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Blimey 27,000 thousand views.

Thank you everyone.

The counter fairly races along now...

I might hit 30,000 by the time i start my next module in September.

In other news it is Friday tomorrow... and then i am off from work for a week. It is a big week for son #1.

Wednesday is his 19th birthday, Thursday is his A'level results and Friday is upgrading his offer to unconditional with Portsmouth Uni, or if he misses an A'level grade..  then a day spent in UCAS clearing.   

Plus Sunday would have been my dads 74th birthday, which will mark 18 months of the anniversary of his death.

So it might well be an emotional week, next week.

If it is not too hot i am doing more work on my deck on the monday.. so with any luck i might get to sit down for a couple of hours on the Tuesday... with any luck..

What a first test match against India. A win by 30 runs. Very exciting... however a full test match should take place over 15 sessions over 5 days... this one finished in 10 sessions... not even a full forth day played.

Come on chaps... the ball in the test match is red... the test is over 5 days, please respect that and leave the white ball stuff to the ODI's.

I bought some economics books to read in the evening.. but i am getting bored now.

What with it still being July i have so long to wait until the study planner opens up and i can get year 4 underway.

I think though, trying to do a September and February start would be to much for me.... especially as the February start would be a level 3 module.

So i am stuck with the part time pathway and the long summer wait to get going again.  

It's raining!!!!!!!

Will it be enough to save my garden.

It is now 6 weeks since a single drop of rain fell on my garden.

The nice happy people on BBC weather tell me it is not going to rain this week either.

My poor garden is being burnt to a crisp.

24,000 views. How fantastic.

Thank you everyone.

It might be a sign, but 24 was the age i was the last time England went out of a world cup at the semi final stage.. 

Lol. I passed, philosophy is done with... but i could not resist looking at the detailed breakdown of my performance... if i hated A222 before, then i despise it now....

I got 64%, but looking at the beakdown i have 4 out of 12 marked as 'weak' and 2 out of 12 marked as inadequate.

It's a miracle i passed... 

To study Philosophy and A222 is truly a 'special' experience, never to be repeated and never enjoyed.

Now the chore, sorry, experience is complete i can retire the hash tag...

#bloodyA222 is no more

As i mentioned before, i volunteer for a local micro news site as a satirist. They are publishing an anthology of the work all the volunteers have submitted through out the year in October.

Which is very exciting for me, as i will become a published satirist, in print, because being published online does not really count.

The hard bit is that between myself and the editors, Tom and Sarah, we have to decide which one of my satirist infographics go into the book, so far i am leaning towards this one...

i think this one is most on the money

There is a deck outside my sun lounge. It's where i sit and have a fag, think and play guitar.

Six of the 36 boards need replacing. I am doing that this afternoon. It is too hot to really do much work.. however i need to replace them. 

Also Wickes are currently doing half price on 140mm by 2.40 meter boards... 5 pound each. Which is a bargin.

My exam result date is Tuesday 17th of July....so

4 more days to go...

Do we get our results on the same day? do some of you get them before or after that date?

Very excited to reach 23,000 views today..

Thank you everyone...

23 is also the age i was the last time England were in a world cup semi final... that is a good omen.. hopefully...

Wow... a world cup semi final. Well done England.

The open day at portsmouth uni was good. Son #1 has a conditional offer there, so A level results willing, he will be going to Portsmouth Uni to study International Relations and Politics. 

We spent 40 minutes in the library looking through the selection of politics book.

All being well, in the second year he will be able to do a semester at a european university under the Erasmus scheme... or he can spend a semester at a American or Canadian university.

What a fantastic opportunity.