Today, I would like to send my greetings out to a new reader, one Vance Miller. Apparently, Mr. Miller has been reading this journal for about 6 weeks, having been introduced to it by a friend and colleague. On Friday, we had a frank and interesting discussion about some of the points covered in my journal. I conceded several points, but it ( Read more... )

Following conversations with people on Saturday night, I verbally committed myself to doing a movie night with Mirrormask (and probably Lost in La Mancha) some time in December, and a MADLAX marathon some time after Christmas ( Read more... )

Th annual Manchester Beer Festival is held in the basement of the former UMIST Student Union building on 7th-9th November. Who else is up for heading down there, and when?

I had an odd dream last night. It was very mundane in many ways, but odd in that it had a back-story.
You see, I dreamt that I had another little sister. In my dream, she was about 4 years old, which would mean either that I was imagining the last four years being different from reality, or I was dreaming about a time four years from now. There was ( Read more... )

Had an uneventful weekend. So uneventful, indeed, that the only thing worth mentioning is the small pay-day splurge I went on. I popped into HMV on the way home on Friday and bought ( Read more... )

Oh God, how the hell did I think coming into work in this condition was a good idea?! I feel AWFUL and I'm going back and forth to the loo every 20 minutes or so to lean over the bowl with my mouth agape ( Read more... )

On the upside, it gives me the perfect opportunity for that enigmatic, angsty one-line post I've always wanted to do, complete with song lyric title.

Having said that, I'll spoil the effect by asking if anyone knows where the lyric come from. A million Bob points if you can get the band and the song.

I'm in an internet cafe just opposite Christ Church College, Oxford. My sis, it turns out, is working for a large chunk of this weekend, and so has left me to my own devices until 10 PM. I'm taking a break from wandering the streets, staring at moderately picturesque buildings ( Read more... )

I've just had an extraordinarily frustrating phone conversation with a customer, that got to the following point ( Read more... )

Well, not particularly work-related ( Read more... )