Tom Holt Omnibus 2

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I finished The Tom Holt Omnibus 2 this morning. There are two full novels in this omnibus and the contrast between the two could not be more pronounced. The first story: “Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?” is excellent. Typical of Holt at his best. I like his Norse/Scandanavian mythology based comedies. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The second story: “My Hero” was a disappointment. It started with a reasonable premise for a comic fantasy: The characters of an author’s latest novel-in-the-making have independent lives of their own. But the story very quickly gets bogged down in it’s own novelty (pun intended), trying to introduce too many story threads, characters (literally) and sub-plots. These various elements then seem to take forever to come together, being only occasionally amusing along the way, before reaching a disappointing anti-climax.

I cannot recommend the omnibus, because half of it is a waste of time. Buy
Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? on its own instead.

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Work: I squeezed in a code merge today at work in between bug fixing. It was hot in the office today! A ridiculous 85.3 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s winter outside! Whilst it may have been mild weather the last couple of days (apart from the wind), it was unbearably hot in the office! Not conductive to work.

Home: Paula was visiting when I got home. We spent most of the evening chatting about things. Continue reading →

Interesting Conversation

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I had a long, interesting conversation with Jan tonight about my lack of ability to visualize (amongst other things). It was quite enlightening (and somewhat frustrating). We also got on to some other related topics of conversation which was again an eye opener for is both. Particularly one subject in which we found we had quite opposite views 🙂
I feel that I want to develop an article about my memory recall ‘problem’. Something in which I am finding out more about my difference from everyone else I know. Soon (I hope).

Light Finished.

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I finally got the security light finished. It works pretty well: the PIR detects someone from a bout three feet outside the gate, and turns the light on for a couple of minutes. It’s got pretty good coverage, without creating any deep shadows. Plus it’s a model which reduces light pollution by not shining above the horizontal.

Busy Saturday

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I’ve had a busy day today. First we had to clean and tidy the house. Then I installed some fairy lights Jamie got for Christmas above her bed. They look great. I then fitted another light under her bed (it’s a loft bed) so that we can see in the cupboards under there properly.
I also started fitting a security light outside the back door. But it was a pain to do. I started trying to lay the cabling behind the panelled wall in the utility. The panels are huge, the one I wanted to get behind covers most of one wall! I ended up removing most of the trim and door frame to get behind it. But then Jan told me I didn’t need to hide the cable as it was in the utility. SO, I put it all back and decided to run the cable along the opposite wall which was much more convenient. I’ve got most of it done, but it got too dark to actually fit the light to the outside wall. I’ll finish it tomorrow.

Jamie’s school friend Jessie is sleeping over tonight. Her mum dropped her off after lunch and they kept themselves occupied most of the day. Steve, Kim, and Megan came round too. So did Paula.

Paula came round to colour and cut Jan’s hair. I got her to trim my hair too, as did Steve. Kim got her highlights re-done.

In all a busy day and not much time on the ‘puter.