Just off to bed, and looked up at the ceiling ( Read more... )

Ah...that old Edith Piaf song. That old soppy romantic chanson. I was listening to it, and as is my wont, I decided to look up the lyrics just to nail them down a bit, but unfortunately the first site Google took me to had made such a hilarious spelling error in the first line of its transcription that it was immediately obvious even though I wasn' ( Read more... )

I've booked for Bicon!

This wouldn't usually be exciting news, but I've not gone since 2004, so it's been a while for me, and I'm looking forward to it. :o)

So, I thought I'd check up on the World Cup tiebreak rules so I could work out where England stands. So, here's my understanding of the situation:

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Well, I can safely say that I don't think I have ever looked more ugly in my life; I look like an extra from a drama-documentary about the Great Plague. However, three days in and there's still no sign of the dreaded itch. My current spots are in a variety of stages, with the ones on my face being furthest along, it seems (I didn't think I'd ever ( Read more... )

I appear to have the pox.

Chickenpox, to be precise. I will therefore be in self-imposed quarantine for the next week, and will have to miss my friend's wedding on Saturday. Boo.

I am not looking forward to the next few days very much.

If you've missed Pac Man, don't neglect to go onto the Google homepage today - where they are celebrating its 30th anniversary - and play with your directional buttons. Just sayin'.

OK, I know there's a lot of residual cynicism and scepticism about the 2012 Games, but I actually think they've done a pretty cool job with the mascots. Coe has apparently said that their research showed that kids both a) are fed up with furry things as mascots and b) want some kind of story attached. So given those two things, I think what they've ( Read more... )

Just a quick thought on this: I think the probability of a 'yes' result on this far exceeds 50%, even with the parliamentary Conservative party campaigning against it. My understanding is that the coalition agreement requires that the binding result of such a referendum will work on simple majority i.e. that the decision will go with how the ( Read more... )

You know I absolutely love people speaking languages, particularly British politicians. So! Apparently Nick Clegg speaks Dutch, German, French and Spanish. I've found a video of the first of these, and very impressive it is too - his Mum is Dutch, apparently - but I'd pay good money to find video examples of him speaking the other languages. But in ( Read more... )