Thursday 13 - Just Relax...

Thirteen Things about Aginoth It's Thursday again....how did that happen? So what shall it be today Oh and btw it's LMB's 3rd Birthday today 13 things I do to relax... 1. Play Eve Online, OK yes I am still addicted to this MMOG (Massively Multi-plyer Online Game)...for those who don't know it's a Space trading/fighting game owing much to the old Elite Gasmes of the 1980's 2. Read...mostly Fantasy and Science Fiction, but also a far smattering of Histories and books on the English language and etymology 3. Shoot my Longbow...planning to get a Target set up in the garden soon, currently shooting on re-enactments or in a friends garden. It's a 40lb draw Hickory and Lemonwood traditional style English longbow btw. 4. Sit on the Beach watching the clouds, or at least trying too as I keep an eye on the kids. Sometimes I attempt to combine with Number 2 but it rarely works :o) 5. Have a Bag of Fish and Chips from Papa's Fish andChip Shop in Weston-super-Mare...yum...best Chip Shop ever, anywhere. Prefereably combined with Number 4. 6. Cooking for friends and family. I really enjoy cooking, but I like to have plenty of time to be able to do it properly. 7. Holding BBQ's for friends and Family...almost but not the same as 6 8. Playing Rough and tumble with my Children...must remember to remove all change, keys etc from pockets first, because they'll have it awaywith anything shiny that falls out of my pockets...bunch of magpies :o) 9. Singing songs with my children 10. Playing my flageolet / Whistle, well it's a 13th century fore-runer of the Soprano/descant recorder, more akin to a pennywhistle or Irish Fipple Flute. Mine is Wooden with 6 finger holes no thumb hole, Key of D. 11. Cuddling up with Mrs.A in front of a good film after the kids are in bed. 12. Taking Mrs.A out to our Favourite restaurant, Flute de Paris in Weston-super-Mare. 13. blogging :o) Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Thursday Thirteen - Drugs

Thirteen Things about Aginoth Haven't done one of these in a while so here's some drugsand stuff I am prescibed.... 1. Etanercept (Enbrel) (2 injections a week)for Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis 2. Humalog Insulin for Diabetes (3 injections a day) 3. Humalin I Insulin for Diabetes (1 Injection per day) The above work out at 1564 injections per year !!! 4. Ibuprofen for pain releif from the Psioratic Arthritis 5. Rosuastatin for Cholesterol control 6. Fluoxetine (Prozac) for depression 7. Metformin to haelp reduce my Insulin Requirements 8. Betnovate RD Steroid Cream for my Psoriasis 9. Protopic Ointment for the Psoriasis on my face 10. Tylex (2 x 30 mg Codeine) for General Pain relief when the ibuprofen isn't enough 11. Betacap Lotion for Psoriasis on my Scalp 12. Cocois Cream for Psoriasis on my scalp 13. Atarax (strong antihistamine) for when I just get too itchy and sore to sleep. There are more that I take on top of all this ! Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Laptop Lunacy

Rebuilding computers....I must have done something wrong in a previous life....

Why? Why can't reinstalling an operationg sytem, or replacing a component be a simple task?

Why is it that even though you carefully note all teh settings and perform the install teh same way as was sucessful previously the bloody computer juist will not work properly.

I've just spent 3 days refurbishing my old laptop for Mrs.A, and as appreciative as she is for it I was seriously considering binning the bleeding thing last night whe sufddenly it started working; there must bwe a mischeviuos spirit at work I think, som "puck" or imp that is deliberatly teasing me as I try to get the damnedable piece of technology to talk to the Network Hub abd Access the internet.

but it's done now, kind of, it is at least talking to the hub if you prod it in the right way. Windows is almost behaving and Office XP didn't order a re-format of the C:Drive when I installed it...still go tto transfer all the Email account settings.

The laptop needed a new Hard Drive, New Memory and a bloody good talking to.

Now I can finally get on with making 6 new arrows and a Sword Scabbard that I need to make for our next re-enactment at Caerphilly this Sunday, woooo 2½ days away from a computer !!!

unfortunately I have another laptop to service and fix up for Agi Junior next week....HELP!!!!

Funny thing the Brain...

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy,

it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if
you can raed tihs psas it on !!

The Book Meme

meme blatantly copied from my wife’s Blog…

One book that changed your life?
No book has suddenly opened my up to a revaltion that has changed my life for ever. It’s more true to say the many books I have read have introduced a multitude of new ideas and vistas to me and in so doing how can I have not been changed in a small way by each and every new intellectual experience. However one book that started me off with my love of literature and fantasy in Particular was The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe that I read at age 5 or 6. Mind you had I never read Terry Pratchett me and Mrs.A may never have got together...

One book that you have read more than once?
There is no “one” book I have read thousands of books and most books get at least a second reading…I have read many books dozens of times over far to many to list them all

One book you would want on a desert island?
Without doubt Lord of the Rings, A damned good read. Failing that The Bible, one of the old fashioned ones with really thin soft paper pages….better than using leaves….;o)

One book that made you laugh?
Most Terry Pratchett Books, I loved the Bible according to Spike Milligan, agin so many it’s really hard to come up with just one

One book that made you cry?
None that come to mind honestly, OK they’ll make me empathsise with the characters, but not to the extent that I want to become that emotionally involved, it’s just fiction after all.

One book you wish had been written?
The Idiots guide to getting along with one another (World and Religious Leaders Edition)

One book you wish had never been written?
There is no book that has not desrved to be written, however there are many books that deserve never to have been published…The Bible, The Torah, The Quran…anything really proclaiming a single idea is right at the expense of all others.

One book you are currently reading?
Jack of Ravens, Mark Chadbourn

One book you have been meaning to read?
The Perfect King by Ian Mortimer, a biography of Edward III…when Mrs.A has finished with it.

I'm still alive

Hello all.

A whole month since I last blogged, sorry....just needed a break from it, had a lot going on in real life and something had to give, the blog was one of them. My ststae of mind has been really askew recently, my depression had worsened, my various disabilities were getting the better of me. I just need some time to sort myself out, I'm getting there.

anyway....theres that word already.... what's been going on...

Chez Aginoth carries on as usual in a state of chaos, fatigued parents chasing 3 balls of energy that are our children.

Last week I finally got a formal diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis after years of tests and doctors appointments; I finally got to see the consultant Rheumatolagist and he was willing to put the name we already knew to m increasing joint pains.

My Psoriasis has flared again, but at long last I have started taking Enbrel one of a new family of drugs called T-Cell inhibitors that target a specific part of the immune systems response (in this case blocking a receptor on skin cells), i'm hoping to avoid a third stay this year in hospital; especially as I am under threat of discipliniary action at work. mind you bein medically retired wouldn't be such a bad thing...but only if Mrs.A can get a job so we can afford to eat :o) we may even be slightly better off.

The reenactment season is coming to an end soon :o(....just one event left this year in a couple of weeks time; back to Caerphilly Castle. I've put some links to pictures at the end of this post.

We're busy getting ready for Agi Juniors 6th Birthday this weekend, then it's only a couple of weekd to LMB's 3rd. Agi Junor is off to teh Bowling Alley for hi sparty tomorrow, but we still have to tidy the house and garden cos MiL is visitiing.

Bekeley Castle Pictures

Cosmeston Pictures

Caerlaverock Castle Pictures