profile image - pencil sketch of a man with grey hair and beard seated next to a small table. The man is reading a book and there is a glass of red wine on the table A twitter of inconsequent vitality
Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Playlist: Death in Vegas feat. Liam Gallagher♫Scorpio Rising Chris Isaak♫Wicked Game Blondie♫Hanging on the Telephone Nirvana♫Smells Like Teen Spirit Pearl Jam♫Once The Sisters of Mercy♫Nine While Nine The All Seeing I♫1st Man in Space The Sisters of Mercy♫Lucretia My Reflection

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Jed Mercurio on @BBCRadio4’s #DesertIslandDiscs - fascinating conversation and a fantastic selection of music

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A poplar hawk-moth has appeared in my server room.

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Hot day = Ouzo night

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Had a hammock disaster :(

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📆 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Garden

Talk & The Optimist - D. H. Lawrence

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📆 | 🏷 Books 🏷 Poetry

Prompt delivery from Sous Chef @SousChefTweet - in time for some weekend cooking :)

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📆 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Food

Some excellent gins at Cardiff Gin Festival but queue times at bars really needs sorting out @ginvodkaco - 30+ min for a drink is not acceptable 😡

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Royal Gun Salute outside Cardiff City Hall

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Tomorrow is World Gin Day :) worldginday.com

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Early to vote in the rain

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📆 | 🏷 Photography 🏷 Politics

ICC Champions Trophy 2017 starts today - nice to see a Google Doodle celebrating it. 🏏

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📆 | 🏷 Cricket

Wine glasses have increased in size from a capacity of 65ml 300 years ago to 450ml today - 🔖 Bigger wine glasses make us drink too much

📆 | 🏷 Links 🏷 Wine

I am now posting to Twitter entirely via my microblog at thedimpause.micro.blog

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Yanis Varoufakis at the Hay Festival

📆 | 🏷 Links 🏷 Politics
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