So, I haven't posted for a while for if I had I would simply have moaned in a piteous and horribly self-obsessed way. So, I thought I would wait until I had positive and shiny things to say. So ( Read more... )

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How to make a maggie
Ingredients:

1 part mercy

5 parts self-sufficiency

5 parts empathy
Method:
Layer ingredientes in a shot glass. Add a little caring if desired!

Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.comI cheated as my username isn't nearly so saintly (I didn't really like ambitious, competitive and egotistical - I only do that on a Wednesday when ( Read more... )

I write in praise, praise of Alice. For this is the name of my computer and as such she will be known henceforth. Alice the Almighty, she who encompasses both mouse, key board, hard drive and screen. But not the printer, for the printer is known as Percy and is Alice's faithful side kick, every dogged in the face of draft essays, every eager to ( Read more... )

I had an excellent lecture today and my brain is whirring with possibilities for essays. We looked at Capital Theory, Habitus and 'field' as in - what makes me valuable, what unconscioius stuff holds me back (or makes me feel safe), and how do these help me to operate in the intersecting fields of my existence such as within my family, at work, at ( Read more... )

Why don't all the gyms in London become huge power generators? If this is at all feasible why has no one done anything about it?

Probable ( Read more... )

Kevin Carlyon has just re-invoked Nessie into Loch Ness live on 'Morning Glory' Channel 4. Apparently the efficacy of his previous spell meant that local businesses were losing trade. The ceremony took a little under three minutes and I am sure we can all sigh with relief to know that the giant reptile (or spirit as Kevin proclaims her) may now ( Read more... )

I am depressed as I have just resigned from the choir - there is simply not enough time in the day and I have not left work in time once in the last few months. I feel better for having done it rather than avoiding the issue and thinking it would work out ( Read more... )

In the year 2006 I resolve to:

Learn how to dismantle land mines.

Get your resolution here

I know this one!
...from very far away.