North of the Stupid Line

Archive for December, 2004

28 Dec, 2004

Good tidings

Posted by: Rob

Christmas is over, and here are the things that I had from my Wish List, posted on 31 October 2004.
DVDs
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, DVD Collection (Seasons 1-7)
Star Trek Voyager, DVD Collection (Seasons 1-7)
Mystic River
Shrek
Shrek 2
Spiderman 2
Books
Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Wolves [...]

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22 Dec, 2004

RAD Christmas Party 2004

Posted by: Rob

Some pics were uploaded onto the RAD Staff Intranet today from the RAD Christmas Party that we had in Chelmsford on 16 December 2004, and I decided to pinch a few and put them on here, seeing as you all don’t have access to the intranet (don’t worry, you’re not missing much!). We had [...]

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11 Dec, 2004

The RNID strikes again

Posted by: Rob

I have to say that the RNId is pissing me off big time, and this time it’s personal. Why? They are letting Rachel down in their provision of Speedtext operators at university.
On several occasions this academic year, the RNId has failed to provide Speedtext operators. Rachel has attended university a number of [...]

04 Dec, 2004

“I’m sorry, I’m deaf”

Posted by: Rob

I’m Deaf right? I absolutely abhor it when people go “Oh, I’m sorry” when I tell them I’m Deaf. I tend to avoid telling people I’m Deaf unless I really have to.
A case in point: I was on the London Underground yesterday at Edgware Road (waiting for a Hammersmith & City Line train [...]

04 Dec, 2004

Studying

Posted by: Rob

As many of you know, I’m currently doing a LLM in Law and Employment Relations at the University of Leicester by distance learning.
What many of you don’t know, however, is how much reading I’ve got to do by 14 January 2005. I literally have two lever arch files worth of material to read re [...]



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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.