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Life

Begging and choosing: What Fiddler taught me

There are many takeaways from The Fiddler on the Roof, but I came away with an unexpected extra one – a perspective that only I was going to have.

And that was about begging.

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Life Theatre

Fiddled on the Roof

No, not a DIY post about how I fixed a rogue tile, but the fact that I’ve recently finished an amateur run of Fiddler on the Roof – my first show for 5 years.

Let’s just say, it went well.

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Life

Review: Dove Pro Age Hand Cream

After loosing a lot of weight a few years back and, thanks to my advancing years too, my hands became more visibility aged – loose skin and age spots appearing. This is on top of the fact that I already suffer from dry skin.

As a result, for a number of years, I’ve been using hand cream twice a day to try and get them in better shape.

This is my first review, and is for the Dove Pro Age.

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Automattic Life

Vienna: Wien the team gets together

Just a few weeks since my last meetup, I’m on the move again. This time it’s my team’s meetup and we’re heading to Vienna in Austria.

We’ve split the team between a hotel and a nearby Airbnb, the latter of which will be where we all meet up during the day. This not only gives us that meeting place but gives individuals a choice of what kind of accommodation they want.

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Automattic Life

What’s in my bag? 2023 edition

Back in 2017, I revealed, after just a few months working and travelling for Automattic, what I carried with me in my backpack. Each year I’ve repeated this. Well, until 2020 when travel became a memory. Now, in 2023, with travel very much back, I’m ready to give an update.