Woke up today as usual. Thought it was a little light in the bedroom. Didn't really notice until Merc got a phone call and twitched the curtain back a bit. There was light reflecting whitely on the ceiling. Snow ( Read more... )

There are two televisions in this house. The upstairs TV plays the usual four channels (badly, we're in a hilly patch), plus whatever's on the X-Box or the PS2. The other, though, that's a whole different ball game ( Read more... )

Diet starts as soon as we've finished the chocolate and other junk lying around the house. Exercise starts tomorrow. Work starts tomorrow again too. House-cleaning started today but there's plenty more to do.

I'm feeling energised again. :)

I wish I could get my hands on a real Malaysian 13-lok kris (more than a foot of wavy-bladed knife, for those who don't know what I'm on about look here. There used to be one in the props bin of the school theatre, back when I was 17, and we got on famously despite her lack of a point and the flecks of paint on her blade. I want one willing to be ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, everyone!

( Oh look, another cliff and more Disney workers forcing me over it! )

Snow snow snow!

Okay, there's less than half an inch of the wonderful white stuff, but it's still snow! I look over the valley and the hills are white! Wooooo! There's sod all of it, but it's stayed all day and it's still more than I saw in Leeds!

Snooooooowww! In December! And there will be more! Wheeeee!

No spoilers here ( Read more... )

I have just *got* to share this link.

The threat posed by the Al-gebra movement

Absolute classic. :)

I recently found out about this sport, a sport with so many devotees that there are clubs and holidays and everything. It's called 'greenlaning', though it might be spelt differently, and I just got to try it. It's great fun. You take a 4x4 (a real 4x4, not a pretend one) down a track that is technically a road but certainly won't take any normal ( Read more... )