... so I thought I'd post something funny. I'm from the Carnival area, and boy do I miss it.

Don't click on this if you don't like Nazi jokes - for those of you who do, let me introduce to you the legendary Alfons Hatler, former butler, now psychiatrist. One man, one mike, one life, one song - "My Way". Pure genius.

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Incidentally, the actor, ( Read more... )

Now that the US 2008 presidential race has really kicked in, which newspaper / magazine would you recommend for following developments? I only really have time for one, so please help me choose ( Read more... )

80% Barack Obama
78% Mike Gravel
77% Dennis Kucinich
76% Hillary Clinton
75% John Edwards
75% Chris Dodd
75% Bill Richardson
73% Joe Biden
46% Rudy Giuliani
40% John McCain
35% Ron Paul
34% Mitt Romney
29% Mike Huckabee
26% Tom Tancredo
19% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

A little baby name poll to start off the year ...

We've already settled on a name for our son, but we won't reveal it on LJ until he's born. He will get two names, which fit well with our daughter's names.

Poll Baby Name Poll

The answer will be revealed in the week before Easter :)

... and apologies to prettyannamoon, sannalim, stereo_m and awelkin. I was very busy in the run up to our trip to Germany - as a result, I didn't manage to make it to the post office in time. You'll get your parcels / letters some time in January; I'll post them on Saturday, which is my usual day for Post Office runs ( Read more... )

... BOY!

Unmistakeably, very clearly, a little brother for our daughter. One of each. Wow.

Some photos are in this gallery

I know it's late, but we only got the child pictures this week, and I've been very busy at work and am now resting for the day with a cold and without a voice. Ugh ( Read more... )

If you know my RL name, I'm firstnamelastname on LibraryThing :)

Come and say hello!

All comments are screened. If you'd like a card, please comment with your full name and address - or say that you'd like one, and your address is the same as last year. If you'd like my address, comment with your email addy or point me to your LJ card entry. I'm trying to keep up with most of these, but may not see all of them.

There's a chain of coffee shops in Scotland, Beanscene, who has now posted an explicit policy on child visitors ( Read more... )