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Back from the Dead

Well, as of yesterday, I’m back on a decent computer. I picked up a 120gb HD (rather than 160) from ebay, where it seems I go for almost everything these days. Quick delivery, brand new, well packaged, and within five minutes I had it fitted and Windows setup running.

I guess it’ll take a few days to get everything on here how I want it. But it’s nice to not be seeing the machine sitting around like an expensive ornament. And at least I learned how to fit a hard drive out of the experience. I’m sure that’ll come in handy on an almost daily basis. 🙂

It’s been a weird few weeks with that and having a dog around. The dog’s future here, it has to be said, is at present under consideration. Let’s just say he has a boisterous nature and a discipline problem… and mom, not being in the best of health, is finding it very difficult to cope (and with her angina, too much stress is a real no-no).
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Say No to Patriotism

Last week we had Saint George’s day, apparently. It always seems to cause a lot of fuss. On one side, people saying it ought to be a national holiday to ‘celebrate’ being British; on the other, people complaining that the patriotic sentiment might upset ethnic minorities.

Me, I think both arguments are without merit.

I don’t believe there are many Asians (or Italians or Lithuanians) out there who could give a toss whether it’s a holiday or not. Why should they?

As to celebrating being British, well, hey, if anyone wants to do that—whatever. I see patriotism as a pointless and sometimes harmful mindset based on no fact other than: ‘This is my country, ergo it’s brilliant!’ I certainly don’t want to hear rubbish about how great the British Empire was—I mean, yeah, we invaded a lot of other countries and took them over. We won a few pissing contests. Whoopee doo.
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