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Blue Marble

On December 14 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Any excuse to show this picture really.

With my last course completed and a pass scraped (despite poor exam performance and a skipped assignment), my next is coming up in January, just called ‘Environment’. It’s good to have something solid to look forward to next year, when it’s all been a bit [...]

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Mumbo jumbo

On April 13 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

A regime of accumulation, it has to be said, ‘describes the stablization over a long period of the allocation of the net product between the transformation of the conditions of both the conditions of production and the conditions of reproduction of wage-earners’.

What?

This OU course is very interesting, but sometimes I’m not sure if [...]

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Stories of pens and cowboys

On February 27 2008 · 2 Comments · In Cambodia, Diary

I started running PSHE (personal, social and health education) sessions this week – PSHE is a fairly big addition to the curriculum of the Young Adult Preparation Program aimed at providing the students with a more rounded outlook on life, good self-awareness and evaluation skills, and ideally a good state of health and wellbeing. We’ll [...]

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Whoosh

On May 6 2007 · 1 Comment · In Diary
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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It’s time for my monthly panic. My next TMA is due and somehow I managed to leave it until now to get started. It’ll be a miracle if I pass this course.

On the plus side, I have put together [...]

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Give me strength!

On March 25 2007 · 1 Comment · In Diary

I really want to do this course. I really do find it interesting. I really, really want a change of direction in my life, away from making pointless bloody websites and indulging the every whim of lunatics, and towards doing something exciting and worthwhile. This matters to me, and apart from anything else I’ve paid good money [...]

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The best way to get stuff done

On October 22 2006 · 6 Comments · In Diary

Housework not happening? Paperwork overwhelming you? Lots of those awkward jobs you’ve been putting off for ages?

Hi, I’m Barry Scott! No. That’s not it.

The solution is simple. Start a correspondence course. Since I’ve started my course my kitchen floor has been mopped, all of my washing up done, surfaces wiped, bath scrubbed, sink plughole unblocked, [...]

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