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Last week ago

Alex in Princes Street Gardens“Last week ago” is my favourite Alex-ism right now. (There are so many good ones, like “have to try and avoid that,” and “we’re alllll cats.”) But this one combines his growing sense of time with a subtly mutated idiom in an unutterably cute three-word package.

“So, Alex, when did you stay overnight at Grandma and Granda’s house?”

“Last week ago I did that.”


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Note to self

Must read this on Friday morning:

  • A job interview is not a test of my worth as a human being
  • Getting through to the next round of an interview series, or being offered a job, is not a validation of my existence
  • If offered a job, I am not under any kind of obligation to accept it
  • Accepting a good offer for a bad job leads to stress, misery, self-doubt, and despair
  • A job interview is the prime (and possibly only) opportunity to find out if the job is bad for me. Use this opportunity wisely.
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Love iTunes, starting to hate iTunes Music Store

Out of the five last CDs I’ve bought or wanted to buy, how many could I get at the iTunes Music Store (UK)? Nil.

I guess I’m not mainstream enough.

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Scary place

Alex has a jigsaw puzzle that is a map of Europe. Being designed for three-year-olds, it includes cute, stereotypical cartoons for each country. Scotland has a kilted bagpiper, Spain has a flamenco dancer, and Romania has a…vampire.

Romania is a scary place

As we were putting it together this evening, Alex explained to me:

“That’s a scary place. It’s got ouchy things that could make you dead.”

I’m sure the Romanian Tourist Office will be pleased that this message is getting across to toddlers.