July 2002
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Tattoo
I got my first tattoo when I was 17, the second when I was 18. I’ve yet to get a third. To this day I’m still not 100% sure why I got a tattoo, although I do know that I am happy with them and don’t regret the decision at all. Typically, if you ask…
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Typical
Just after I’ve said I can’t find anything worth talking about, I come across this: The Plot Thickeners. I kinda knew this, having read something about it a few months back in one of the Sunday Papers (the capital P means it was one of the broadsheets). What I find fascinating is the other writers,…
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Odd weekend
Friday night, a few beers after work, then onto dinner with family (my brother-in-law and his girlfriend, and my sister-in-law). Then onto the heady nightspots of Dumbarton, where, once again, I am reminded that it’s not WHERE you are, it’s WHO you are with. Night finished at 3:30 a.m. (allegedly) and as my legs were…
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Lunchtime reading
As predicted I’ve finished my ‘work’ already, so I can push on to other things, which is good as they are usually the things that get dropped first. However I’ve decided on an early lunch and a quick surf first, and I thought I would share the fruits of my labour with you: The art…
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Yawn
Working at home today. Which is good. However as usual I fell into my trap of deciding to do some work last night, so I could get a bit of a lie-in. Of course it doesn’t work that way, never has, I just keep forgetting. So, turned off the laptop at 00:34 last night, and…
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Miscellany
Minority Report. Further to my comments, Mr.Sippey has delved a bit further into some of the issues, and prompted an interesting discussion about all things in the ‘projected future’. Single-Use Credit Card Numbers. Mentioned in today’s Lockergnome newsletter, these sound very clever and I’m not sure why they aren’t publicised more, probably a lot more…