Archive for December, 2007

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Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Contemporary gallery, Tate Britain Moderate So, is this art?

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Sunday, December 30th, 2007

TV / living room Moderate Having just won on a CD pub quiz

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Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Bedroom Moderate Drinking tea and staring at a photo of me as a boy, dressed in Lederhosen, making a golf shot in my grandparents garden

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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Conservatory, Knaresborough Moderate Getting ready to go

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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Dining room, Knaresborough Moderate Feeling a bit full

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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Conservatory, Knaresborough Moderate to strong A Christmas Sneeze, and the first to be timed using the new watch

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Monday, December 24th, 2007

TV / living room, Knaresborough Moderate Arranging presents under the tree

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Monday, December 24th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong Diary entries

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Monday, December 24th, 2007

Bedroom Moderate to strong Getting dressed, about to collect bouquet

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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong What is it about spam that makes me sneeze?

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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Kitchen Moderate Double checking the time

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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

Kitchen Moderate Checking the larder for provisions

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Friday, December 21st, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong Deleting spam

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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Teaching room, Moat Lane Moderate to strong Listening to a tape of a student speaking assignment

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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Teachers’ room, Moat Lane Moderate Talking about mobile phones!

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Monday, December 17th, 2007

Outside EAT, the Bull Ring, Birmingham Moderate to strong Deciding where to go for lunch

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Monday, December 17th, 2007

Corridor, Moat Lane, Birmingham Moderate to strong Christmas party winding down

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Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Guest bedroom, Edgbaston Moderate I’m probably not going to get to sleep again

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Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Office / Spare bedroom Moderate to strong Marmalade the toast

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Friday, December 14th, 2007

Kitchen Strong Tidying up

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Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Christmas market, Birmingham Moderate to strong Researching with students

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Train, between Tyseley and Spring Road Moderate Updating Sneezecount notebook

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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Train, between Tyseley and Spring Road Moderate What is the Inquirex.com business model?

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Teaching Room, Birmingham University Moderate Plans for next term

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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Kitchen Strong Properly boiling

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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Kitchen Strong Almost boiling

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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Kitchen Moderate to strong Eggs coming to the boil

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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Bedroom Strong Reaching for Sneezecount notebook

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Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Bedroom Strong Seventeen sneezes yesterday – here we go again

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

TV / Living Room Strong Wallinger on Newsnight Review

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong Checking Amazon.co.uk Sales RankĀ  (814)

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

TV / Living room Moderate to strong Six Feet Under, Series 2 (DVD)

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Kitchen Strong Emptying the dishwasher

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong Researching “free” Virgin Mobile phones

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong Semi-vicarious thrill at celebrity invite emails

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate Clicking on Random Integer Generator

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Teaching room, South Birmingham College, Hall Green Moderate to strong Still standardising

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Teaching room, South Birmingham College, Hall Green Moderate Exam standardisation meeting

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office, South Birmingham College, Hall Green Moderate Composing an evaluation questionnaire

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong Still doing some Joyfeed

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate Doing some Joyfeed

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong This could be a busy day on Sneezecount

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong Reading about the South Bank Show Awards

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Bedroom Strong Still writing in Sneezecount notebook

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Bedroom Moderate to strong Writing in Sneezecount notebook

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Friday, December 7th, 2007

Bedroom Moderate to strong Put the tea down first

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong PC to Mac, Mac to PC

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate Switching user

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong Scrolling through spam

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Train, near Leamington Spa Moderate Reading abandoned Evening Standard

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Harlingford Hotel, London Strong Collecting baggage

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Strada, The Brunswick Centre, London Moderate Reaching down for Sneezecount notebook

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Strada, The Brunswick Centre, London Moderate Reaching down for camera

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Escalator, Oxford Circus tube station Moderate to strong Descending

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Room 15, as above Moderate to strong TV: “This is the one the boys couldn’t afford”

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Room 15, as above Moderate About to breakfast

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Bathroom, Room 15, as above Moderate to strong No valid timepiece available (maybe after Christmas?)

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Room 15, Harlingford Hotel, London Moderate to strong Examining a complimentary Moleskin

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Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Room 15, Harlingford Hotel, London Mild Time to get up

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Room 15, Harlingford Hotel, London Moderate to strong A traditional sneeze while dressing for a literary award night, this time the Guardian First Book

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Hob, The Brunswick Centre, London Moderate Chopstick multipack

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Russell Square tube station Moderate Shuffling out of the lift, about to use my Oyster card to “touch out” for the first time

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Train, Snow Hill Station, Birmingham Moderate Waiting to pull out (to London!)

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong More spam

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate Deleting the spam

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Strong Reading notebook of Joyfeed ideas

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Waitrose, Hall Green Moderate Which milk?

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Car, Robin Hood Island, Birmingham Moderate to strong Right hand lane, circling

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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Car, Netchells Park Road, Birmingham Moderate Location hunting

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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Office / spare bedroom Moderate to strong At last!