R. Talsorian Games win the prize for Melodramatic Tagline of the moment, with this from a Mekton adventure:

"The only thing Colder than Space is the Human Heart"

Heya folks, this year is going to be my 30th birthday - that's right, 3 decades have passed of my life, I've only got, what, 4 more to go? So I have decided to have some sort of General Gathering to mark the occasion. Come Help Me Celebrate! I may be turning 30, but I've never had a proper birthday party in my life, so I'd very much appreciate you ( Read more... )

One more note: I'm intrigued to have heard that some people faer for Obama's life now. They point to Kennedy and Martin Luther King, people who have been agents of change in America and who have been assasinated. If Obama goes down in a hail of gunfire (or more likely one solitary bullet) you'll know its true ( Read more... )

Okay so, I'm relieved, a bit proud - but actually, for me its just about not being ashamed of the States again. Up until the results actually started coming in I was just having flashbacks to last time, when people still fell, as they have for so many decades, that you shouldn't change horses in midstream. Last time was the emotional equivalent for ( Read more... )

I hate watching politics, especially elections. I watch these people say what they think will make people vote for them, knowing full well that a) it has almost no relevance to what they'll do once they're elected and b) is completely unimportant because they're mostly puppets to their parties.

When Bush was at his worst just before the election, ( Read more... )

Good news: Got Job! Well, its another job in the Bank, but it removes one of the major uncertainties which was stressing me out all to hell and back. Will be back on the phones but not taking a level-cut, and back working with my friends from my last job, and Digby again! Awesome.

To Work!

( This is a copy of an email I just sent my Dad, explaining what's been going on today with HBOS. Its getting less and less funny as time goes by, I must say. )

Back to work again for another day of share-price watching. For those of you that didn't notice, HBOS (my employers) got f%!ked in the a$$ yesterday and Monday, when share prices dropped from their already 5 or 6 year low figure by another, what, 25% overall? At some points during the day yesterday the share price was as low as £1.38 - this is crap ( Read more... )

Been a fun day of watching shareprices bouncing all over the place. Actually no, they were just ddropping and dropping, and all the guys around me who've been investing in the Sharesaver plan were laughing nervously and maybe turning a little grey. Luckily a lot of people just cashed in so they were safe from the farce that is HBOS share prices. ( Read more... )

A quality short film my dad found on YouTube - very satisfying.

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