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Downtown Seattle

Downtown Seattle I spotted this angle on some skyscrapers while being jostled by Seattlite commuters during the evening rush hour. [ READ MORE ]

Seattle Skyline

  Seattle from the ferry Originally uploaded by Monnowman. A photo taken from the Bainbridge Island Ferry. [ READ MORE ]

Bainbridge Island and civil liberties

On holiday in the Seattle area, I spent yesterday walking around the centre of the city and, after a lunch of clams and fish and chips, took a ferry across Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island. Bainbridge Island After a visit to a bookshop, I was stopped by a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. He [ READ MORE ]

Karl Marx in the rain

As I ran for cover in a heavy rainstorm in Neuruppin, Germany, I passed this bust of Karl Marx. [ READ MORE ]

Work. Moi?

Well, I’m working. I’ve secured a three month contract as a PC Support Anlayst at a Gloucester company. It’s second line support: fixing software, setting up new PC’s, etc. within a very structured helpdesk system. Not very intellectually challenging or varied but I’m not complaining. My day now starts at about 6.40 am when I am woken [ READ MORE ]

Gridlock, free dental care and wigs

  • November 26th, 2004
  • Posted in travel

We made the mistake of attempting to drive to London on a Friday evening. As we were cruising through the sylvan splendour of the Wye Valley towards the Severn Bridge at Chepstow, heading for the M4 motorway towards London, we heard on the radio that there had been not one, but two crashes on the M4. [ READ MORE ]

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