| Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 |
| 6:24 pm |
Some absolute cockbaskets just stole my hat. Scooped it off my head and legged it. |
| Monday, January 25th, 2010 |
| 11:17 am |
The Fundamental Things Apply
Poll #1516254
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8 How long will it be until the lyrics to As Time Goes By seem ridiculous and completely outdated? What would have been a very bad prediction about romance for a songwriter to have made in 1931? What advice or information would you prefix with the words 'You Must Remember This...'? |
| Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 |
| 12:41 am |
Twenty-ten. It's the future. |
| Thursday, December 31st, 2009 |
| 7:40 pm |
Brave New Years
I Want To Become Stronger. This is my New Year Idiom for 2010, which is officially the future. Until 2011, at least, at which point it will be the past. See you all over there. |
| 2:57 pm |
I'm not really in a position to do a 2009 retrospective, or one for the past decade. I'm doing alright, though, all things considered. Hope everyone has a lovely new year. |
| Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 |
| 2:52 pm |
Things I Have Going For Me
- I'm old enough to be taken seriously, but young enough to wind people up. - I'm in immaculate health. - I have a nice place to live with a wonderful housemate (three-month pilot scheme pending). - I have a job I enjoy and some great work colleagues. When I leave it, I'm highly employable with earning potential far beyond my needs. - I have enough money in the bank that I don't need to worry about it. - I am engaged in a stimulating field of academic study. - Over my life I have accrued an awful lot of friends who will offer me support in times of hardship. I am exceedingly thankful for them. - I can swing dance. Oh yeah, motherfucker. - When I dare to delve into it, I have a pretty snazzy wardrobe. - Birmingham, for all its detractors, is a lively, modern, clean, cosmopolitan, architecturally pleasant and economically vibrant city, and I like living in it. - I can prepare tasty and imaginative food. - Although they need a trim right now, I have amazing sideburns, even if they are ginger. - I like who I am. I make good decisions without too much fuss, and for the most part I've done really well for myself. Have I missed anything? |
| Sunday, December 27th, 2009 |
| 11:36 pm |
Endings and Beginnings
On December 26th 2009, Heather and I broke up. This may come as a bit of a big surprise to some of you, because to the outside world we loved each other enormously and worked brilliantly together. This was entirely accurate. We still do love each other enormously and work brilliantly together, and we had two years, ten months and ten days which, on the whole, we wouldn't trade for anything. But we also want nothing more than to see each other happy, and if we're honest, we can't do that as a couple. We still plan to live together, pending a successful three-month pilot scheme. We think we can make it work. We can't force our relationship to be something that it isn't, so we're instead letting it flourish as what it is. Boy, does it hurt right now. I can't speak for Heather, but I am definitely going to need some help. I am extremely amenable towards being invited to social events, cinema trips, drinks down the pub, or any other happenings which could benefit from the presence of a free agent fitting my description. |
| Monday, December 21st, 2009 |
| 9:52 am |
Quick check...
v = u + ats = ut + ½ at2v2 = u2 + 2 ass = ½( u + v) tWhat do you collectively call these? Edit: This isn't a quiz or anything. I'm curious as to what people were taught to refer to these by. We had a perverse teacher at A-Level who taught us that the factorial function was called 'pling'. This sort of activity breeds distrust. |
| Sunday, December 20th, 2009 |
| 10:45 am |
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| Friday, December 11th, 2009 |
| 3:58 pm |
Crunchy Web Clusters
Here's an interesting one. What blogs/feeds/sites/forums do you know of which form a high readership-crossover cluster? I will sometimes see esoteric yet familiar respondents, arguments, ideas or references crop up on multiple sites or feeds. Since I notice them all, they're obviously sources which I pay some attention to, so presumably common correspondents will be people in some way like me, and frequent topics of discussion will be topics I'm interested in. In a very direct way, clusters I notice are evidence about what sort of person I am, (geeky, subversive and highly interested in brains, it would seem). What do the clusters you notice say about you? |
| Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
| 2:27 pm |
Imagine you are about to lose the ability to speak, barring ten words of your choice. What words do you choose to retain? Edit: This applies to your ability to write as well. Your comprehension of written and spoken words remains unchanged. |
| Monday, December 7th, 2009 |
| 1:24 pm |
Anonymice
Anonymous comments are enabled. No IP logging, etc., etc. I invite you to anonymously do one or more of the following: - Share an embarrassing belief that you used to hold, but have since abandoned. - Ask the anonymous LJ-reading public a question which you're embarrassed to not know the answer to. - Signify how awesome you think I am by making borderline-comprehensible statements in Japanese. - Write a piece of erotic fiction containing exactly 100 words. - Offer your controversial solution to one of the many complex problems facing the world today. - Other. Go nutty, dear readership. As nutty as the mood takes you. |
| Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 |
| 2:19 pm |
There must be someone I haven't told about Green Metropolis, mustn't there? It's basically a website where you can buy and sell second-hand books on an individual basis. A typical paperback trades at £3.75 including p&p. Of that, £3 plus postage goes to the seller, 5p goes to the Woodland Trust so they can pretend they're philanthropists, and the rest goes to Green Metropolis, which I'm pretty sure is some dude in a basement. I've bought two books through the site already, one out of print, both in reasonable nick and delivered within 3-5 working days. I've not tried selling anything, because the only books I want to get rid of are embarrassing RPG novelisations, and Clan Novel: Toreador wasn't worth £3.75 the first time round. Still, I've found it such a fruitful site that I'm obliged to tell you about it. Now go and trade books. |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
| 9:11 pm |
Is anyone else watching The Execution of Gary Glitter? Edit: Don't. It's horrible! |
| Saturday, October 31st, 2009 |
| 10:18 pm |
What's your favourite animal, and why? |
| Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 |
| 6:36 pm |
After following the instructions on a quite terrifying letter I received today, I'm relieved to discover my laptop battery is totally not going to catch fire and kill us as we sleep. |
| Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 |
| 2:50 pm |
Poll #1461511
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19 I am... This is because... |
| Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 |
| 1:44 pm |
Poll #1457825
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 12 Is "bear" a valid vocational choice for an adult? What sort of magazines would you actually like to see in waiting rooms? The Monty Python/Eric Idle song I Like Chinese is... Are there any core skills you think should be a prerequisite for becoming an elected representative? Is there anything you'd like delivered to your phone on a daily basis? Do you have any ideas which are utterly brilliant, but which you lack the skills, knowledge or resources to implement? What Would Jesus Do? |
| Thursday, September 10th, 2009 |
| 2:35 pm |
Do you reckon the Japanese spambots assemble to form one gigantic spambot? |
| Monday, September 7th, 2009 |
| 4:00 pm |
Poll #1454366
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25 Do you mostly read fiction or non-fiction? How many empty cans of Pepsi Max do you think I have on my desk? What do you think my ideal job would be? Who's going to die first? Are you friendly with your neighbours? Have you noticed a resurgence in 80s fashion lately? Is there a celebrity you know you really shouldn't fancy but nonetheless do? EDIT: I should point out that I don't have the surviving Beatles in my custody, and your answers will not determine the order in which they die. Go about your business. |
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