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Jul
1
Blog anniversary coming up
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After starting blogging again after a hiatus (previous blog was called Nonsensical Flounderings) on Blogger in February 2007 as Slightly Mordant, I switched to our own domain and dot com name in July 2007. The 17th to be exact was when this blog officially came into being, so the one year anniversary is approaching.
Surprised myself once again by not getting fed up and doing something else. Still enjoying blogging and reading blogs.
Once we get the house move sorted maybe I’ll have an anniversary contest.
Jun
6
With great trepidation I decided to upgrade my WordPress version as I was still on an early release, my newer blogs are all later versions. So with bated breath I upgraded, put in the latest theme and plugins.
Still quite as I’d like a few tweaks to do and make sure things are working correctly, maybe time to look for a new theme.
So if things look a little off then that means I am messing with plugins and whatnot.
At least I didn’t kill my laptop, last time I messed with the computer and software I killed my Sony desktop PC.
May
12
I have business cards for this blog and ordered some for the Mentalism stuff I am getting into. Posted a picture over on the other blog.
Feb
12
Yet another one! - The Mind of Mik
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It had to happen, I started another blog, let the eye rolling commence.
Getting my interest in mentalism (mind reading , predictions etc.) back and decided to have a blog devoted to that and my progress at fulfilling an ambition to one day performing on stage somewhere.
Excuse the WordPress theme, just a template I have up until I can find a suitable theme to mess with or get someone to make one for me.
Jan
1
Happy New Year
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Well, happy new year to everyone, here’s hoping 2008 brings all you dream for.
We didn’t party or anything, Carolyn fell asleep on the couch while I lay on the couch next to her and watched TV until two in the morning, we must be getting old methinks.
This year I plan on getting back into an old interest I have had since a young kid, conjuring, mentalism and associated magic stuff. Have a pile of books on and by Houdini I am working my way through.
Dec
28
BBC America Brit TV
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We got cable TV again after quite a while just using “rabbit ear” antennas. I think we finally got sick of watching the same seven channels over and over, so now we have hundreds of channels to surf through.
I have been enjoying the true crime shows, History and Discovery channels and of course the Brit shows on BBC America. Must be missing the sound of several English accents of late, we’ve been watching a comedy series called Coupling. Making us laugh and while watching it the voices in my head have effected a slew of English accents.
For some reason I keep getting them with Welsh accents, weird!
A conversation formed in my head with this welsh couple, so I wrote it up and posted at my other blog, no wonder the wife shakes her head and rolls her eyes so much, she married a loon!
Link: The Whimsical Codex post
Dec
15
Posted at photo blog
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Searching through pictures on CD’s I have burned I found one I did a long while ago, back when I worked in professional photography, posted it on my photo blog.
Dec
9
Shopping and living it up
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Friday Carolyn came downtown and we booked into the Sheraton hotel. Every year we take time out and stay in a local hotel and just do the tourist thing and get away from family and friends for a while. This time we spent the whole weekend out having fun, shopping and eating good. Steaks, booze, movies and musicals.
When I told someone at work our plans they asked me how long we had been married and seemed surprised that after nearly ten years of marriage we still do the romantic honeymoon type stuff.
I surprised my wife with great tickets for Jersey Boys, the musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. It was awesome and we thoroughly enjoyed it, we went to The Elephant & Castle after had some British food and beer. I think the musical is on its way to Vegas and we would love to catch it there too.
We have plans on going to Vegas in February for our tenth wedding anniversary and to renew our vows. We will take in some shows and I am looking forward to seeing some magicians. We just have to book the Las Vegas hotel we want and we’re set.
January we have plans to go to Kansas to stay at a lodge at a water park. Our youngest daughter is going with us and we are meeting up with our eldest daughter and her four kids and all staying at the lodge.
We’re becoming right jet setters of late and I must say quite techno geeks. I am sitting here writing this blog post on my PC, next to me I have Assault on Precinct 13 playing on my laptop with headphones in. Carolyn is searching for stuff to download to her new iPod I just got her.
We certainly had fun over the weekend and got most of our Christmas shopping done.
