I just spent the last hour listening to elevator music, punctuated every 20 seconds by a man thanking me for waiting and telling me that I'd be answered as soon as possible.

It didn't happen. I had hope that it might happen, but it didn't. What an idiot I am for hoping.

Still, I'll do it again tomorrow because I dearly want to talk to my ( Read more... )

This week I have been mostly missing my bike ( Read more... )

I finally took my car in to be repaired today. It'll be in for a week. I have a nice courtesy car to drive instead, a VW Polo. It's larger, heavier, less powerful, and has immense amounts of travel in the brakes before anything happens, but on the good side:

• It has central locking, power steering and air conditioning - whatever that does to an ( Read more... )

All I'm saying is I wouldn't buy his software.

K5 link

I have broin to thank for talking about bug hunts.

So, it's Burns' Night tonight. As with all Scots holidays, it's an excuse to eat, drink and be merry. The distinguishing feature is, of course, reading out Sassenach poetry in a Teuchtar accent.

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There was a sale on at the Body Shop and I got myself some delicious chocolate and orange bodywash and lip balm ( Read more... )

How do you get more publicity for controversial art?

Simple. Get the most shrill, obnoxious organisation on the planet to campaign against you.

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The Lyrics Quiz -- show your eclecticism to the world.

Dinner and The Matrix -- funny because it's true.

Are you a fucking idiot? -- people who only release half-based ideas to the world really bug me.

Bloody Yanks -- why good spelling never made it across the Atlantic evades me.

The following was NOT SAID -- angry animal rights activists.

Dear diary ( Read more... )