"Hi Tim, how are you?" - Bill Bryson

"It is deplorable that legislation which affects some of the most disadvantaged people in society should be couched in language which is so difficult for even a lawyer trained and practised in this field to understand". - the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, on The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987Having spent several hours with ( Read more... )

In other news, someone seems to have stolen my car.

I think my favourite sonnet is either The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins; or Marnanel's 404 Sonnet.

What's yours?

The University has now issued me one parking permit (last year's) as 'T S Packer'; and one (this year's) as 'Y S Packer'. I'd have expected them to do some checking of whether such a person existed within the University ( Read more... )

This morning, my manager told me that my dog had died ( Read more... )