<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Seeing life in technicolour</title>
	<atom:link href="http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:20:24 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='rossmeader.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/e09fbdbd51f6f67b956bd955a809a2df?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Seeing life in technicolour</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Seeing life in technicolour" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>A letter to Father Christmas</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/a-letter-to-father-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/a-letter-to-father-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorised]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a few years since I have written a letter to Father Christmas, but I thought this was the year to rejuvenate my petitions to the red-coated philanthropist. I’m not sure whether Father Christmas (a.k.a. Santa Claus) delivers presents to adults? In my household growing up I believe he did, although opinions seem to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=557&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/25/a-letter-to-father-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/image_thumb.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">image</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A one-and-a-half star curry</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/a-one-and-a-half-star-curry/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/a-one-and-a-half-star-curry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domesticities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blowing your nose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/?p=547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the weekends it is my responsibility to cook. Naturally, I try and fill the weekends with meals out and takeaways, but there are only so many friends we have and only so much money to be spent on takeaways. Therefore, very occasionally, I have to cook. My culinary efforts are much better these days. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=547&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/a-one-and-a-half-star-curry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lest We Forget &#8211; Alas I Forgot</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/lest-we-forget-alas-i-forgot/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/lest-we-forget-alas-i-forgot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorised]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poppy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rememberance day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/lest-we-forget-alas-i-forgot/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. I made a bit of a mess of this year’s Armistice Day commemorations. It was 5.03pm on 11th November when I began to wonder why there hadn’t been a moment of silence. Normally, when I am at work, there is an announcement or at least, an indication that now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=543&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/lest-we-forget-alas-i-forgot/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/image_thumb.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">image</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The day I found culture (and lost it again)</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-day-i-found-culture-and-lost-it-again/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-day-i-found-culture-and-lost-it-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorised]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conductor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[symphony orchestra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-day-i-found-culture-and-lost-it-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to go to a classical music concert. So far in my life, I have managed to avoid such a thing – although I should probably clarify I haven’t deliberately avoided it &#8211; I just haven’t actively chosen it. I was a bit in the dark about what to expect. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=523&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-day-i-found-culture-and-lost-it-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The wrong seat</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/the-wrong-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/the-wrong-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Out and about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Atkinson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/the-wrong-seat/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you sitting carefully?&#8230; Then I’ll begin. I exited out of the airport, hailed a taxi and then made a faux-pas. It seems that convention in Germany does not involve customers driving themselves to their destination. I forgot that in Germany, the steering wheel is not on the right side (by that I mean the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=522&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/the-wrong-seat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/image_thumb.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">image</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The glorious Nokia C3-01</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/the-glorious-nokia-c3-01/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/the-glorious-nokia-c3-01/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domesticities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/the-glorious-nokia-c3-01/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t blogged on this site for a while because I’ve been deciding what phone to get. I was going out of my mind, weighing up the permutations of network providers, text/talk options, which shop to walk into and not forgetting the phone itself, with its size, battery life, camera quality, type of keyboard, touch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=514&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/the-glorious-nokia-c3-01/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/image_thumb.png" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">image</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A honeymoon for three (part 2)</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Out and about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[con]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeymoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mauritius]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-2/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most convenient way to see other parts of the island of Mauritius was to hire a taxi driver for the day. This was ideal -we would benefit from his local knowledge, while having complete control of our itinerary, all for a price of just 35K rupees, which we had negotiated the night before. Bargain! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=509&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>A honeymoon for three (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Out and about]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gecko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeymoon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mauritius]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/?p=503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog seems to be descending into an obsession about various creatures. Having successfully rid the attic of mice (now succeeded by a family of birds), criticised made-up pets and been reminded of bears in wooded settings, the honeymoon would be an opportunity to escape from this madness… or so I thought. Firstly, there were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=503&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/a-honeymoon-for-three-part-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/023-that-cat_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">023 That cat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>FRD (Facial Recognition Disorder)</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/frd-facial-recognition-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/frd-facial-recognition-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 21:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorised]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[names]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop-and-chat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/frd-facial-recognition-disorder/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have stared blankly at mild acquaintances, confused people’s siblings with their girlfriends and have said hello to complete strangers. As far as I know, there is no name for this weakness, but I refer to it as Facial Recognition Disorder or FRD. From time to time, you hear introductories interrupted with the apology “Please [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=500&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/frd-facial-recognition-disorder/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/clip_image002_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">clip_image002</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>George</title>
		<link>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/george/</link>
		<comments>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/george/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R Meader</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorised]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[missing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/george/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me introduce you to George. George is the perfect pet. He is clean, he is tidy, he doesn’t require walks and he pays his own way. The downside to all this is that he is not a very good companion. He is never around. We never see him. We haven’t even met him. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rossmeader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6398693&amp;post=488&amp;subd=rossmeader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://rossmeader.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/george/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ross</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://rossmeader.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/catdog_thumb.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">catdog</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
