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Day Forty Six - the clothes dilemma
Guy Garvey on Radio 6 once said that he doesn't wear tee-shirts because as a big guy when he's in a tee-shirt he looks like no one takes...

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Feb 12, 2024
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Day Forty Four - dinner conversation
The dining table is an important part of family life. It's where everyone gathers at least once in the day to catch up on things, discuss...

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Feb 10, 2024
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Day Forty Two - a bug strikes
This is the sort of post that if your other half reads it, then all your privileges get cut off, sewn up in a tight velvet bag and thrown...

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Feb 8, 2024
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Subscription revenue
Everyone is looking for a frictionless way to offer their services that keeps customers sticky, guarantees cashflow, and creates a...

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Feb 7, 2024
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Day Forty - brief encounter
My daughter Matilda came round on the weekend to say happy birthday and she told me tales of what a jungle it is to be at secondary...

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Feb 6, 2024
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Day Thirty Nine - reset
The day of truth arrived. And slapped both Iu and I on our flabby arses. We've gone backwards weight-wise. There's no hiding from your...

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Feb 5, 2024
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Day Thirty Eight - birthday boy
I cannot see straight. This post is literally just an effort of will. I've no idea what I'm writing and even with my glasses on the words...

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Feb 4, 2024
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Day Thirty Seven - a pause
Been a bit of a blip these last couple of days in the run up to my birthday. To say I've been dieting would be a stretch. A stretch like...

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Feb 3, 2024
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Risk management
In the big four consultancies there is a collection of people who sit under the title of 'Risk Management' and their job is to review...

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Feb 2, 2024
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Day Thirty Six - dieting is dull
The title says it all. Dieting is dull. F~cking dull. But you know what? There are plenty of other things even more dull than dieting....

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Feb 2, 2024
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Day Thirty Five - gratuitous violence
For all three of my kids I've been very relaxed about showing them sex and violence on TV. It had a bit of an odd effect on the two older...

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Feb 1, 2024
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Day Thirty Four - toddler posture
There's something about the way little tots sit on the floor that is incredibly cute. Their backs are bolt upright, cross-legged and arms...

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Jan 31, 2024
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Unconscious bias
A brilliant young woman presented to our practice recently about the challenges unconscious bias places upon the female sex and the...

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Jan 31, 2024
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Day Thirty Three - daycare syndrome
Birthday parties, nursery, or any contact with humans at all seem to be ripe opportunities for your three year old to get ill. Which...

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Jan 30, 2024
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Day Thirty Two - still rolling
Today's weigh-in was something of a surprise - managed to lose a bit of weight during the week. A smartphone, a paper back book, or a tin...

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Jan 29, 2024
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Day Thirty One - what a hungry man will do for food
They say that a hungry man will eat his own family if it comes down to it. Hunger is what sends societies into meltdown. The Roman...

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Jan 28, 2024
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Day Thirty - mule in the bed
Sleeping with a three year old is not a pleasant experience. At face value, that kind of sentence is the sort of thing that gets you...

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Jan 27, 2024
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Day Twenty Nine - chocolates from Paris
'Temptation' declared Heaven 17 in their 1980's hit 'Temptation', a song about temptation. Had a catchy tune too. When you're dieting,...

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Jan 26, 2024
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Day Twenty Eight - Spring clean due
It's not just me that needs to lose weight. Ever since Loki was born, our place has been accumulating junk like its some kind of...

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Jan 25, 2024
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Day Twenty Seven - unexciting food
There is a universe of wonderful healthy food that folks can eat that is neither fattening nor unhealthy. The sheer breadth of flavours,...

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Jan 24, 2024
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