About 10 minutes after 8 last night, our internet connection went pfft ( Read more... )

So apparently, John Hodgman and Justin Long are a bit too, um, "American" for British and Irish audiences, so they're refilming the "Get a Mac" commercials to make them more "Brit-Friendly." And here are the stars, the comedy duo of Mitchell and Webb:
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I love that my flatmate Yuvraj thinks my taste in music is no good... because I never liked the Backstreet Boys. Apparently, they're huge with the male 18-30 demographic in India ( Read more... )

It occurs to me that neither Jess nor I have taken the opportunity to tell you about the other three people in our home at the moment... And since I have copious amounts of time, what with the fire alarm going off at 3 AM and me not being able to get a wink of sleep after that, I'll take a moment... but first, some coffee.

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1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?- got into grad school ( Read more... )

So we were in Trafalgar Square today... which, for those who don't know, is home to a large pigeon population. Lots of statues for them to perch on, and lots of people giving them bread crumbs and such, which they're not supposed to anymore, in an effort by the Lord Mayor to bring the pigeon population down to a manageable level ( Read more... )

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... )

pittunited is energetic. You've got the energy level of a small yip-yap dog. And, much like those dogs, I hope you get run over by an ice cream truck. Yeah, that's right. I said it. wanna know your lj's moodring color? enter your user name and hit the button. ( discussion thread)

Me. Energetic. * ( Read more... )

My parents will be here Saturday morning.

First of all, my parents are weird... They're flying expensively, but out of a cheap airport. They're flying British Airways--why fly Virgin Atlantic and save a few bucks (on a plane that isn't radioactive) when you can pay at least twice the price on BA? Well, because it's a treat, and they don't expect ( Read more... )

This has been disturbing me ever since I really started seeing Gordon Brown's mug everywhere...


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