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"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"

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A good workout.

I’ve just come back from a 24km walk – my legs are sore, my feet are sore and I am exausted but I feel good after having a good work out. I guess that feeling is in part due to setting out a goal and then going to achieve it and not giving up at…
A good start to the week.

I woke up this morning just before midday and headed down to Awanui Labs which does the blood testing – the test was for liver function and blood sugar to see how things are progressing. I’ve continued losing weight since my last blood test so hopefully that should translate to better blood test results but…
End of another week, start of the weekend.

Finally made it through the week and I’m looking forward to the weekend. Today was kind of weird, I work from home answering calls but no calls came through, logged out and logged back in, refreshed the page etc. so I assumed that maybe I had been put one of the other queues. Long story…
That was a long walk.

I decided to go for a longer walk than usual tonight after work, 16.2km, and when I came back the hot shower felt so good soothing the muscles in my legs and my sore feet. It is funny how the small things in life such as a hot shower can bring so much joy after…
An expansive vision of Windows for the future?

There has been a lot of noise made about the person in charge of Windows speculating about the future of the Windows platform (link) in particular there was a focus by many on the comment regarding the use of keyboard and mice. What I think was lost in translation is the fact that behind the…
Another chilly night.

Came back from my nightly 11.6km walk tonight around an hour ago, I quickly jumped into a hot shower to warm up along with making a mug of instant miso soup to warm me up further. It really is something that is so satisfying and the calories are so miniscule that I think the next…
An uneventful start to the week.

It was a rather uneventful start to the week – work was the usual and nothing out of the ordinary. I have to admit, I did enjoy having a full fridge rather than the last couple of weeks of working through what I had left in my cupboard. After work I went for my nightly…
That weekend went quickly.

The weekend ended up finishing a lot quicker than expected. I went for my big grocery shop today and funny enough the amount I spent was less than expected – not because the prices of food went down (wouldn’t that be nice!) but rather because I first of all had something to eat so I…
Random thought of the day.

It is less of a single word but more the use of hyperbole loaded word(s) when talking about something that is more of a minor inconvenience rather than a major issue – it isn’t a major issue, it is just a slight annoyance. A major issue would be turning on your oven, you walk out…
A relaxing day off.

I woke up early on Monday to jump on a bus to pick up some odd bits and pieces from the supermarket for the day with the big shop being done on Tuesday. On Tuesday I’ll be popping down but this time I’ve made sure I’ve actually got a list of things I need to…