Otherwise known as the Blood Service, are here at the hospital today. So I'm going over this afternoon to give blood. You might want to think about that in case of accidents, you know, a la "Hellblazer: Tainted Love". Not that there's anything wrong with my blood, but, you know, the "Interesting Times" curse might be contagious through direct fluid ( Read more... )

So. Further to This rather troubling news, today the Guardian reports This even more troubling newsI am reminded of these lines from "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", in which Arthur Dent, admittedly slightly tripping from the the Infinite Improbability Drive affecting his perception of the world, and particularly Southend, says ( Read more... )

The beginning of my weekend can be gacked shamelessly from Coallump's entry .

Edited once I'd figured out some of this tag shenanigans, now happily sorted There is, of course, another side to the whole story, such as the port I'd bought as an experiment in a new brand was really rather good, but I must of course get a second bottle to see if it ( Read more... )

Or not. But coallump is coming to take me away (heeheehahahoho) this evening after work. Not sure what the plan is, or even if there is a plan. But no doubt some form of girlie fun will ensue ( Read more... )

How is it that this story was on the front page of The Guardian online this morning, but had vanished by lunchtime?

It's the End of the World as We Know it?And wasn't global warming a really big issue about 15 years ago? You do wonder if the US thinks it's got another planet to go to, or that they'll have their very own ecosystem independent to ( Read more... )

Of how bored I am. Re-discovered this old chestnut of a website ( Read more... )

Yesterday - woke up, realised something wasn't right, it took me a few minutes to realise I couldn't see out of my left eye. Migraine brought on by hormonal fluctuation. Gah. Went back to bed after calling work and taking my meds.

Surfaced at about 7-ish eventually, still feeling a bit nasty but not as bad.

Spoke to waistcoatmark, doing that kind of twice ( Read more... )

Anyone know where I can get info as to when and where Renaissance faires (ie places to spend obscene amounts of money on period stuff) are held in the UK? The internet keeps pointing me at the US, even when I tick the UK pages option (grrrrr).

Ok, so I know I said this journal is meme-free, but I have been infected by bateleur - we all know he is hte devil in a bad disguise anyway.

So, hidden for my modesty behind ( This cut )

Anyone seen waistcoatmark He seem to have absented himself from the computer, which seems implausible at the very least.

In addition, I'd just like to point out, given quisalan's multiple references to Evil Squared and canada Dock, that I feel I was a trend setter 5 years ago when living in Surrey Quays and that this generically means you're all doomed to end up in ( Read more... )