July 2002
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BBL
A random comment made by someone in our office as they walked past my desk has just wasted 15 minutes of my lunch: … and then he picked out some lint from his belly button How does it get there? Why is it, almost always, blue? Some extensive research later and gleaned some interesting facts:…
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Miscellany
My Mum phoned from Austria, they are off to Neuschwanstein Castle tomorrow. Seem familiar? A flying car landed there once, driven by Dick van Dyke of all people. Poor Jennie’s check card number was stolen – ya still gotta be careful kids, only give it out to somewhere or someone you trust. OK that just…
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Lollipop, lollipop, ohh lolly, lollipop
Javapops (via Blogatelle) sound like an ideal cure to a vexing problem I have. I don’t really ‘get going’ until I’ve had my first caffeine fix for the day (we can discuss whether this is a genuine dependency or a psycho-relativity issue later). I’m also a late sleeper (as in, I’ll lie in my bed…
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Crash
Tense. Adrenalin pumping. Muscles flexing, pulsing with each wave. Thoughts ramming through my head, cascading across reason, slamming into nothing. Driving now. Hands tight on the wheel, music loud, leery, aggressive. Angry at the van cutting me up, angry at the woman on her cellphone. Angry at the cars not going fast enough. Risking. Not…
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Guardian Blog competition
Call me cheap, call me lacking in moral fibre, call me whatever you like, I’m sure you already do… I have entered the Best British Blog Competition. I did comment on this a couple of days ago, but after careful consideration I have decided that I could really do with £s;1000… 😉 Seriously though, Neil…
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Weekender
Quiet, relaxing weekend. Kicked off on Friday with a swim and a sauna before dropping my sister off at the airport for her holiday. Saturday, coffee at Crema, some more window shopping, then dinner at home followed by ‘Ali’. Will Smith was OK, but the story was a bit.. fast? Seemed to zip past incidents…