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By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
20.Jul
20 July 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
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Interesting. I decided to wear a suit into work today. As usual this should thoroughly confuse people. I think I like the supprised look on their faces. In other rather unusual news I had a dream about cats. No it wasn't a dream. It was pretty darn intimidating. I look at cats a little suspectly now, with a cautious admiration...anyway too wierd to talk about - people might think I'm mad...ah wait...yes, better safe than sorry.

Had an awesome night last night. Mucked about with Spam - I know seems sorta disgusting but not really. Im talking about email spam. I spend a good portion of the evening reporting spam mail from my mailbox so that they might be identified as spam again and to even things off I reported Ham, which is the exact inverse of spam which helps the spam brain on my server know what's the 'good stuff'. In doing so I did some scripting kung Fu delving into a little Awk which was Awk-ward... anyway, I ended up ordering two large pizzas, one of which I left untouched and is now in the fridge but the other served as a welcome back gift for my stomach.

I installed a cool wiki server which looks great and now will serve as my universal documentation and note taking tool. Currently you can find those scripts I was talking about above there: http://notes.stuartmathews.com

Sick as a Dog

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By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
18.Jul
18 July 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
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Woa, I've been really sick lately. The only other time I felt this sick was when I ate a whole box of Lindor Dark chocolate balls - I was clung onto my toilet seat with great respect and awareness that night. Kind of the same thing happened to me this weekend however the cause I think was due to me stupidly going for a 10km run without properly hydrating before or after - after which I just had a protein drink and a bowl of veggies. Anyway, this was Saturday, seemed fine afterwards, didn't even feel that different afterwards, I'd done 10pm runs before with any problems. I woke up on Sunday with the mother of headaches - registered 39.3 degrees and felt like my head was going to rip through my skull. Pretty uncomfortable. I had this sorta low to medium nausea sensation in my stomach which I ignored, still had the headache and fever. Couldn't actually do anything but wait and hope for it to pass. After a bit I started thinking that maybe it was the chocolate protein shake that didn't sick so well and was causing the nausea but also apparently after heavy exercise you generate toxins which if not removed are poisonous. That might have happened. I eventually got pretty worried so I had a cold bath to bring me temperature down(because my headache was pretty bad/hot). Spent 20 odd minutes in the tub, felt a lot better. Amazing what lowering ones temperature can do for you. That said, it was short lived and the debilitating headache came back which was quite disheartening as I didn't was that same pain again. But nevertheless it came back, thick and full and at times I wondered, perhaps dramatically what would happen if I passed out - who would know? The nausea was starting to really bother me and I decided to get whatever was in my stomach out - much like my episode with the Lindor balls. I think there is a distinctly instinctive reaction and not wanting to cause yourself to throw-up but in my experience, no matter how terrible it feels, always relieves nausea. So I induced vommiting and I resolved the nausea. My temperature has gone down considerably, it's at 37.7 but the headache is still here, bit better but still always around. I've not taken any pain tablets because I read that ibuprofen can cause stomach problems and to be honest that was the last thing I was after. Could not sleep, not really because I was feeling too cold and too hot and really the headache was a constant reminder how sick I was. Around 3am this morning I started feeling better, but a minuscule amount but that was soothing enough!


I almost decided that I'd recovered enough to head into work, which I later decided may not be a great idea. I'm glad I stayed at home because I'm still fighting this headache which is much better than it was. One thing that hasn't changed is how much my muscles ache.

Slept for a bit this afternoon while the tour de France commentators were droning in the background. I still really couldn't do much but watch the works through my eyes and jlnot really concentrate on what I see.

One thing I did end up doing around evening time was rekindle my obsession with rugged, tough looking, can-do-anything outdoor watches. I've found and become rather in awe of the Seiko Pathfinder PAW1500-7ver which, man! is the most awesomest watch I've seen. Its got a Titanium strap so it says I'm sophisticated but I will rip you head off. I want one.

anyway, I can write this post an get through it so I'm getting better, if only I could get rid of this blasted headache...



hello weekend

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By Stuart Mathews
Stuart Mathews
15.Jul
15 July 2011
Last Updated: 30 October 2015
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Had an pretty ok day. Still mucking about with various Databasing coolness. How wierd am I? Highlights include a database query that worked, discovering my new found favourite old car - 69,I think , Cadilac convertible. I had a neck massage which was cool. Actually very interesting, as my journey into the woman psyche got a new fact thrown at it. The massage therapist says that you can't find a woman with hidden agendas. That kinda made pause for a while. I suppose not.

anyway, apart from that essential tidbit the day was cool, had a strawberry milkshake for lunch, that and a hippie- salad bunched with a big standard HTL sandwich. Yeah I love simple but effective food. It's Friday and as everyone is heading out eith their cool plans for the weekend, I'm kinda have a smirk on because I know I'm going to have a real chilled one - I really can't find a better way to spend a weekend other than just doing stuff as it hits you. Actually the weekend is really one if the only times I get go running, sweat up a storm and quite casually watch tv in my running shorts and shirt. Lives good. Its not sad it's empowering.

I have this massive desire to hit the gym but Friday gym is where all the losers like me hang out so I think illl get my fix of testosterone-adrenaline by going for a run...or watching a scary thriller or something in the planner.

Some lady has just hauled herself and her bag(which is bigger than her) onto the tube...woa, the tube in rush hour doesn't like that.

Got a dentist appointment tomorrow. I'm so over it. I spend a lot of money at the dentist. Suppose I should spend the money on that more than most stuff. Yeah yeah. 10am appointment tomorrow.

One great thing about having broadband is hooking up my XBox to stream movies.

The picture is of a Morgan, still manufactured today, that I came across while going for my run yesterday.

There we go.

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