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		<title>All right; enough is enough</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s never going to be perfect, and I&#8217;m not going to be properly ready to blog for another few weeks, but nuts to it, let&#8217;s get this damn show on the road. Today I went into town to do something that I always look forward to. Every time it rolls around I&#8217;m more than happy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s never going to be perfect, and I&#8217;m not going to be properly ready to blog for another few weeks, but nuts to it, let&#8217;s get this damn show on the road.</p>
<p>Today I went into town to do something that I always look forward to. Every time it rolls around I&#8217;m more than happy to get it done, even if it&#8217;s difficult to pay for.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m talking of course, about an eye test. I love getting my eyes test, and sleep deprivation not withstanding, I had a blast. I know this all sounds really dorky, but I genuinely enjoy it.  I didn&#8217;t go to my usual guy, which is kind of annoying because my usual guy has an unusually soothing voice, but I digress&#8230;</p>
<p>As is par for the course these days the hardest part was trying to get what I wanted for a price I could afford. With some finagling, a gentle nudge of a 25% discount [supposedly only for the over 60's], and a mid sized thwack from my medical card I was able to get a very nice pair of glasses, with decent lenses for 80 euros. Not bad at all. </p>
<p>They&#8217;ll be available for collection on the 18th of this month, so I&#8217;ll try and get a picture up around then.</p>
<p>Other than that I paid the rent and got a haircut. The before and after pictures for the haircut I will post somewhere in the next few days if I can manage it.</p>
<p>Tomorrow is the second day of my welding course, and the first day we actually start welding. I&#8217;ll try to remember to bring the camera.</p>
<p>I am working on getting character bios for some of the characters of the fictional Irish city: <strong>Castlefinn City</strong>.<br />
The first [and hopefully more] of these will be posted soon along with an illustration of each character drawn by <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_U9art-PVfLc/SqARCb0uPnI/AAAAAAAAAjk/-YBuxoXuza0/s512/IMG_1051.JPG">Frank</a>.</p>
<p>Nonsense to waiting, and enough hanging about. Let&#8217;s blog this shit.</p>
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		<title>Lazy Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All I&#8217;ve really done today is recover from an awesome couple of days, and update this website because I&#8217;ve been rushing around the last while without any internet access or laptop. Hope you&#8217;ve all had a good weekend.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All I&#8217;ve really done today is recover from an awesome couple of days, and update this website because I&#8217;ve been rushing around the last while without any internet access or laptop. Hope you&#8217;ve all had a good weekend.</p>
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