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		<title>Tax return</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I now have to do one and last Friday I did one. Because of the nature of my current work situation it&#8217;s been fairly easy to calculate how much I owe in tax for a while but I still hate doing it. Why do I hate doing it? Because the form that HMRC set up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1886&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking a break for the holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No sooner have I found my feet again when it comes to maintaining this blog I am taking a break for the Christmas and New Year holidays. It&#8217;s been a weird one for me on a personal level and I&#8217;m quite amazed to see the finishing line in sight. Over the winter there will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1810&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>24 hours in Manchester</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/12/13/24-hours-in-manchester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I went to Manchester to see Manchester United play Wolves in the Premier League at Old Trafford. I&#8217;ve been supporting them since 1996 so I&#8217;ve been waiting to see them for a long time and was very happy that I finally could go t0 the Theatre of Dreams. This also came just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1786&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movember</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/11/01/movember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month I&#8217;ll be taking part in Movember, which is growing in popularity. Basically it involves grown men growing a &#8216;nose neighbour&#8217;, as Ned Flanders would call it, for a month to raise money for testicular cancer initiatives. It&#8217;s a fun thing for a great cause. What I&#8217;m asking from you, blog readers, is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1693&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some odds and ends on the 11th October</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[angel hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crypt bar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nokia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people independent music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sam amidon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[søren malling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scandinavian show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sofie gråbøl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a summary of things that have happened or will happen: Tomorrow I am going to see Sam Amidon play a gig at the Crypt Bar in the Angel Hotel, Guildford. I&#8217;ve been there once on Heritage Open Days this year and I think it&#8217;s going to be very interesting to see how that plays [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1666&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Autumn</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/09/06/hello-autumn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[guildford people]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[round-up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the musical chairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while (again) since I last wrote down an order of coherent words here and clicked the button marked &#8216;Publish&#8217;on my WordPress dashboard. I&#8217;ve been too busy doing a whole multitude of things so it might be best to summarise all that&#8217;s happened in the past few weeks in one simple blog entry. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1604&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So, didn&#8217;t miss much then?</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/07/17/so-didnt-miss-much-then/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hackgate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m fully aware that whilst I&#8217;ve been away being busy that the media industry has been rocked by the scandals that are circling News Corp &#8211; bad time to not blog for a while I guess. I&#8217;ve been trying to find a good time to express my thoughts on it all but I still can&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1573&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Generic update in the middle of June</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/06/15/generic-update-in-the-middle-of-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[considering my future]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just realised that we definitely are in the middle of June. How interesting. Anyway&#8230; About a week ago I had a job interview that came out of nowhere. It was for a really cool sounding position that involved coding, digital marketing and lots of other interesting things but once again I lost out. You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1566&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to make sun dried tomato and basil scones</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/06/12/how-to-make-sun-dried-tomato-and-basil-scones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I baked some savoury scones – my first attempt at proper baking for a good few years. I was immensely pleased with the results. The combination of sun dried tomatoes and basil seemed to go down a treat with the people who sampled it so, given that a few asked for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1551&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adjusting to the role of &#8216;lone motivator&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://maxraymond.co.uk/2011/04/18/adjusting-to-the-role-of-lone-motivator/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s mid-April and we&#8217;re entering a stage of the year that I always call the &#8216;manic section&#8217;. I always seem to have a lot of things planned for April and May and this year seems to be no different. Amongst the things I have planned include meeting with my girlfriend&#8217;s family who are coming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=maxraymond.co.uk&amp;blog=6490104&amp;post=1489&amp;subd=maxraymond&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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