The Big House is becoming a reality

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Well, the lady whose house we want to buy has made an offer on a house she wants to buy and it has been accepted. Now we hope she'll accept our offer on her house, then the wheels can be set in motion for the move to "The Big House", as we call it. I'm hoping the similarities to a…

Hardware escapades

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For years and years, as long as I can remember, whenever I bought a console it has survived until the day I eBayed it. Then, we decided to buy some Xbox 360s for Phantasy Star Universe. After a while, my first 360 started freezing randomly whilst playing. I took it back to Game and swapped it for a new one…

Happy 1st Birthday, Waves

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Wow, where does the time go? Waves went up a year ago, and I've posted something original on here at least once a week. Granted, it's markedly different to what I had been posting about in 2005 (man, I'm glad I'm not depressed anymore), but I think focusing on the positive stuff that you enjoy is better than posting trivial…

I went to a bookshop…

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...and I did not know where to start. I've only recently discovered the joy of reading. Apart from reading all seven Harry Potter books a few years ago, the last time I read a book was probably at school, a very long time ago indeed. I always preferred comics to books, as they had pretty pictures to look at. But…

RFSFIV2WKLY Tourney: Round 3

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7:35 - Went for a pre-tournament cigarette. 7:40 - Went for a pre-tournament toilet break. 7:43 - Washed hands thouroughly in preperation for tournament. 7:45 - Took big gulp of pre-tournament Diet Coke. 7:50 - Turned on Xbox, ready to join Xbox Live party. 8:00 - No-one in the tournament is online. Played Training Mode. 8:10 - Still no-one online.…