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We sometimes joke that the River Aire has a lot like the Ankh. Occasionally, things get a bit too close to home. For example, the council recently cut down some of the trees along the bank and cleared out some of the crap in the river. Among the tyres and bits of plastic they removed, you will also note they found a Coca-Cola-branded vending machine lying in the river.

TPP have been running recruitment ads in the train station for a long time. I find their tagline, “are you a little bit geeky?” patronising, and I have heard a few too many bad things about working there to be that interested.

But one of the other major healthcare software companies in Leeds, EMIS Health, have started advertising as well. This cheeky shot is presumably aimed at Sky Bet and William Hill, who are also big employers in Leeds.

Venla in the hospital.

Venla ready to go home for the first time.

A sleepy Venla and a very tired daddy.

Venla’s first trip out in her pram.

Venla’s first nap on the balcony.

Supergirl Venla.

Nap time.

God bless parents.

Apparently you are not allowed to smoke in maternity wards anymore. Luckily, Elina got me some chocolate cigars instead.

My paternity satchel came with a champagne. I am not sure why.

Just to clarify then, it is a 24 hour Costa that closes for 1 hour 25 minutes each night.

Back in April, I wrote about the LGI’s dubious spelling of ultrasound. We’ve been there quite a bit recently: volunteering with Anxiety Leeds, having baby scans and visiting my grandma. Each time we go, we seem to notice another sign that is not quite correct.

A bold new spelling of gynaecology.

Capitalising each word seems to be an interesting stylistic choice, but why is “thank you” hyphenated? It is bizarre.

Why would you capitalise “floors”?

Why would you capitalise “hospital”?

Areas “are” safe and secure?

Morrisons have spelt marijuana incorrectly. Maybe they have been smoking too much of the merchandise?

When you run a 10k, there are often people taking photos of you on the way round. I usually ignore them because I look awful in the photos, but the ones from this year’s Run For All Leeds 10k look better than normal.

The thumbnails are all square, and therefore chop my head off, but if you click them I do have a head somewhere.