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There's one born every minute....
I just met Swoopo (Thanks Boingboing.
I am impressed; someone's pretty much managed to commercialise a dollar auction. This doesn't fall under the 'that's so obvious, I wish I thought of that', more the 'even if I'd thought of it, I'd have assumed it'd be illegal ( Read more... ) -
Votey vote vote
I just got around to updating my electoral enrollment with my new address (my bad).
I love the fact that the form has a 'If the place you reside does not have a street or lot number, draw a sketch to indicate where you live', followed by about a third of a page blank.... -
To lose one, Mr Worthington....
Emmett is currently missing ( Read more... ) -
Yay
The Girl's Dissertation defence was today (well, Friday Georgia time) and it apparently went really well, with all the examiners signing off with only insignificant edits requested.
Hurrah. -
Operation Overlay commenced
So I've got this house, y'see ( Read more... ) -
In other news...
If we get another kitten, I'm going to call it Entropy. -
Progress
The purchase of the house settled on Friday (after a two day delay while the vendor ran around in circles after our lawyer said "no, we won't give you the money until you clear the mortgage you have on the house"...). It also only took the bank 24hrs to realise they'd paid the mortgage draw-down into my cheque account, rather than the lawyer's ( Read more... ) -
Stress levels 9 (though I think the swedish judge might give it a 9.5)
House papers signed ( Read more... ) -
A wee swim
I've been feeling pretty good with my swimming lately, finishing most of my recent swims going 'okay, that was pretty easy, I feel like I could go do that again'. However, since I've been swimming in the mornings before work, I haven't really had the chance to test this theory - today being a saturday, I have. And the answer is yes, yes I could do ( Read more... )