I gave blood today. I had some problems in recent times trying to donate: mostly because the veins in my left arm are apparently quite deep (I can’t even see them) and donations started to fail, so I’m using my right arm now.
I did manage to make an arse out of myself though. I was [...]
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Lucky Thirteen
Off I Go Again
I have been meaning to post a ‘review’ of my birthday, but I wasn’t sure what to say. Obviously, what I will say is a thank you to everyone that sent me birthday wishes (and to those that would have done had I given fair warning!). It wasn’t an epic day by any means, but [...]
Do Something Good
Before you start whimping on about needles you wuss, giving blood is important. If you got hit by a bus and left a nasty mess on the floor, you wouldn’t care if some doc stuck a needle in you and pumped you with blood to replace the stuff you stained the tarmac with. If you [...]
Oh The Luck
Well guys and dolls, I, for one, shall be glad once Friday the Thirteenth has passed (until the next time). The day did not go brilliantly for me, really. But nonetheless, it wasn’t a particularly bad one.
Having discovered that the Internet submission of my homework had passed (on 1st January 1970), I emailed my lecturer. [...]
Long Away
Today was different - I packed a lot in, certainly. I got up about twenty past six this morning for my last exam. It turned out better than I had anticipated, and my nerves before the exam were settled by looking at the past paper on the bus. Got there rather early, and having not [...]