Izdihar - Magic Kingdom Escapology

Of late I've been a little quiet, but no mind to that, I've got some time I can spend here safe in the knowledge that everything is prepared and safely dealt with ahead of being relocated temporarily to the other side of Europe - the side I was born on.… more »

Today is a good day. Not specifically for me you understand, but I am happy to bask a little in the reflected glory on this one. I may have mentioned somewhere that AM has been studying through the OU for the last 6 years. This morning I took an… more »

As you drive around Riyadh these days, it's hard not to notice that something big is going on - big vertically, big horizontally and big volumetrically. It's everywhere seemingly. Wherever a spare corner of land is to be had (there are plenty), you'll… more »

Just for the hell of it, I called into the Med Centre on the way to work this morning. Today's excuse being that AM wanted some stuff collecting and I thought I may as well get my usual repeat ahead of the trip to the UK for (Ugh!) Christmas. No problem… more »

Yet again, I find myself writing with less than an hour of the day left, with the minutes clocking down towards the point where actually I've not succeeded in completing a post for the day. You'd think that someone whose normal finishing time in the… more »

...of a kind You know what it's like when you've been struggling with one of those intractable problems that goes on for weeks and then in a flash of inspiration (provided by someone else) you suddenly crack it? The joy, the elation, the butterflies in… more »

As a consequence of expecting the OGTT to come back beyond where it should be, calorific intake in these parts has taken something of a shift. No more the occasional chocolate (OK, slightly more than occasional), white rice has morphed into the brown… more »

I went for the OGTT this morning which gave me the opportunity to finish reading Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American'. I'd not really considered too much about the pre-Vietnam War aspects of that country, though I knew the French had some involvement… more »

For want of anything else to write about tonight, I thought I'd dip into the guitar collection and see if there weren't a few points of interest to share with you. Here then is my Yamaha SA2200, a quite stunning 6-string semi-acoustic I picked up a few… more »

This evening has been occupied with much head-scratching and consternation. I was short a post for the day. Not wanting to disappoint any small corner of Blogsville that is following what is going on here, I turned to Google for ideas. This I may say… more »

Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers... ...in That Quiet Earth more »

Yesterday: I made the phone call to arrange for the OGTT yesterday. It's a while since I had the last done so I couldn't remember the exact process other than it involved fasting, drinking some syrupy crap and sitting around for a few hours whilst being… more »

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I got an email about 15 minutes ago. Nothing unusual you'd think in that, especially as it was from a company whose products I'm already something of a repeat customer for. It's a food product in case you're wondering, a food product that is very… more »

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Or at least that's what I'm told... It's now December and I hear tell that some have already completed their Christmas shopping and worse, some have all their presents wrapped. I am not of that ilk I'm afraid, but the time of year has at least dawned on… more »