Archive: 2009

Apr 30

But I, being poor, have only my dreams…

I’m no poet, and if I’m honest, poetry is something I very rarely enjoy reading. However, I find this short poem by Yeats truly inspirational and, just in case you haven’t heard it before, thought I would share it with you.

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Apr 03

Broken Navicular… Ouch!

I met up with Darren for our usual squash session yesterday. I was flying up the scoreboard with a 4-2 lead and everything was going well until the seventh game when I had to run to the back wall and return a power shot from Darren. As I turned my left foot slipped underneath me and my entire body weight fell down on to the side of my right foot. A sharp pain instantly ran from my foot up my leg and through my back.

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Mar 17

Snow Patrol at the o2 Arena!

I bought Gemma two tickets to see Snow Patrol live at the o2 Arena in London for Christmas. They far exceeded my expectations last night.

The supporting bands, Animal Kingdom and Fanfarlo, were excellent but it wasn’t until Snow Patrol walked onto the stage that the 20,000 strong crowd really raised the roof.

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Feb 08

Lucky number 8!

Having planned to go out at seven last night I was running a little late and didn’t meet everyone at the pub until just after 8. A fun filled night ensued and a trip into town was inevitable. We hit ‘Reflex for some cheesy 80′s music and saw the night through until it closed. As we were leaving we decided to continue the night and made our way to the casino.

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Feb 04

Twitter!

I took the plunge and signed up to another social networking phenomenon that is sweeping the Internet today known as Twitter. I’ve been blissfully unaware of how fast this new form of social media has grown until it was mentioned on Radio 1 this morning. I’ve since discovered that Twitter is far more than a glorified status update page. It’s simplicity is it’s success.

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What I'm doing...

  • Passed the 70-646 so have now completed the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Administrator MCITP! 2011-11-02
  • Now Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Infrastructure Certified! 2011-09-17
  • Further to my last tweet, I have passed four exams. I plan to take another ninteen but the list may be reworked a little... 2011-07-24
  • Have recently embarked on a very intensive qualification plan... Hoping to expand my knowledge but focus my skills! 2011-07-24
  • Just watched 'Social Network' and despite being very interested in the subject matter I'm not overly eager to recommend the film... 2011-02-19
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