Month: November 2002

Eat, drink and be thankful
So I’m guessing the net will be a tad quieter today as all those Yanks (hey I can call them what I like, they are stuffing themselves full of food and watching a 14 hour long American Football game, or is it the commercials they watch? Hmmm) are celebrating Thanksgiving.

As it’s only a holiday in the US of A, I thought I’d check up and see what all the fuss was about (although any excuse for a holiday is fine with me). So I hit Google, and as I was ‘Feeling Lucky’ I got to this site: Thanksgiving on the Net. Ideal.

Hope y’all are enjoying your holiday! (I’ll go back to work now… p’sha…)

Queue here
It’s always good to have a different perspective on things. A differing viewpoint can sometimes offer a unique perspective on things that you had previously missed.

So it was with some great amusement that I read an Aussie’s view on The Great Q Phenomenon. Much as I would like to disagree and offer a unique insight into WHY we queue so well in Britain.. I can’t, and to be honest I’m not sure I want to deprive the world of such a rich source of comedy.

Aside: If you’ve not read Round Ireland with a Fridge, drop everything and do it now.

Two days down
So, The Scottish Blogs WebRing has been running for two days and already has 7 members. I’m still learning the admin side of things and today ran a quick check to see if everyone had the code properly implemented on their site (nothing Big Brother, just seeing if it would work).

So to the six member sites that have properly implemented the code, thank you very much! To one member who hasn’t – GET IT SORTED.

Now I’ll just gloss over the fact that the member that has incorrectly implemented the code is… ahem.. me.. and move right along.

I will be emailing more people over the next couple of days to invite them to join, but if you know of anyone running a blog who is either Scottish or residing in Scotland please let them know about the Webring.
If you are one such person, please don’t wait for an invitation, join now and I’ll get you added as soon as I can. (quicker during the week as I’m online most of the time then…)

Working at home
And trying to stayed focussed, honest I am. But that’s the beauty of working at home you see.. I stayed up until midnight working, so I could have a bit of a lie-in, I’ll do a little extra this evening and, maybe, just maybe, I’ll get ahead for a while…

Melancholy
I’m a tad down at the moment, and although I know it’s just the weather/stress at work/impending financial crisis that is Xmas, it takes me back to a bad time in my life. And then I go and read this (at bluegirl). So damn true it hurts.

Lacking inspiration/motivation
So I’ll just:
Steal a link from Hydragenic: The Daily Zen (and yes I too must improve my knowledge of Zen).
Point you to Blogatelle for a wonderful picture (and symbology).
Tell you that Vaughan has leisure sickness, no seriously.
Wish Leia good luck with Apt Minds.
Muse over how long the Shirt Off My Back Project can continue (I reckon another 4 or 5 days tops…).
Wonder if Gert’s ‘walnut whiplash‘ is any better (I hope so).
Agree with Michele that Monday has arrived a day late.
Catch up on a couple of days os posting at ScotBlog.
Spend too much time playing an engrossing bike game, another link stolen from Yeah, but is it art?
And wonder how I missed this (via Alex, via Jezblog)

OK, back to work.