A present for mulgaun:

Father Christmas, most rotund,
Weighed far too much, so moribund,
Set up a life insurance fund,
And passed away, his wife jocund.

A present for Mr Falsename, ( behind a cut to defend the innocence of our younger

readers: )

This weekend I changed my company, heading down to London for the weekend to see my brother. It was great, and I’ll update about 6:30pm tonight (set your alarms y’all) but in the meantime, here’s today’s game ( Read more... )

I can't decide if it is a new media trend, a new social trend or simply that I'm noticing it for the first time, but calls for resignation have begun to occur as a matter if course in British politics. Sir Ian Blair, Home Secretary Charles Clarke and others have all been targets for that classically vague media line "There have been calls for him ( Read more... )

Four consecutive exams have left my brain in a consistency akin to warm candy-floss. Thursday night saw it lashed together into something servicable with a couple of cold beers and some good company, almost allowing me to forget that the evening was a hiatus rather than a conclusion. A pair of exams still wait for me next week like bouncers in ( Read more... )

Weblog cliche #23

I have an exam today!

It's a relief to finally be in the exam cycle, as opposed to revision. Like training for six months to avenge the humiliating defeat of your brother in a kickboxing tournament, and finally stepping into the ring against your huge, be-topknotted Thai opponent.

I know this will be written, reported, churned over and discussed to death but it's getting mentioned anyway because I have an opinion ( Read more... )

Ah, the joy of finishing an essay - is there anything else like it ( Read more... )

If words are copied from a text file, ready for pasting into a forum post, then deleted from the text file, they exist in a kind of clipboard limbo. If a power cut were to manifest itself they would be lost forever. Perhaps the flame would never be posted that would have started the flame-war to end all flame wars. Perhaps the comment would never ( Read more... )

One for Mr False Name, whenever he stops by, because I think they'll appeal, but available to all to click - isn't freedom of information great?

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