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Christmas Tree

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:08:53 +0000

In a vague attempt at Christmas cheer, I put the tree up

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Christmas, Sofas and the War on Mould

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:11:51 +0000

Not really feeling very Christmassy. I've bought the presents (on a strict unemployment budget!) and even wrapped them, written the cards, posted the cards, will at some point this week buy and decorate the tree, but I'm just not feeling it. It w...

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Oliver James...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:06:04 +0000

So Ben and Laura asked and were told he was going to be a girl but he was clearly being modest. My new nephew was born today, Oliver James Dempsey, born (like his father and aunt) just in time for lunch!! I couldn't be happier for Ben and Laura ...

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King of the Fucking Ponies....

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:33 +0000

Jezebel how you have expanded my minds in strange ways.. my favourite line is "I have no idea how you get a horse into a fucking bikini", "and he's married to a pony socialite" and "Christ on a pogo stick"...images all spring into my head and amu...

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Pomplamoose...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:41:46 +0000

...most of this week has been a complete washout but this has cheered me up immensely..... September An Earth, Wind and Fire cover by Pomplamoose, with a mad dancing grandma it's all good but hang on to the end when the muppet speaks...really, ...

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Possibly, I have too much time on my hands...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:07:50 +0000

So today I started playing around with the baked meatball recipe. It started off like this, but wasn't really working for me. So I tried a tomato sauce, passata with some balsamic vinegar added and it was ok but it was also the definition of bla...

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Possibly the best Christmas card ever...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:06:31 +0000

Available from Power and Light Press and I saw it on Mighty Girl

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On being a spinster aunt...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:42:00 +0000

I'm not quite an aunt yet but I'm preparing through knitting.... I know it's a bit wonky but it's the first time I've knitted anything that wasn't a scarf!!

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Democracy and the right to speak

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:42:13 +0100

This has been really bugging me. These things are facts. 1) Nick Griffin is the leader of the BNP. 2) In the last elections to the European Parliment, the BNP won 2 seats. 3) The BBC has rules that state when a political party has a percentage ...

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Because it's raining and I've not had a good week...

nobody@vox.com(Nic Dempsey) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:27:32 +0100

.....YouTube silliness

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