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So yeah. As alluded to yesterday, I decided to join in the NaBloPoMo but without the fanfare. See, I post quite a lot anyway, so I figured making myself do a post every day for 30 days in a row wouldn’t be that difficult, and it wasn’t. Only one day featured no actual written content, and that day had to make do with a Flickr photo. There was some YouTubery, but to be honest less than I expected to have to use.

This is the 41st and last post of November 2007, and I will say that I have now used up everything and anything that had been kicking on the back burner of my mind blog-wise, so you may well have to wait a little while for anything else of note from Murray Towers.

In other news, I’ve restarted working on my second solo album, and may in fact finish a new tune before Christmas.

Now you’re excited, aren’t you? I can see you are. Put that away.

–c.

The NaBloPoMo
(National Blog Posting Month)
Is almost over

Blogging ev’ry day
Really isn’t that taxing
For verbose people

Thirty whole days straight
Without resorting (much) to
YouTube or photos

It ends tomorrow
As does the month November
I will take a break

Christmas approaches
Many presents must be bought
Time for other things.

–c.

I have also just discovered the Scrabulous application on Facebook, which is superb. (It’s Scrabble. Which is superb.)

Look me up and challenge me if you fancy some lexicographical combat.

–c.

For what I believe to be the first time in my life, I have actually started the Christmas shopping in November. I’m usually a Christmas Eve shopper, purely through lack of organisation, but this time I am ahead of the game. 4 presents bought! 2 of those are for the fiancée (though that’s by no means her sorted) and the others are for two of the guys in the band.

I can’t put into words how pleasing this is. Perhaps this year I can spend Christmas Eve the right way – drinking and/or relaxing with friends.

We shall see.
–c.

I simply DO NOT HAVE A NEW POST FOR YOU TODAY.Nothing! Nada! Zero!

Would you like some Bill Murray while you wait?

I love you all. Never forget that.
–c.

…but Billie Piper’s face is just weird.

There’s just no getting around that.

–c.

A proper working sewerage system is, like good friendship and working knees, something you only really appreciate properly as soon as it’s gone. Never take for granted the ability to take a good hearty crap any time you like without fear of contradiction, restraint, or backwash.

Here at Murray Estates, there has been a crisis of late which has only today been resolved in a satisfactory manner by that most rare of creatures – the Effective Workman. Two, in fact.

Gone is our outdated ceramic possibly-Victorian “rodding access” (the underside of which was, according to said fellows, broken underground causing snagging and blocking with resultant… um… side-effects) and now we are ushered into the glorious 20th century with a proper and new inspection hatch.

Such has been the grief we have endured over this last week, and indeed on the previous occasion in February,  that I am almost moved to take a photograph of this marvellous installation that you might better understand my joy. But then a) you have not seen its antiquated predecessor, and I cannot show it to you for it has been spirited away, and b) it is just a small manhole cover. You do not need to witness it to understand the levity with which I bring you this missive.

Good morrow,
–c.

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Originally uploaded by Clive Murray.

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