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• Latest Pub News – Pubs closing at rate of 52 a week as hard-up drinkers shun their local http://tiny.cc/Dhs3A (via @GoodPubGuide) in reply to GoodPubGuide #
• Michael made us a great BBQ, and we had some Oyster Bay Merlot Rosé. Raspberries from Perth were super. Tony and Hannah are visiting. #
• The blood tranfusion in Psychoville made me feel queazy! Managed to resist the red button and wait a week till next episode. #
• Pruned the vine in the garden (so we can get in the back door!)—will cook the leaves today, and make dolmades tomorrow. #
• *Visiting parents in Glasgow* blog post http://bit.ly/18fpEC #
• Finally started writing blog entries from the end of June—if I don’t finish them by the end of this month they’ll never get done (I predict) #
• I blog less now I twitter #
• Killed my silver birch bonsai this spring & my sister gave me a jack pine kit: is this the tree or a compost weed? http://twitpic.com/bomco #
• *Ballachulish to pick up boat* blog post http://bit.ly/Hjhd6 #
• *Sailing from Loch Leven to Mull* blog post http://bit.ly/wc4iG #
• Almost bought an aquarium so I could keep the lovely red crabs and crayfish in the pet shop: bought cat food instead. #
• Dolmades: 10 mins preparation time actually means takes 90 mins, followed by a mountain of washing up—these better be good. #
• This reminded me of the blood transfusion in Psychoville I found the caption quite upsetting (from my fav art blog) http://bit.ly/2w2loO #
• Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green were great in Party Monster http://bit.ly/jvRhF about the Club Kids/Michael Alig. Good music too. #

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• The Case for God by Karen Armstrong (thanks @mikeycbg) I want to read it now too! http://bit.ly/Cdj7w #
• Want Twitter replies and DMs sent to your mobile? From 01/08 O2 customers can, FREE. More info at http://dnc.o2.co.uk (via @O2) in reply to O2 #
• Been to osteopath for stiff back—now wishing I hadn’t stopped yoga a few years ago. This has motivated me to have look for yoga classes. #
• Enjoying the 2008 Menghai “Five Colored Peacock” Raw Pu-erh tea from Nannuo Mountain—best of the samples so far. #
• I haven’t heard our cat doing this wheedling purr http://bit.ly/J50gD, probably I’m not falling for the crying baby ploy! #
• Michael brought me home a good clue from the Times Saturday Crossword: “As poet, wasting ink — my decision to include line” (5,9) #
• I’m an umami monster. #
• Being followed closely at work: I have an interesting life it seems. #
• *O2 Money: mobile giant does credit cards* blog post http://bit.ly/E91DR #
• Pity they missed #cambeerfest Via @cambridge800: Drinkers in Cambridge are being invited to toast the Uni http://bit.ly/3d9440 (via @cm4233) in reply to cm4233 #
• The folly of pretence | Daniel Dennett | Comment is free | The Guardian – http://bit.ly/m0DgC (via @MikeyCbg) in reply to MikeyCbg #
• Too hot and sticky to cook—off to Hong Kong Diner for dinner! #
• Today’s the day to use my bagoong alamang, this seems a bit crude — http://www.kumain.com/?p=show&id=468 #
• I’ll cook this tonight. I better haves standby in case it’s too much. http://bit.ly/xjuNW #
• Whittards is always out of stock of the teas that I want. What’s the point of going then? The shop assistant moaned as much as I did! #
• Off to see some Open Studios with Jay and Vit. http://www.camopenstudios.co.uk/ #
• at Queens Head, Newton (4 stars): Great lunch — toast and beef dripping http://schmap.me/f26mc2 #
• Enjoyed visits to Martha Winters http://bit.ly/8WTeD and Robert Good http://bit.ly/Rb9qG in Open Studios. Tempted by http://bit.ly/pDEWx #
• Had a good nosey around the police helicopter today—impressive! #

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Now this is something that I’m interested in: shame you don’t earn any interest when the cash is on the card, but it comes close to e-cash, and much less worry than if your credit cards get nicked.

O2’s clearly not content with snarfing the the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre. It’s just launched O2 Money, a new service of pre–paid credit cards that it says will help you manage your moolah better. Read on to find out how it reckons O2 Money will make you save those much–needed pennies.

O2 Money isn’t any old credit card. There are two different flavours – Cash Manager and Load and Go. Both are part of a tie–in with NatWest and Visa, letting you top up and spend on the move, without raking up epic levels of debt. Every time you lay out on a latte or snatch a sarnie, you’ll get a text to your O2 mobile telling you just how much you’ve spent.

The Cash Manager O2 Money card is being aimed squarely at those who need to “ring fence” their disposable income. That means you can cram it full with any money you’ve got left over after splashing out on rent and that defunct gym membership and spend until your penniless. Or not if you’re clever with cash.

Load and Go is all about the kids. If you’re 13 or up, you can fill it with up to £150 a month. Fortunately for financially fearful parents, you can’t overspend and there’s no interest involved either.

O2 Money is due to land in mid–August, exclusive to O2 mobile punters.

[From O2 Money: mobile giant does credit cards]

• Any recommendations for a good Windows XP Twitter client? I need to expand beyond my MAC lifestyle! Thanks. #
• Late for the Free Press Book Club: discussing 1984 by George Orwell, ages since I read it but I saw a play lady year: hope that’s enough! #
• CAMRA sent us 40 coupons for 50p off a pint of ale at Weatherpoons. That’ll make for a happy time—now to find a Weatherspoons that I like! #
• Note to self—tinned mackerel fillets in tomato sauce. #
• On our way to Cocum for a south Indian feast. #
• Enjoying the Big Weekend fireworks on Parker’s Piece http://bit.ly/117oeY http://twitpic.com/9xc34 #
• Pizza Express was good but not quite as good as I remembered. Had a pizza with brown shrimps, unusual. #
• The big weekend continues in Cambridge. It’s amazing how far the noise travels. #
• Trying my 3rd of 7 samples of raw pu-erh from Menghai (this 1 from MengSong mountain). I’m not enjoying the raw teas as much as the ripe. #
• Manic drumming from the Big Weekend, groan! #
• Michael brought me home home love-heart confetti, and it’s now sprinkled all around! http://twitpic.com/a4mt #
• Lovely raw Honduran prawns for BBQ (thanks M&S) and some lush 2002 Rolly-Gassmann Gewurztraminer from Alsace. Music from the Big Weekend. #
• Dhol Foundation sound good-heading over to Parkers Piece to hear them undistorted. Bangra music I think. #

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• Feeling a bit rough this morning, and it’s not the sea. I’ll blame the Mcewans 80′. Lovely calm night http://bit.ly/jCJSp in Tobermory. #
• Back in mobile phone coverage! Spent a night at Loch Scavaig on Skye & a night at Canna. Great weather until today’s fog. Back at Tobermory. #
• Fog has cleared in Tobermory http://twitpic.com/8yk5i #
• We’re enjoying a gin before we hit Tobermory Town. Calm and peaceful here. http://twitpic.com/8ykh8 #
• Up on the high town in Tobermory, with great views over Calf Island and the sound of bagpipes in the air http://twitpic.com/8z2hz #
• The mist rolls in at our mooring http://twitpic.com/8z9pe http://maps.google.com/?q=56.619612%2C-6.065937 #
• Happy but wet crew: on our way from Tobermory to Puilladobhrain on Seil http://twitpic.com/91adq #
• Arrived through fog to wonderful anchorage at Puilldobhrain on Seil. Nice pint of Highlander at the Trig-n-Truish http://twitpic.com/927pn #
• Having whisky on deck, surrounded by wee splashes in the water from small feeding fish. Sleep on deck again tonight?
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• at Puilldobhrain (5 stars): Favourite anchorage on the West Coast of Scotland http://schmap.me/3dhan4 #
• Here I am: http://bit.ly/d5Hef
  in Bishopbriggs on my way to Glasgow , Queen Street. #
• Here I am: http://bit.ly/mUMvT
  in Bishopbriggs on my way to Glasgow Queen Street #
• Checked in to the Eurohostel in Glasgow http://bit.ly/17khUX it’s only £50 for the two of us for the night, b&b, in a private room. Noisy! #
• Had a lovely meal at Trans Europe Express in Trongate http://transeuropecafe.co.uk/ and having a drink afterwards in Babity Bowsers #
• Waiting for the train to Peterborough at Glasgow Queen Street. The station is full of good looking guys! http://schmap.me/wwvhbr #
• Enjoying free wifi on the National Express train to Peterborough. Caught up on 9 days of RSS feeds http://bit.ly/3Xg9x #
• Love Berwick-on-Tweed. One day I’ll do more than pass through it on the train http://myloc.me/7MFL #
• nearly at Peterborough. looking forward to getting home. #

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