Horsforth Green ClockOriginally uploaded by mhoulden Finally got my main xmas present delivered: an 8 megapixel Panasonic camera. I took a few photos yesterday just to try it out. Here’s a photo of the clock just by Horsforth green, with the sun attempting to turn it into a sundial. More photos of the snow on… Continue reading Time for a new camera
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Today’s snow
Today’s snow – 5th Jan 2010Originally uploaded by mhoulden Easier to see on the big version (click through), but I think the girl in the bottom left and the sheer size and number of snowflakes probably sum up the state of Leeds today. On the Twitter #uksnow thing I gave this 9/10. Out the back… Continue reading Today’s snow
Yum Yum
From http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/01/elizabeth-david-food-cookbook. This being the Grauniad, it starts off with a correction: A misprint meant that anybody essaying the macaroni salad recipe at the end of the piece below would have had even more grounds than the late Elizabeth David to detest this dish. As a reader wrote: “Try ‘peas’ instead of ‘pears’. Better?” Even… Continue reading Yum Yum
Bradford “Wastefield”
Bradford "Wastefield"Originally uploaded by mhoulden The Cheapside “redevelopment” isn’t universally popular…. As well as this there were poems on the hoardings asking why the city had been pulled down, and “construction” replaced with “destruction”. Cheapside is currently a big hole partly filled with rubble. What was there before wasn’t exactly fantastic but at least it… Continue reading Bradford “Wastefield”
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A Letter on Corpulence
One of the first ever diet plans was written by William Banting in 1863. There’s a downloadable version of it here. The first hint of what lay ahead with my diet plan was in a comment to this journal entry. It’s flocked so here’s a few extracts: …one of my new year’s resolutions [is] to… Continue reading A Letter on Corpulence
Joining in with the snow pics
snowOriginally uploaded by mhoulden At 3 pm it wasn’t snowing. It was bright and clear but pretty cold. I went downstairs to get a coffee at about 3.20 and it definitely was then. It started getting heavier so I nipped up to my bedroom with the camera to get this photo. Click through and there’s… Continue reading Joining in with the snow pics
Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Marcin Najman MMA Fight
Fast and furious for a debut fight. The fight itself begins about 5 minutes in. Incidentally, it’s looking very likely that my debut MMA fight will be on the 6th of March next year.
Milestone 6.9
Definitely on track with the pre-xmas weight loss. Tonight on the scales I was 85.8 kg or 13 stone 6 lbs, being a total loss of 48 kgs or 7 stone 8 lbs over a bit less than 3 years and the last stone in the last 6 weeks. Just one more kilo to go… Continue reading Milestone 6.9
Billzooka
BillzookaOriginally uploaded by mhoulden Looks like Bill doesn’t just play the piano, guitar and theremin. Click the photo for bigger.