FAO andymariachi, kerida_eira, _sycorax_, kaickul and Lou (No LJ?)

At Edinburgh this year there will be an opera about Vampires.

No really!

(Apologies to the vast majority for whom this will make no sense, I couldn't be bothered with a custom group!)

Very nearly 40 years ago a team of 400,000 people working for NASA achieved the greatest single feat that any group of human beings had ever put their minds to[1 ( Read more... )

When making an offer on a house which doesn't already have any offers, is it better to bid the asking price or the (slightly higher) price you think it will actually sell for?

We will be meeting at the pier. I'd tell you when, but Rachel forgot to tell me! I think 12 was mentioned ( Read more... )

( Burning Question )

Last weekend was yet another LAN party, and thoroughly enjoyable it was too. So enjoyable in fact that come Sunday night, I didn't really want to stop.

jwhiskers_ and easytiger told me to hang around with them, stay up all night talking, and phone in sick with work the next morning. And being an easily-led and weak-willed type, I did ( Read more... )

While I was in the sandwich shop waiting for my order to be done, I browsing the newspapers on the side. The front page of the Mail was about Michael Howard's plan to reduce 'health tourism' in British hospitals. Not only did this article annoy me, but I came up with a well thought out, witty and educated response. Sadly, by the time I got back ( Read more... )

It's an old one, and some of you have probably seen it before but this made me laugh.

I feel sick :(

( Pointless memery )