… and Aquarion talks about how the internet makes it easy to hear from all of them except the kind who have the most to say.

Since one of the early heavy rains, which entered the house via the window near my desk and assaulted my Kensington ExpertMousePro the top-left and scroll-wheel-depress buttons have both been producing the button-code of both of them - mostly a minor annoyance because wheel-depress wasn't bound to anything ( Read more... )

It's true isn't it. This is the house I told you about.

You were thirteen. You climbed over the wall for a dare.

That's your surprise isn't it? Bringing me back here.

Remind me what it was that you sensed when you entered this deserted house. An aura of intense evil?

Don't you have things you hate?

I can't stand burnt toast. I loath bus stations. ( Read more... )

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I seem to be unable to write serious LJ entries recently (will try this weekend!) but a one-liner on #chiark today inspired another (not-)cat macro...
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It is a commonly known fact in the business world that winter is a time of reduced productivity due to the so called "manflu" epidemic that usually strikes, leaving entire offices dependent on the (often superlative) efforts of competent female staff ( Read more... )

It looks like I'm already too late for this to be anything but "…in other news, Princess of Wales still dead…" but since I'm predictable I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas or other seasonal festival of their choice.

Today at work I got this letter. 4D clearly know that I'm a business customer (in fact we've not been a customer at all since we stopped upgrading for various reasons, but there you go) so other than bribery what possible motive can they have for offering me a bundle including a Video iPod?