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Hope you’re having a fabulous day and here’s to a year that will see tremendous progress with your book!

I’ve registered, now I need to do a new patient check-up next week, then I’ll be assigned a doctor, and then the next time I’m ill I’ll maybe get to meet him/her (or at least one of their colleagues).

...it wasn’t that close, but still. Not exactly an enjoyable experience.

1. Thanks that my uncle continues to do well
2. Thanks for noticing the difference it makes to me when I feel my opinions are respected and listened to
3. Thanks for TED Talks (and particularly Hans Rosling)
4. Thanks for realising I don’t have to be working every single second, especially if I have a stinking headache
5. Thanks for being able to feed the pigeons

...it’s time again.

1. Thanks that my uncle’s operation seems to have gone well
2. Thanks for some credit
3. Thanks that I made it indoors before the rain became really heavy
4. Thanks that I don’t seem to be going bald despite all the hair that comes out of my head
5. Thanks that my uncle’s operation seems to have gone well (I know I’ve mentioned that already, but well… you know)

1. Thanks for RFCs 821 and 822 (aka e-mail :-)
2. Thanks for being able to help my brother, even if didn’t all quite go to plan!
3. Thanks for the delicious meal my brother’s girlfriend prepared
4. Thanks for the patterns raindrops make in the reflected light of large puddles
5. Thanks for more than 5 hours sleep

1. Thanks for pears
2. Thanks for milk
3. Thanks for medicine that masks the pain
4. Thanks that the new website worked after all the changes
5. Thanks that people seem to like the new game

I saw this mentioned in The Economist:

The International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group (IFC) and the Financial Times (FT) are pleased to jointly announce their second annual Essay Competition. This year’s theme is “Private Sector Development: Creating Markets, Transforming Lives.”

The Competition is soliciting action-oriented essays that:

* Provide insight into current Private Sector Development (PSD) research

* Develop and support the implementation of leading-edge PSD initiatives

* Strike a balance between conceptual and practical considerations for private-sector involvement in developing countries, and the effect of that involvement on development

* Reflect innovative, data-supported research resulting from the author’s own professional or academic work

* Target economic & financial policymakers, the international financial community and/or international domestic investors

I’m not sure about this one. I like the idea behind it, and it’s a topic I’m interested in, but I’ve never written an academic paper before. Might be an interesting challenge if I can find a suitable topic.

A job I’ve often thought would be pretty cool is being the person who selects music for TV shows/movies/commercials (“music supervisor”, I think), although I’ve got no idea how to get into that. However, I do know some people, so maybe I’ll ask around.

Anyway, I’ve toyed with the idea of going to the Edinburgh International Television Festival for a few years now without ever getting around to it. Perhaps I’ll go this year – last year the agenda was pretty diverse, covering games and technology too. I’ll see what this years agenda looks like on Tuesday.

29-Jun: 50%
30-Jun: 50%
1-Jul: None, but walked 2.5 miles over the course of the day
2-Jul: Done
3-Jul: Done
4-Jul: Done, plus football
5-Jul: Done

After working the last few days with a monster headache, little sleep, and increasingly aching joints due to sitting too much, there’s an updated website and a new game.

I’m off to get some fresh air.

1. Thanks for being able to work through pain
2. Thanks for doing deals in the middle of everything else
3. Thanks for payday, and the resultant squirreling away of money
4. Thanks for feeling sleepy
5. Thanks for old movies in the background

41%

1. Thanks for medicine which can at least mitigate headaches
2. Thanks for mangoes
3. Thanks for almost getting the new site done
4. Thanks for finding out that my friend will be visiting in August
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1. Thanks that my windows are mostly waterproof
2. Thanks for risotto
3. Thanks for knowing I should sleep now and wake early to be most productive
4. Thanks for visible progress
5. Thanks for my heater

To do work you love and feel that it matters; how could anything be more fun?

—Katherine Graham

But some is better than none!

I’m making too many typos now.

1. Thanks for overpromising and overdelivering
2. Thanks that I can provide amusement to others by wandering around the office in my socks
3. Thanks for readable books
4. Thanks for my heater
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