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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Further Upcoming Events For Aberites
So what's happening this week?
Tuesday, 7pm (tonight) - the latest episode of Heroes, after it's hiatus, has broadcast, and I've got a nice HDTV copy of it. Want to get together and see it? It's just the one episodes, but if folks feel that way inclined, we might drift into a Jeramiah … -
Who Brought The Weather?
A fortnight of glorious weather, and the very moment that the students return and term starts again, it begins to rain. Did somebody forget to leave the rainclouds at home with mum and dad?
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No Right To Complain
There are lots of good arguments as to why an individual should vote: perhaps I'll write about some of those later, and talk about my own personal experience of the system. In this blog post, instead, I'm going to talk about a very bed argument for voting. It's a very popular argument I've heard used …
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The Best Thing About Being My Age
Please excuse the title, which feels at least a little like it could have been the proposed title for a creative writing project for a group of 7-year-olds, but it feels like the best title for the job. It's not, I know, but it's my blog and I don't care. I just wanted to share …
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Razburgers
Rory's making some more of his delicious-looking all-steak burgers for tomorrow's barbeque. If you want one (and are willing to pay for the mince!) drop him a comment on his blog.
This evening, I kicked off with a few hobbies I've neglected lately, starting brewing some wine and juggling some fire on the beach. It's amazing … -
Castle Master Meets Dan In Bed
Time for another episode of Dan's bizarre dreams. Here's last night's:
At least to begin with, the whole dream was animated like an early 3D computer game - with a certain Castle Master feel to it - but became less and less like a game as the story went on. I was in some kind … -
Upcoming Events For Aberites
Here's a round-up of some of the things we expect to be doing (and we hope you'll consider joining us for) in the near future. Yes, there'll undoubtedly be extra stuff that isn't mentioned here. You know what to do:
Wednesday, 7pm (tonight) - Jeramiah Night: post-apocalytpic fun. BYOB, although there's still … -
Dan learns to juggle flaming clubs
At a barbeque on Aberystwyth's North Beach on 15 April 2007, Dan pulled out his newly-acquired flaming clubs and got started at practising their use.
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BBQ, Says Rory
Weather permitting, there'll be a barbeque tonight.
That is all.
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BBQ Cancelled
With impending rain, tonight's BBQ and fire is cancelled.
In other news, apologies to anybody who got a garbled text message from me last night. Orange fucked up. -
Ready To Challenge The Crystal Maze?
Now I've got you excited with an interesting title, I'll make you wait until I actually tell you what it's about with the following announcement: beach fire and barbeque tomorrow evening; usual affair. Right, next...
A little while back, several of us, inspired by an idea of Pauls, discussed a special outing this month. … -
40 Days On Facebook
I've been playing with Facebook for the last 40 days or so, to see if it's any good. Here's some of the things I've observed that I like (and don't like) about it, followed by my conclusions:
Observations
In no particular order.
Nice. It's a good platform for keeping up-to-date with your friends for … -
The Seven-Year Itch
You know that famous photo of Marilyn Monroe - iconic of the golden years of the silver screen - trying not-too-hard to hold down her dress against the wind effects of a subway train passing underneath? Well, apparently the film it's from is a romantic comedy called The Seven Year Itch (1955), which is … -
Dan, Inspired By Hippies, Gets Out Balls
Claire's dad and his wife visited us this long Easter weekend, and we took advantage of the stunning weather to do some of the usual touristy things that you only bother to do when friends or family come by - the cliff railway, the camera obscura, etc. - and so we ended up at the …