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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Laser memories

BBC News: Space probe breaks laser record. A spacecraft has sent a laser signal to Earth from 24 million km (15 million miles) away in interplanetary space. The Messenger probe exchanged laser signals with a US ground station partway through its journey to the planet Mercury. Messenger blasted off in

Dealing with stress

BBC News: IT stresses 'driving UK to drink'. Interesting article, but it's about stress in general, not IT woes. What caught my eye was this list: DPP's Tips For Dealing With Stress 1. Live a healthy lifestyle 2. Don't take too much

England pictures

We did over 900 miles in the hire car while we were in England. Much of the time was spent in Bournemouth, heading out from there for trips to Stroud and London, then visiting Plaid Dragon and Mr Bristow before returning to Gatwick for the flight home. Continental Airlines was

Jetlag + coffee = brainpower / 2

We're still getting the England pictures together, jet lag is waking me up far too early. It's a little freaky to wake up with a cat staring at you. I finished the Harvest Rock socks last night. The socks are warm and comfy. I'm

Upgraded

Upgraded to WordPress 2.0, easy-peasy. No messing around with the template required, same old "backup everything, I said BACKUP, deactivate plugins, delete files, upload files, reactivate plugins, smile contentedly" routine. So long as you keep up-to-date, the upgrades are a breeze. Love the new

Back home!

Did you miss me? :-) We had a great time in England! Got back to St Louis late last night, the house was still standing, and the cats were pleased to see us after the initial shock of "who are you and why are you in my house?" Huge

See you in 2006!

By the time you read this, I'll be in England happily eating bacon butties. See you after January 6th, and have a great Christmas!

Penultimate 2005 post

Met up with Patty on Saturday, she moved from St Louis to York some months ago. It was great to see her, I could stop the usual American translations and talk British with her. It was a blast! And she brought chocolate too. We're returning to the home

Nephew!

Congratulations to my sister Fiona, Barnaby William Joseph was born on December 15th! I'll get to see both my nephews for the first time when we visit.

Mmm, chocolate

BBC News: Chocolate may cut heart disease. Researchers have produced more evidence that dark chocolate may help to reduce the risk of serious heart disease. They found eating a few squares a day may stave off artery narrowing and hardening in smokers by countering the disruption caused by their habit.

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