Month: April 2002

Busy bee

I’m working from home today, tapping away on my laptop. I get twice, nay thrice as much done when I work at home as there are NO interruptions. I don’t mean that in a bad way, as a team leader/manager type bod my team require me to answer questions. I get involved in impromptu discussion concerning a process or procedure that needs altering, a decision that needs taken. I enjoy that aspect of office life, I enjoy the way it can go from lull to chaos in seconds. But I like working at home too. I get to drink good coffee, I have music playing quietly in the background, I control the temperature of the room, I also can stop and look out of the window and see our back garden (damn must cut the grass).

I’m also in the midst (well I was last night) of finishing off some more thoughts and ramblings to post here, should be up over the weekend sometime, although if the weather stays like it is (switching between glorious sunshine and hailstones) expect them sooner rather than later.

Other plans for the weekend include a family friends wedding on Saturday, and… ehh.. that’s about it I think! Although should really be thinking about my sister’s 21st party the following weekend. Need to get something purple to wear as that’s the theme.

Ohhh and while I remember…

Time for the Friday Five
1. What are your hobbies?
Hmmm reading. I’ve always read a lot of books, and go through spells of reading lots then nothing. I guess this infernal website could be classed as a hobby. Ohhh and when I get around to buying a keyboard, that’ll be a hobby too.

2. Do you collect anything?
Used to collect keyrings and badges. Now I just collect bills and payment demands (or so it seems). Again, kinda geeky but I do ‘collect’ wallpapers for my PC… sad isn’t it..

3. Is there a hobby you’re interested in, but just don’t have the time/money to do?
Painting – watercolours especially, lack of time, money and basic artisitic ability (ok, so mainly the last one)

4. Have you ever turned a hobby into a moneymaking opportunity?
Nope, not once. Does that make me a bad person? Or a good one? 😉

5. Besides web-related stuff (burbs, rings, etc.), what clubs do you belong to?
None, never really been my thing to be honest.

Right that’s me done for the day. Have a good weekend y’all!

Top of the Pops

How the hell? Actually I don’t care, it’s the first time I’ve seen my site listed as Number One on Google!! Woo hoo.

Yes I know I’m not helping by reposting the search terms, but it’s an interesting question don’t ya think? I certainly would like to find out the answer to the question: did Claudia Schiffer do a porn movie…

It is slightly worrying though – I have no idea what kind of people must end up at my site, but I do wonder what they make of it.

Linkeroo

Nick Jordan has a blog. Looks like ANOTHER one to add to my list… when will it end!! 😉

Gadgetized

Danielle says this is a “lovely gadgetized blog from the UK”.

Awwwww, I’ve got a nice warmy fuzzy glow inside now…

ROFL

New “For Dummies” books Too. Damn. Funny.

(Although I seriously doubt his Kung Fu is better than mine….)

(and no, I have no idea why I write Too. Damn. Funny. like that)

There's a catch

Almost forgot.

Last night Louise and I attended a ‘Presentation’ for a Holiday Club. Not time-share. We were there to get free holiday vouchers. The presentation was well crafted and thought out and utterly convincing.

So there we sat, 5 couples, having heard why we had been asked along, making no effort to conceal the fact that they had essentially gotten us along under the pseudo-false pretence that we had won a holiday, and telling us that at the end of the presentation some of us would say no.

I’m not going into great lengths about the setup, suffice to say it isn’t a direct scam, but there are a few catches. Long term, yeah it would save us money, but we can’t afford it short-term so we said “No”.

So tonight we decide where, from a fixed list of locations, we will spend 7 nights in the summer (Canaries probably), and where we will spend 4 nights on a break (Dublin probably). All for free. It only cost us our time (minus insurance and airport tax). Not a bad’s night work if I do say so myself. And I just did…