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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/atom10full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661041</id><updated>2010-01-25T22:40:26.819Z</updated><title type="text">No Dulcet Tones</title><subtitle type="html">Never be held back by a lack of talent.</subtitle><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/" /><link rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/atom/atom.xml" /><author><name>Stace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11582403770592442534</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version="7.00" uri="http://www.blogger.com">Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NoDulcetTones" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="nodulcettones" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661041.post-8667292635608781842</id><published>2010-01-25T22:26:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-01-25T22:40:26.825Z</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weekend" /><title type="text">Discovered there is nothing wrong...</title><content type="html">...with living for the weekend, when the weekend is as good as the one just passed. Wouldn't mind many more like that one.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661041-8667292635608781842?l=www.factory45.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/8667292635608781842/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7661041&amp;postID=8667292635608781842" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/8667292635608781842" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/8667292635608781842" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/2010/01/discovered-there-is-nothing-wrong.html" title="Discovered there is nothing wrong..." /><author><name>Stace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11582403770592442534</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14187219254531070497" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661041.post-5850668522499522944</id><published>2010-01-21T22:21:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-01-21T22:37:57.625Z</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="weekend" /><title type="text">Living for the weekend</title><content type="html">Is it wrong to live just for the weekend? And is that what I'm doing? Class, &lt;i&gt;discuss&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Okay, it is true that I am particularly looking forward to this weekend. And this has been a particularly sucky week. But... I do think I manage to make the most of each day. And, okay, I maybe haven't managed to get everything done this week I had planned - either at work or at home - but I have been busy or just catching up with... well, someone worth catching up with. Hopefully, more on that later.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But, let's be honest, weekends are special, especially if your weekday job is frustrating. And worth looking forward to. So I am!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661041-5850668522499522944?l=www.factory45.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/5850668522499522944/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7661041&amp;postID=5850668522499522944" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/5850668522499522944" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/5850668522499522944" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/2010/01/living-for-weekend.html" title="Living for the weekend" /><author><name>Stace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11582403770592442534</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14187219254531070497" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661041.post-3744838487793088297</id><published>2010-01-20T20:03:00.002Z</published><updated>2010-01-20T20:35:22.005Z</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="diy" /><title type="text">Skimming the stones of life</title><content type="html">I'm taking a break. And realising how Christmas has taken its toll on my fitness, and how I really need to change that quickly.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What am I taking a break from? Woodwork. Carpentry. Joinery. Whatever it's called. Planing down a door so it fits into the hole it's supposed to fill. &lt;i&gt;Yes&lt;/i&gt;, I measured before I cut it. And &lt;i&gt;yes&lt;/i&gt;, I cut it too big. Can we move on? Please? &lt;i&gt;Please?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thanks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Okay, need to get back to work, but have been distracted by someone. And that's okay.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661041-3744838487793088297?l=www.factory45.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/3744838487793088297/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7661041&amp;postID=3744838487793088297" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/3744838487793088297" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/3744838487793088297" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/2010/01/skimming-stones-of-life.html" title="Skimming the stones of life" /><author><name>Stace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11582403770592442534</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14187219254531070497" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661041.post-1406000441920248278</id><published>2010-01-19T23:10:00.003Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T23:28:02.166Z</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sharing" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="talent" /><title type="text">Saturday, 16 January 2010</title><content type="html">Let's be entirely honest, I don't have many obvious, regular talents. I can't sing, I can't dance, I'm not the true king of pop, and I've never angrily jostled a photographer outside a nightclub.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But having those as elements of the essence of me is not, for me, important. What I &lt;i&gt;can&lt;/i&gt; do is change a tyre in under 15 minutes, be overly passionate about language and grammar, be a good big brother, and - finally - be in a place in my life I'm positive about, comfortable with, and want to share with someone.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And anyone who knows me will immediately think I've been bodysnatched. But, dear reader, tis true. And maybe I'll be &lt;i&gt;just&lt;/i&gt; talented enough to find what I'm now ready for.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I'll let you know.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661041-1406000441920248278?l=www.factory45.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/1406000441920248278/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7661041&amp;postID=1406000441920248278" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/1406000441920248278" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7661041/posts/default/1406000441920248278" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.factory45.co.uk/2010/01/saturday-16-january-2010.html" title="Saturday, 16 January 2010" /><author><name>Stace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11582403770592442534</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" name="OpenSocialUserId" value="14187219254531070497" /></author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></entry></feed>

