So, status update, where am I? Where am I going? What time is it ( Read more... )

Today is a sad day.

Apparently now I am working for Eurest. As of the second day at one place the chef person seems to think it would be better if I were there all week instead of two days. That makes two of them now. Is the world so utterly devoid of people who can do the washing up, fill vending machines and make sandwiches that I actually happen to the only one ( Read more... )

According to my calculations if you have a million pounds in the bank and the interest rate is 4.83552% then that is effectively the same as having the minimum wage for being alive.

If you have 237,442.92 pounds in the bank at that rate you will get the equivalent of forty hours a week at the minimum wage.

Basil = Greek Basileos = King
Sybil = Roman Sybils = Religion
Polly = Greek Polloi = The Masses
Manuel = Manual Labour

It's all so obvious! The conflicts between religion and monarchy take place across the background of oppression of the workers. The names give it all away!

Something to write about, something to write about, apart from a repetition of myself from 2006 saying I seemed far more interesting in 2004, which followed to its logical conclusion means it was a damned shame I didn't write this thing back in 1986 when I was two years old as I would have been some kind of genius of satire and social commentary, ( Read more... )

And it's summer again, summery summery summer, time of floral print dresses and ice-cream on the lawn with table mats woven from the hair of organic hamsters. What larks, what fun, what a shame it's all for other people. I can walk around in a black coat and hat and look at them, but that's not really the point, although some of them are pleasing ( Read more... )

I did have some plan to write something here, but I can't remember what it was, I bought a notebook and a pencil yesterday to make notes of things I intended to write, look up, or whatever else I might plan to do and then forget about, but I seem to have forgotten to write down what I meant to write about. Which is something of a nuisance. Perhaps ( Read more... )

Birthday yesterday,
Even older now alas,
Winter's pain unfolds.

They do emphasise the loneliness don't they? Damned things, far better off without them. Meh.

Oh look, it's December, and has been for thirteen days already, insert blasphemous reference to deity of choice, and December, as so often, is freezing. I say freezing, although the weather people seem to be saying it's actually slightly above, not that this makes much difference to me, as I am not actually made of water, and therefore am not going ( Read more... )