Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Disaster Analysis
In the aftermath of this week's shocking lunchquake, Dan is joined by Dr. Pepper, who surveys the damage.
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Every Full Moon
How would you like to be billed? Every calendar month, every 30 days, every 4 weeks, or... every full moon. Seriously: this is an option?
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Who's Your Daddy?
Days before he and the other Earthlings move out of Old Earth forever, Dan finally gets to have a conversation with his neighbour. And his poor mind is damaged forever by the experience. JTA's probably will be, too, when he reads this...
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Leading By Example
After getting thoroughly confused by the new European Union directives on the use of cookies, which come into force later this month, Dan goes to the Information Commissioner's website to look for some guidance... only to discover that they don't meet the new requirements, either.
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Poly and the Census - Part Three
Dan hears back - albeit only via somebody else's Freedom of Information Act request - to his concerns about the possible treatment of polyamorous households by the Office of National Statistics during this year's census. And he's not happy.
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Another Crazy Connection
Dan has a second blast-from-the-past moment as a second Oxfordite recognises him and sends him an email, just minutes after he was done getting back from the meeting that was the result of the last such coincidence.
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Beware: Necrophiliac Paramedics!
If Dan is killed on his way to work and his lifeless body is raped by a necrophiliac paramedic, it's JTA's fault. You read it here first.
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Cinco de Mayo
By dressing as a Mexican, Dan gets free beer and free burritos on Cinco de Mayo.
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Well-Wishes
Dan says thanks to everybody who, upon hearing about his dad's injury, passed on their "get well soon" wishes.
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The Race
In the style of a middle class, suburban Max Max, Dan fights for his honour on the tough streets of Oxford.
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Found GL5HNCDH Carfax Tower
This checkin to GL5HNCDH Carfax Tower reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found pretty easily this lunchtime... but my pen didn't work! So instead I took a photo of the cache while I hid in a nearby phone box (attached).
Nice re-use of a hard disk drive magnet on this cache! … -
Found GL5HJDRG University Challenge 11 (The High)
This checkin to GL5HJDRG University Challenge 11 (The High) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick lunchtime cache-and-dash around my workplace. Easy to find exactly where it'll be, but very hard to find the right moment to snatch it (and return it!) without being spotted by the muggles who'd …
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Found GL5HJDQ2 University Challenge 2 (New College's Rear)
This checkin to GL5HJDQ2 University Challenge 2 (New College's Rear) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick lunchtime cache-and-dash around my workplace. An easy find (but a great hiding place); I'm glad I wore laced shoes! Looked at the hint after I found it, though, and I've no idea …
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Apples To Alternative Vote
The Earthlings invent a new and topical variant on board game Apples To Apples, to commemorate the upcoming Alternative Vote referendum.
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What I Learned About Democracy, Injury, Packing & Friendship
Dan has a busy weekend of packing boxes, promoting better democracy, fretting about his dad, and socialising with a new-found friend. There was a royal wedding in there and a trip down the river to a pub, too, but those aren't mentioned in this blog post. Except right here.