...my head hurts...

I have just come home to a payslip, according to which I have passed through the tax threshold and actually started to pay incometax. This means £13.10 less money than expected this week - I hope the government spend it wisely and don't fritter it away on unjustified wars, destroying freedom of expression and lubricating the already obscenely rich ( Read more... )

and welcome to my shiny new arse-kicking computer :-D

At ten to eight, or thereabouts, my new laptop arrived. Tonight, I shall set it up to my liking, and make some bread.

Now, for work...

If you feel like getting annoyed, read this.

On the other hand this looks vaguely hopeful, though I'd not want to be over optimistic.

Have you responded yet?

So, the Japanese are now at least saying that they're not going to go after humpbacks as well as their usual crop of whales as this year, as they originally intended. This in response, they insist, is purely in response to diplomatic pressure ( Read more... )

Have your say: comment now to the government about ban on "protest" -which includes such dangerous acts as impersonating Charlie Chaplin- within a mile of the Palace of Westminster on the grounds of "terrorist threat" at the link below ( Read more... )

I have now imbibed sufficient coffee to kill a bull elephant. Possibly even a blue whale. I don't know what I want more: sleep or beer. I'm not even buzzing - I'm just Extremely Not Asleep While Sleepful. Five minute's 'til I can go home. Or to the pub. Whatever ( Read more... )

On my second chocolate bar of the morning, and if I drink any more coffee my eyes will explode like a German bishop.

Did I mention that I don't think working here is entirely healthy?