Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
How Awful
Poor Charlotte Wyatt. Born severely disabled, her doctors recommended that she not be resuscitated if she got into difficulties. Her parents then fought a long and hard battle to overturn this order, and now Charlotte, who will be celebrating her third birthday, is finally well enough to go home.
Except that she no longer […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Britain by oj
Monday, October 16th, 2006
A little dilemma
We’ve been in our flat for, oh, about two odd years now. In all this time, we keep getting mail for the previous tenant. Now, this wouldn’t be too bad if all got her mail sporadically, but we were getting mail for this woman daily.
I figured quite early on that she must be something of […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc by oj
Friday, October 13th, 2006
The Calendar Curse
This is the thing about having those calendar thingies. I don’t particularly have anything to say today, but if I don’t blog, I’ll have an empty date on that side calendar, and I don’t want that, not when I’m aiming to have an entry every working day so that that calendar looks good.
So … […]
No Comments » - Posted in Misc by oj
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
That homesick feeling
I don’t know why, but for some reason I’m finding this Ramadan a lot harder than other Ramadans past.
I suppose part of it is because it is longer this year, since we started fasting in late September. But on the other hand, I’d been practising the week before (oh OK, I was making up for […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-gazing by oj
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
To veil, or not to veil
It seemed last week like there wasn’t a day when Muslims weren’t in the news. If it wasn’t a Muslim police officer given leave to not do his duties at the Israeli embassy (he was part of the Diplomatic Protection Group), it was a Muslim cabbie refusing to take a guide dog into his […]
No Comments » - Posted in Being a Muslim by oj
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Baby Steps
Obviously, my techie knowledge has all but dissipated since I upgraded my job. I had a look at the css and thought, eek! (To think I once did that sort of thing to pay the rent.)
Never mind though, because I still have my Photoshop skills … so, tadahh! I have a nice, new top […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by oj
Monday, October 9th, 2006
Hello World
So, after a few weeks of being incommunicado(ish), I’ve re-emerged. Yes, oj is no longer hosted at blogdrive or blogspot, but has got her own domain and everything! So far so good.
I’m on wordpress, and am fiddling with the CSS cos though I like this template, it’s far too green and needs some pink […]
