Sunday, September 30, 2007

Snow Falling on Cedars

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Just finished watching our " Snow Falling on Cedars " video at home this evening (a film based on David Guterson's book of the...

Walk-on role for Mr. Burns :-(

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Junior, and several of his friends, dragged me along to watch The Simpsons Movie earlier this afternoon ... ... as regular blog readers wi...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

Fun Day and Flotterstone ...

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Fun day was actually quite a lot of fun ... and the PA seemed to raise a healthy sum of money into the bargain. Congratulations due to all ...
Friday, September 28, 2007

Assault Course and Fun Day ??

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I know this may sound like a complete contradiction - "assault course" and "fun day" - but that's exactly what the C...

Difficult day ...

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Attended the funeral of an old school-friend earlier today - only 42 - we were pretty close when growing up and, even though we'd drifte...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Back in mobile contact ...

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Tried all the numerous suggestions offered to me - many thanks - but, unfortunately the old mobile 'phone has had to be replaced :-( .....
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WHEC Visit this afternoon

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Out to visit Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) later this afternoon ... hoping morale will be somewhat better than it undoubtedly would...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Services for Children report now published

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The Services for Children report is now published and can be seen, in full, here . The table at page 20 summarises the overall position ... ...
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City Car Club

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City Car Club car to the rescue this afternoon/evening, as I had to madly dash between three different meetings all across the city ... ......

Services for Children Inspection report

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HMIE Services for Children Inspection report (for Edinburgh) out tomorrow - I mentioned this on several occasions in the early part of this...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

CCWP and Craiglockhart Community Council

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Consultative Committee with Parents ( CCWP ) this evening, followed by a quick dash to Craiglockhart Community Council ... Was a shame I h...

Should he; shouldn't he?

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The amount of speculation about whether the Prime Minister should call a quick General Election appears to be reaching absolute fever-pitch ...

My first-ever Transport Committee meeting?

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Yes, it's true ... attended my first-ever Transport Committee meeting this morning! ... item on the agenda I wanted to speak to briefly,...
Monday, September 24, 2007

Interesting omissions ...

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Listened to Gordon Brown's speech to the Labour Party conference earlier this afternoon - via my computer I should add, not in Bournemo...
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Good weekend ...

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Super weekend down near Holy Island - just look at that weather :-) ... actually, that's the Saturday afternoon at Holy Island - wasn...
Friday, September 21, 2007

Camping weekend

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Regular readers of the blog will recall that, despite encroaching middle-age, we do still 'enjoy (??)' bi-annual camping weekends, ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Service Reductions approved

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Sadly, all predictions of today's Full Council meeting were fairly accurate and some very significant service reductions (cuts!) were vo...
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Tynecastle High School open evening

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Junior now in P6 at the local Primary , thus preparations for the imminent (well, fairly!) move to a High School seem to be commencing .... ...