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You Know You Have a Problem When...
...You start to come up with ideas for your spreadsheet at work during your own time. ;)
Hmm. Today I have a short story to tell. Quite an amusing one (well, I think so). I read about this in a (quality) newspaper a few years ago and it came to mind, so I thought that I'd share it....
Or is it "21 Things About Me (Who Is of Little Consequence)."? :lol: Anyway, I'm stuck for a good idea for a blog entry and I've been meaning to do one of these for a while (I just never got...
He wakes up at 6.30a.m. and walks to the bathroom. He looks in the mirror and sees a pair of puffy, glazed and bloodshot eyes staring back (the creases beneath them seem to grow with each passing...
Well, nobody can say that I didn't try (well they can , but they'd be wrong ;) ). After consulting fantasyfacade (the esteemed leader of the RPG Universe), I took her advice and had a play...
I was just passing through the kitchen and I caught a piece of the news (yes, we have a TV in our kitchen ;) ) that stated: "...Tony Blair said he was really disappointed that his plans were...
WARNING: This entry contains spoilers for "Signs" , starring Mel Gibson . I've just been round to a friend's house, watching TV with him and his girlfriend. After the usual...
Why is it that whenever I want something, I can't find it? :( I want to play Vagrant Story again (must have been all that dribbling I've been doing about it in the unions recently ;) ), but I...
This is just a short note written to congratulate Michael Vaughan (the captain of the England and Wales cricket team), who scored a century on his Test match return after 18 months out with...
Hmm, this blog really has been getting too depressing (not to mention serious) lately. Anyone would think that I do nothing except whinge and whine while getting on my (very) high horse. At this...
[ I apologise to anyone who starts to read this again thinking that it's a new entry (the lack of comments suggest that this will be no-one, then ;) ). The trouble was that I had so much to say...
Tony Blair. I really despise that guy. :evil: Even more so than Margaret Thatcher. :evil: :evil: How does my last blog post bring me here? Well I'll explain, but not in too much detail as this...
After a blissfully quiet two weeks off work (apart from the appointments at the bank), it was time to return again on Monday. I really shouldn't complain too much: I've got it pretty good barring...
I came home at 4a.m. last night (this morning?) and instead of going straight to bed, I felt a compulsion I couldn't possibly resist: I absolutely had to turn on my PC to check whether there were...
Finally! My car has been returned to me after being lovingly serviced by a friend of the family (it took him almost a week in his spare time). This means that I'm no longer marooned in the quiet...
Ack. Today I've reached one of the marker posts on the path of life. Yep, it's my 30th birthday :( Does this mean I have nothing but greying temples, a receding hairline and a further...
I am in the process of borrowing money so that I may buy a new home. The amount I am after is £100,000, which will get me an average dwelling in the North-West of England. Now most people would...
Why is it that as soon as I take two weeks off work that I get a cold? :evil:
Against my better judgement, I decided (like I always do, being quasi-English) to watch the aforementioned football match, which is a group qualifying match for the European Championships next...
This is my first journal entry and I'm not entirely sure what to write about or what I'm doing in general so should anyone have the misfortune to be reading this, I can only beg for your...
...You start to come up with ideas for your spreadsheet at work during your own time. ;)
Posted Jun 2, 2007 8:15 am PT
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I Can't Think of a Good Title, so I Won't Bother.Hmm. Today I have a short story to tell. Quite an amusing one (well, I think so). I read about this in a (quality) newspaper a few years ago and it came to mind, so I thought that I'd share it....
Posted Jun 1, 2007 7:35 pm PT
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21 Things of Little Consequence Regarding Me...Or is it "21 Things About Me (Who Is of Little Consequence)."? :lol: Anyway, I'm stuck for a good idea for a blog entry and I've been meaning to do one of these for a while (I just never got...
Posted May 31, 2007 3:44 pm PT
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A Day in the Life of a Worker Bee (Office Drone?).He wakes up at 6.30a.m. and walks to the bathroom. He looks in the mirror and sees a pair of puffy, glazed and bloodshot eyes staring back (the creases beneath them seem to grow with each passing...
Posted May 30, 2007 2:56 pm PT
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Jake's Misadventures with the GIMP.Well, nobody can say that I didn't try (well they can , but they'd be wrong ;) ). After consulting fantasyfacade (the esteemed leader of the RPG Universe), I took her advice and had a play...
Posted May 29, 2007 4:03 pm PT
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The News in 1984.I was just passing through the kitchen and I caught a piece of the news (yes, we have a TV in our kitchen ;) ) that stated: "...Tony Blair said he was really disappointed that his plans were...
Posted May 27, 2007 11:55 am PT
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It's not Me, it's Everybody Else...WARNING: This entry contains spoilers for "Signs" , starring Mel Gibson . I've just been round to a friend's house, watching TV with him and his girlfriend. After the usual...
Posted May 26, 2007 5:03 pm PT
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An Application of Murphy's Law.Why is it that whenever I want something, I can't find it? :( I want to play Vagrant Story again (must have been all that dribbling I've been doing about it in the unions recently ;) ), but I...
Posted May 26, 2007 6:18 am PT
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Three Cheers for Michael Vaughan.This is just a short note written to congratulate Michael Vaughan (the captain of the England and Wales cricket team), who scored a century on his Test match return after 18 months out with...
Posted May 25, 2007 12:10 pm PT
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.Hmm, this blog really has been getting too depressing (not to mention serious) lately. Anyone would think that I do nothing except whinge and whine while getting on my (very) high horse. At this...
Posted May 24, 2007 10:59 am PT
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Show Me the Money.[ I apologise to anyone who starts to read this again thinking that it's a new entry (the lack of comments suggest that this will be no-one, then ;) ). The trouble was that I had so much to say...
Posted May 22, 2007 5:04 pm PT
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Which Brings Me to...Dissidence?Tony Blair. I really despise that guy. :evil: Even more so than Margaret Thatcher. :evil: :evil: How does my last blog post bring me here? Well I'll explain, but not in too much detail as this...
Posted May 22, 2007 4:34 pm PT
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All Good Things Must Come to an End...After a blissfully quiet two weeks off work (apart from the appointments at the bank), it was time to return again on Monday. I really shouldn't complain too much: I've got it pretty good barring...
Posted May 22, 2007 11:48 am PT
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Am I Becoming (or Have I Become) an Addict?I came home at 4a.m. last night (this morning?) and instead of going straight to bed, I felt a compulsion I couldn't possibly resist: I absolutely had to turn on my PC to check whether there were...
Posted May 19, 2007 2:50 pm PT
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Woo-Hoo! I've Got My Car Back.Finally! My car has been returned to me after being lovingly serviced by a friend of the family (it took him almost a week in his spare time). This means that I'm no longer marooned in the quiet...
Posted May 18, 2007 11:24 am PT
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The Slow and Silent Approach of the Grim Reaper...Ack. Today I've reached one of the marker posts on the path of life. Yep, it's my 30th birthday :( Does this mean I have nothing but greying temples, a receding hairline and a further...
Posted May 11, 2007 6:31 am PT
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Possible Example of Good Business SenseI am in the process of borrowing money so that I may buy a new home. The amount I am after is £100,000, which will get me an average dwelling in the North-West of England. Now most people would...
Posted May 10, 2007 9:07 am PT
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One of Life's Great Questions?Why is it that as soon as I take two weeks off work that I get a cold? :evil:
Posted May 10, 2007 8:34 am PT
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The Trials and Tribulations of a (Semi) EnglishmanAgainst my better judgement, I decided (like I always do, being quasi-English) to watch the aforementioned football match, which is a group qualifying match for the European Championships next...
Posted Oct 11, 2006 1:45 pm PT
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Hmm...This is my first journal entry and I'm not entirely sure what to write about or what I'm doing in general so should anyone have the misfortune to be reading this, I can only beg for your...
Posted Aug 20, 2005 11:50 am PT
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