Yes, yes. I know it's almost exactly a year since my last entry (give or take a couple of hours) but I'm covering for the whole department and just been to the company Christmas drinks so I'got some spare time 'til I leave shortly.

Have a great Christmas and a fabulous New Year! (preferably with those you love the most)

:)

The holiday season is upon me and I've cast aside the shackles of work for two weeks. How will I cope....... with a Big Smile probably. The postie's delivered crates of gratis vino so we're well stocked, except that we're heading off to the Peak District tomorrow to hole up in the Brother-in-Law's cottage until Boxing Day ( Read more... )

From here

[Swenja] If you handed people a box that said "Danger! Crotch-eating crickets inside! Do not shake! Do not open!"
[Swenja] ....ten minutes later, there'd be screaming and chirping, and crickets all over the place...

Kew had one of their Christmas evenings on Saturday so we took some friends (and my tripod) and I got some nice and stable nighttime shots. ( cut for dialup users )

I got referred to this site and it's been making me laugh all morning.......
http://bash.org/?top

It think this is my favourite so far:
Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
Cthon98> ********* see!
AzureDiamond> hunter2
AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
Cthon98> ( Read more... )

Thanks to siraj (winolj) who put me on to this video which I just find fascinatingly funny for a variety of reasons:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710473912337648&q=bsb
(needs sound!)

I received this text unexpectedly yesterday:

"Hiya foster, i no i said ths wud never happen but cud u do me the biggest favour and find out if rob wud reconsider getting bk 2gether wid me? tb.amy x"

So I replied

"Dear Amy, I am not Foster and don't know Rob (or if getting back with him is a good idea). I do hope you find someone suitable but ( Read more... )

....in case you were wondering ( Read more... )

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/10/london_squirrel_terror/

The RSPCA said it had no reports of the "Brixton Crack Squirrel", but did not completely dismiss the idea. A spokeswoman said: "We have not had any dealers reporting the theft of their stash ( Read more... )

Training course yesterday in Vulnerability Management and network mapping. It was a good course but kinda long as it was from 9-6 with an exam at the end. It was also in "Swedish English" ('Swinglish'?) and I had a cold, neither of which made it any easier ( Read more... )