Something I've alwaysbelieved bout my job anf IT jobs in general, but never managed to express as well as Dan......

GFR - of no known LJ sobriquet - flipped me this piece on "Neo Puritanism" fr'm't Observer Guardian like.  Her take of them could be loosely summarised as laudable goals, but don't know that it doesn't take a lot to have a good timeThese do not sound like fun people.  These are not the kind of people you'd want to pop down to the local to listen to ( Read more... )

I like it.  Read from the beginning - no skipping now......

"A robot-guided Volkswagen won a $US2 million ($A2.63 million) race across the rugged Nevada desert yesterday, beating four other vehicles in a contest aimed at making warfare safer for humans ( Read more... )

So what can't I put in to the temple that is my body?

( Do I really want to know? )

I finally took a closer look at what I have been eating all week.

( Open the stomach )

No, really.......

Fuck I'm hungry.  Still fighting the good fight etc etc etc, but this afternoon was unexpectedly tough - luckily I could blame the rumblings on earth moving equipment.. Very comforting to have blancverse cooking parsnips for me. 

The day started promisingly enough - the works out side the house subsided during the night.  The ride of the valkeries played as I swooped down King St to the Monash. Spring day. Birds singing,yada yada yada.

blancverse cunningly disguised the "delightfully nutty flavour" by wrapping it in a fabulous salad - the low fat Bulgaria fetta was stunning (along ( Read more... )

It started off simply enough. I wanted a massage and blancverse suggested the woman she went to. Somehow IU ended up having accupuncture on diverse bodily parts and embarking on a 28 day body cleansing plan and taking a course of chinese herbs. Day one passed pretty easily - 'scuse the pun - aside from a craving for steamed bok choy and oyster sauce.

After ( Read more... )