver? " in reply to owenblacker #

Tweets on 2011-09-27

Sep27

Resisting urge to stuff face at Gregs on way home. #
Gliding through the aisles like a Stepford wife (@ Sainsburys Arnold) http://t.co/UKOOmu7P #
Is that umrat Chris Harrison on #onlyconnect #
Ooh, now I'm on tenterhooks to know whether @willhowells meets @unsliced in the #onlyconnect quarter-finals #dividedloyalties #
@unsliced phew. Some total bastard questions, you had this week. Nailbiting missing voles round. in reply to unsliced #
@unsliced @willhowells also, a q: where is the telly the teams watch with the questions on? Not visible from the longshots! in reply to unsliced #
@centre_alt_tech how about retrofitting? Have been putting off solid wall insulation for years for fear of disruption. in reply to centre_alt_tech #
Ooh, next year's choir tour is to Lincoln. Can we commute, I wonder. #
@unsliced @willhowells quite right too! I thought Fatherland would come up, but only once you'd planted the seed. in reply to unsliced #
Let me just check – tomorrow's Friday, yeah? #
Woke up to news of sunshine and heatwave, so put washing out. In last hour, thick cold fog has rolled in. #
Ach, my bag has gotten so heavy 😥 #

Tweets on 2011-09-26

Sep26

RT @BeauBodOr: RT @robmanuel: Ed Miliband in 1982: Let's invade 2/3rds of the Falklands. #
Yoga Flash Mob In Nottingham – seem to have chosen St Mary's Place, which is always completely empty http://t.co/VQ4jZko6 #
Girls in the street singing Grease song (You betta shape up) at the tops of their voices as they climb the hill. #
Somehow I ended up getting graze boxes again. Oh, well, here's tomorrow's: http://t.co/hX59JatR via @grazedotcom #
RT @ianvisits: RT @lordofmisrule The nights are now longer than the days. #thedarknessiscoming #
Hang on, the president of the NUS is called Liam Burns now? That's not going to get confusing. #baldemort #
@willhowells yeah, but it was at least funny. in reply to willhowells #
Uncanny ability of cat to start creating 40 mins before alarm. #
@Psythor hell yeah in reply to Psythor #
RT @markpack: Lib Dems advertising for new Chief Executive: http://t.co/vuZkfU6d #

Tweets on 2011-09-25

Sep25

Dunno about putting the 1-year-old down for a nap, could do with two hours of zzzs myself. #
@DeepnGreen heh, we're at the Red Cow Roundabout, Dublin. in reply to DeepnGreen #
Setting alarm for disgusting time in morning for cheaper flights. #
Urgh, what a horrible night's sleep. Reflux bad. Gaviscon in England. Slept an hour propped upright in corner of room in duvet nest. #
In Food Court. Finding the all day breakfast guilty. (@ Dublin Airport (DUB) – Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath w/ 3 others) http://t.co/VfOsYEjt #
Cripes, with all the windows at Dublin you get a really clear view of how fast Ryanair turn the planes around. #
Mad weekend over, home to bed. (@ East Midlands Airport (EMA)) http://t.co/3wOpRwc9 #

Tweets on 2011-09-24

Sep24

Ridiculously early for flight. But better than alternative. (@ East Midlands Airport (EMA) w/ 3 others) http://t.co/Z3c4O8oI #
Have been invited to attend a meeting promising the "unveiling" of the annual accounts. Um, thanks but no thanks. #
@CharlotteGore why not fire the cannon at the horse chestnuts, make it easy for the kids, and hope they leave soon? in reply to CharlotteGore #
I'm at Dublin Airport (DUB) – Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath (Swords Rd., Dublin) w/ 7 others http://t.co/iSeCZ6hc #
@dr_nick at hotel now. in reply to dr_nick #
@kayray have you left Trainyard? in reply to kayray #
Getting ready to exorcise my nephew. (@ Church Of St Peter The Apostle) http://t.co/lS6OCM7g #

Tweets on 2011-09-23

Sep23

Cripes, just been told the Nottingham University arts library (Hallward) now has a Starbucks in it. How times have changed. #
Tossing in flour. #
Keeping on top of the paperwork. http://t.co/ve2bLzAz #

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