Montreal book luvvrs: I have a stack of books to sell before we leave for the US. If any take your fancy, let me know and make me an offer... The list is here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/AlistairMilne/tosell

Muriel mentioned Richard Marx at dinner last night. I then proceeded to get Hazard stuck in my head. When I say stuck, I mean I woke up at 4.30am with the tune in my head and couldn't get back to sleep because my mind was chasing half-remembered lyrics. I eventually had to get up and search for the lyrics online, just so that I could complete ( Read more... )

For the first time in my life, my age has surpassed my waist size in inches. This is due to two complimentary effects ( Read more... )

Triple-post combo ( Read more... )

Ugh. I just remembered why I dread selling things. Because people fuck you around for far too long before deciding that, you know what, it's not quite the right shade of blue or some other shit they should have known from the outset before even bothering to reply. Today's adventure has already begun, I'm trying to sell some camera lenses that I ( Read more... )

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

I tried this on Facebook a few months ago with reasonable success, I thought I might try again here on LiveJournal since you guys all have impeccable taste ( Read more... )

Bloody hell the last two months have been spendy! All the family birthdays apart from mine, plus new glasses for Muriel, a painting from an artist friend, and now glasses for Kelvin. Hopefully the poor vision was also the cause of his headaches, so fingers-crossed they'll stop now.

Can the spending stop now please?

Mu bought a new mattress this week, it arrived yesterday and we slept on it for the first time last night. Oh my word what a difference. The old one was basically worn out even though I only bought it 4.5 years ago when we first arrived in Canada. It sagged, it was shaped like a pair of valleys side by side, and we're both feeling some degree of ( Read more... )

Imagine a fully functional Linux PC about the same size as a USB key, which costs about $25.

Actually don't bother, no need to imagine.

Incredible.