Nik Gregory

Unseen Academicals

nikgregory — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:45:20 +0000

I recently picked up two new Pratchett books; Reaper Man and Unseen Academicals. Granted only the latter is actually new, but nonetheless they’re both new to my library (which is currently contained in boxes in my bedroom wardrobe). I intended to be reading Reaper Man as, after all, Death is my favorite character in the series’. However, Academicals has captured me. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t catch a single World Cup football game this year, but it’s got me.

It’s Pratchett, so it’s always worth a read, and being #37 in a list of books I’ve been attacking randomly, I figure I will be, at least temporarily, book-ending the series so to speak. I’ve read about as many books at the end of the series as I have at the beginning.

Anyway… Go, go Pratchett go! You know, cause Inspector Gadget died whilst trying to construct a sex aid, and Pratchett fills the rhyme.

Cleaning

nikgregory — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:02:51 +0000

Cleaning… the dirtiest word in my vocabulary. We spent today and yesterday cleaning and tidying the apartment, it was truly due as we still weren’t fully unpacked from the move.

Futurama marathon

nikgregory — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:06:05 +0000

I’m currently in the midst of a Futurama marathon, the wife put it on when we got home and I’ve been playing episodes since. It’s not the first time I’ve watched futurama non-stop.

Sunrise Aug 26th

nikgregory — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:29:25 +0000

Twilight was beautiful this morning; sunrise not as much. There’s usually a good photo somewhere though.

Early to bed…

nikgregory — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:00:13 +0000

Apparently the rhyme holds true in the opposite. Late to bed, late to rise. It’s just great when you sleep through your alarm and wake up in a panic. At least I woke up early enough not to be late to work.

Another Sunrise Friday

nikgregory — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:54:00 +0000

Not sure why every friday is producing beautiful sunrises, even the twilight this morning was beautiful, perhaps in a few weeks I’ll be able to get shots of that getting up. It was a little too early this morning for me to grab my camera.

Close up follows:

Hopefully a good friday follows.

Dog training

nikgregory — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:39:57 +0000

I’m surprised how draining training a young dog is, I knew it would be effort but I didn’t know it would be exhausting whilst keeping to my regular sleep schedules.

Alas, she’s coming along well. Much less anxiety in general, and much less anxiety about being left alone and being put in her crate. It could be much, much worse.

There was a beautiful sunrise this morning, but Kelly superseded it.

Sunrise on the 16th

nikgregory — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:37:23 +0000

Barely caught the sunrise this morning, I got this by seeing the orange light on the wall and I jumped out onto the balcony to get a snapshot.

Kelly Photo

nikgregory — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Our little girl Kelly spent her first night without any incident, we think she has a little separation anxiety but not a lot. Here’s a photo of our little girl;

Kelly

nikgregory — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:47:49 +0000

We visited the Burlington/Hamilton SPCA today looking at some of the Lab crosses, when a little girl called Kelly walked in. Friendly as anything, we didn’t have a choice. We now have a little terrier cross. She needs some work, but she’s not food nor toy aggressive and she’s friendly with all other dogs.

She was excitable around Baxter, but with a little patience she’s only mildly interested in him now and by the looks of it, Baxter is the boss (from within his cage!).