Big congratulations to skinny_cartman, who after a long and difficult timee unemployed in todays difficult job markets has found a new job :)

An interesting site pointed out by Jhaelan is one that explains what your name means, and is of course completely bogus but can be funny ( Read more... )

Quite a lot has been happening, mostly bad news but it ends happy. The birthday period started with IBM dropping Anita's contract on the very last day at Convergys. Not only was this very bad for Anita but it means Mags is once again looking for a house (and if its possible, I'm even less enthusied with IBM ( Read more... )

Work has sprung a fun surprise on me that will mean I'll be out of town until the weekend. I love it when they do that, at least it keeps my on my toes :)

Discovered the newest big time waster in my live, Morrowind. It's a hugh RPG game that tries to give as flexible a story line as the developers could manage.. which is top. So top that I hadn't even noticed BT cut my phone line :)

I'm moving the Saturday, so if anybody wants to get hold of me it will have to be via my mobile.

Saw Mitch on Friday, gotta remember to arrange seeing him near my birthday. The matrix reloaded comes out in the cinemas on my birthday, so it sounds like an opportunity for drinks and movies ( Read more... )

I don't know if I find this funny or feel really really sorry for these guys.. I hope that at the very least they put the auction up and that nobody did it to them as a horrid joke.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=25618

Mags has gone back to Manchester today, making the house seem quiet and empty. I know that her leaving is about to signify the start of a great new chapter in our lives, but while shes gone everything is quite and I'm stuck in the closing down of a chapter that just won't end ( Read more... )