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Happy birthday to me
According to my LJ userinfo, I was 108 years old yesterday. While this is an exaggeration, I did clock another orbit of our local star yesterday. As for a kickin' time, I drove 350 miles home from our holiday, through the rain and the traffic, stopping frequently and for long periods to deal with food, potty stops, shitty nappies or general ( Read more... ) -
Literary disappointment
I finished reading Shaun Hutson's Necessary Evil last night. By the end, I was barely able to stop myself from shouting at the book.
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Underground Ernie rant
Underground Ernie came to CBeebies last year. I was really looking forward to it, as I am a huge fan of underground railways. Sadly, it would be better called "Ernie", as they spend most of their time not underground and the undergroundness of the situation is completely irrelevant to any of the storylines.
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Ficlets
kjaneway recently introduced me to ficlets. All very exciting and everything and I can't describe the buzz when someone rates your story with lots of stars ( Read more... ) -
Quoth Charles Kennedy MP
"This revolutionary new Arm core performs eight integer instructions in parallel"
Alas, it was just a dream. -
It's a while since I posted
...and all I have is a quote from a comment in catholicism :
Simply reading the Code of Canon Law alone doesn't always provide an answer for particular circumstances or take into account local custom or rules.
Happy New Year. -
Moist genitals
My good lady wife bought some new shower gel for us yesterday. Apparently, this one has been "approved by real women", and 25% of it is moisturising goop. It's quite surreal to use: it feels more like hand-cream than soap and isn't normally the kind of thing I'd wash my intimates with. On the upside, I'll be lovely and moist all day...