Monthly Archives: June 2012

in which there is an endless amount of whining, marketed as ‘the calm and rational approach’

So, my birthday resolution to not whine copiously all over the internet lasted under a month, I see. That’s… about a normal length of time for a mortal’s resolution, right? And after all that whining about Monday, I bet any … Continue reading

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in which beshemoth is one step away from some sort of psychotic episode, how perfectly ghastly

I jest! I jest! Well, okay, not so much. This week has not been a good week, shall we say. The problem is, it’s not even a Crisis Of Epic Proportions, it’s just the same old same old. All the … Continue reading

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in which beshemoth has a bad week but then actually gets dolled up and goes out on the town

Woo! But first, the working week rundown. If this leaves you, poor reader, feeling drained and like you’re trapped in a never-ending retelling of the same old dreary shite, then welcome to my world, I have succeeded. Also, sorry about … Continue reading

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beshemoth goes blacksmithing again – day 3/4/ eh, they all kinda melded together

This blacksmithing course is rather intensive, what. For instance, on the Sunday, the guy next to me said, Were we working on making [tool X] yesterday, or on Friday? But buggered if I knew either. There were only Times You … Continue reading

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beshemoth goes blacksmithing again: day two – forging ahead regardless

Yeah, it is just lame pun city round here today. And despite nerves so bad I nearly puked in my hash browns, it was off to learn How To Make Your Own Tools. And I was remembered and there were … Continue reading

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beshemoth goes blacksmithing again: day one, forging a rod for one’s own back

I am pleased to say that I have learned something since the first time I went blacksmithing. Namely, I have learned to pick a train that doesn’t involve five changes when toting a massive suitcase, and I have learned to … Continue reading

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in which real life returns – with a Confrontation, no less!

And so, the last day of not having to organise my own food was upon us, boo. I made up for it with the most spectacular breakfast, staggered out of the hotel and was slightly disappointed to find the Bossman … Continue reading

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beshemoth’s top secret trip to the homeland – part three

Well, with the main mission over, this part is not so top secret. Merely a case of, what to do in the wilds of Scotland when the weather is set to ‘pelting’? (Which obscurely pleases me, because this is mostly … Continue reading

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Beshemoth’s top secret trip to the homeland – day two

If anyone ever stumbles across this backwater of the internet, they may well be asking, So if this trip’s so bloody secret, why are you shouting about it here, then? – which is a fair enough point. Because it’s already … Continue reading

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Beshemoth’s top secret trip to the homeland – day one

Right, now I am officially Older and so forth, it’s time to gather up what’s left of my dignity and stop using the internet as a Place To Whine About Things. I expect this new leaf to last about as … Continue reading

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