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Nov 20 2011
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Daily Post, Interior Gallery

Extension lead, my kitchen

Sunday 20th November 2011, 9.55am (day 87)

Extension lead, 20/11/11

Not easy to encapsulate a day which was the third in a row spent at home trying to entertain Joe (I’ve been single-parenting this weekend) and where the only real distinctiveness was having to do some minor DIY to fix an electrical problem in the house. It’s hard to take photos of the Boy these days without him sticking his tongue out (see October 8th, for example)… so here’s an abstract for you. It might not be exciting, but then again, neither was 20/11/11.

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Nov 19 2011
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Midgehole Road woods, Hebden Bridge

Saturday 19th November 2011, 1.25pm (day 86)

Midgehole woods, 19/11/11

Glorious day today. Even the Boy wanted to take a walk. No other comment necessary.

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Nov 18 2011
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The front room, Railway Inn

Friday 18th November 2011, 4.30pm (day 85)

Front room, Railway, 18/11/11_low-res

Took a few reasonable photos today but if you want one to really encapsulate the day then here it is. Beer. In front of a real fire. This is how I want to spend my Friday evenings after work, and today, I did.

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Nov 17 2011
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Decorations, Covent Garden

Thursday 17th November 2011, 7.45am (day 84)

Covent Garden decorations, 17/11/11

I spent a good portion of the middle part of my life avoiding London, but recently I have been visiting more often. It was nice today to be able to walk out of a hotel on quite a pleasant late autumn morning and be exploring Covent Garden before everywhere was open and while it was still fairly quiet. I think it’s too early to have Christmas decorations up anywhere – but I suppose these ones are quite attractive.

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Nov 15 2011
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Fancy dress store, Manchester

Tuesday 15th November 2011, 9.10am (day 82)

Masks, 15/11/11

For reasons I am not at liberty to explain, the wife needed a couple of masks, and this morning I was sent to get them. It’s amazing how many shops are completely full of total tat these days. But what the hell, I still bought two.

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Nov 14 2011
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Poppies on the Wheel of Manchester

Monday 14th November 2011, 7.45am (day 81)

Poppies on the Wheel of Manchester, 14/11/11

The poppy is a symbol of Remembrance for those lost in war. From mid-October onwards, anyone caught on British TV without having one attached to their lapel might as well have strapped a fake beard to their face and gone on screen ranting about the glories of terrorism.

I’m all for Remembrance. It is vital that we recall the cost of war. I just find it…. ironic… that one newspaper which very forcefully led the recent, virulent campaign that demanded the England football team be permitted to break FIFA’s rules on displaying political symbols on shirts was the same newspaper that up until about 1938 was a staunch supporter of Hitler, and is also now very keen that we go off and bomb Iran. For that rag, ‘remembrance’ is just something other people (must) do.

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Nov 12 2011
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At the craft fair

Saturday 12th November 2011, 11.25am (day 79)

Craft fair, 12/11/11

Never done one of these before. Having no idea what to expect it was a surprise to see quite how sour- or dead-faced many people are as they shuffle past, or how unwilling many are to acknowledge a ‘hello!’. Others (stallholders, customers) very friendly and encouraging, however. I did not lose money once all things were accounted for and it was an interesting learning experience.

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Nov 11 2011
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11:11:11, 11/11/11

Friday 11th November 2011, 11.11am (day 78)

11:11:11, 11/11/11

I did very little today except print & frame a bunch of photos so I can try to sell some at this craft fair tomorrow (my first effort to do such a thing – you will doubtless hear more about it tomorrow). The light was poor, and there were few opportunities to get more than a mundane shot.

However, as these are supposed to encapsulate the day – it was 11/11/11 today, and this was taken in my home office at exactly 11:11:… and 14 seconds, by the camera’s clock. Well, I did my best. It doesn’t have a second hand.

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Nov 10 2011
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The flight home

Thursday 10th November 2011, 7.15am (UK time) (day 77)

Foot on plane, 10/11/11

After having got up at 4.30 (Norwegian time – 3.30am UK) to undertake this journey, I wish I could adopt this position on a plane. But I think those days are past.

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Nov 09 2011
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Tea break, CPD workshop, Høgskolen i Bergen

Wednesday 9th November 2011, 10.25am (day 76)

Tea break, CPD workshop, 9/11/11

This is the job… You find some time to do a bit of research, write it up, hope someone reads it. You go to as many conferences as your limited travel budget will stretch to, you network a bit, you publish a book and try to promote it. You eventually get invited to some other conference where you meet a nice Catalan academic who works in Norway and you write a proposal and eventually get an invite to do the work and suddenly you’re quite big in Scandinavia (or at least, among a very select audience of Scandinavians). It’s quite hard work sometimes but it’s probably better than being, say, a traffic warden.

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