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Aujourd'hui je dois parler francais
Help!
My phone has decided to predict French instead of English. No problem for me, but considering that none of the people I text frequently understand the language it is making life a little frustrating.
Can anyone tell me how I made it happen and, more importantly, how do I make it unhappen?
It's a Samsung I've had for a couple of years, but don ( Read more... ) -
Wheezing writer
Well this runner is in dire need of salbutamol ( Read more... ) -
I spent an evening watching telly!
Under normal circumstances I'll turn the tv on to watch something in particular, and maybe get stuck in front of something else, but it is rare that I settle down to spend an evening staring at the screen. (I admit that, until last week, there were a series of Mondays where Only Connect followed University Challenge followed Mastermind but even ( Read more... ) -
NaNoWriMo progress report
5148 words in these two days and a convenient point to stop. I'm on schedule, and it's not been a chore, so pudding for me tonight ;o ( Read more... ) -
Hello strangers
I know I've not been around for a while: 'new' job hasn't led to the increase in time on here I'd anticipated, but it has decreased the stress levels. I'll maybe get round to posting more details to friends anon.
Anyway, as you can see by the icon, this year I'm finally going to do it and, having successfully procrastinated all morning I thought I'd ( Read more... ) -
NOT(Bang!)
It took me as long to drive home yesterday as it would have done to walk under normal circumstances ( Read more... ) -
An honest neighbour!
Around four o'clock the underwriter rang. He had just finished introducing himself when there came a knock on the door. Little old chap standing there with a carrier bag & inside it ... my bag! He explained that he'd seen it, picked it up to take to the police station but, seeing my driving licence, decided to hold on to it 'until I thought you'd ( Read more... ) -
To the person who picked up my bag
from outside my house - yes, the black one with the broken strap that you found on the way to work or school this morning.
I have now cancelled all of the cards, locked the phone & SIM, & made arrangements for the locks to be changed. This means that even if you now hand it into the police, or return it to me, it has already cost me the excess on my ( Read more... ) -
2008 Magazines Weeks 1 & 2
So what do I want to stick from three copies of New Scientist, one of New Internationalist and one of Granta?
(I'm only going to ignore work ones here!)
I think I've already mentioned Ian McEwan's libretto for a chamber opera in Granta - that was fun in that it reminded me of musicians I have known and provided a nice introduction to Amsterdam ( Read more... )
