Being a poncy sort of pretentious eejit who hates Sudoku puzzles but loves word puzzles, I many years ago fell in love with Bookworm.  They used to have a free trial you could download off their website and you could play six games at the end of which you'd get a prompt saying your free trial is over and click here if you wish to purchase it.


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I like watching people type sometimes... especially if they have aesthetic pleasing hands :)    Strong masculine hands or slender well manicured feminine hands or if someone can touch type really well and it looks like they're fingers are floating across the keyboard.  I quite like typing myself though I rarely watch my hands while I do so... ( Read more... )

It seems Oxford University has compiled a list of the top ten most irritating phrases.  An interesting concept and one I thought would spectacularly depict the rapid bastardization the English language faces with the onset of SMS brevity and gaming and  internet jargon.  The top ten most irritating expressions according to Oxford University are as ( Read more... )

I, like every other sensible human on the planet, detest spam and junk emails.  'Tis very rare that someone sends you something that catches your eye enough to bother reading it.... especially if it starts off with "Hello very welcome.  My apologies you don't know I am but...." etc etc etc

Today however I got one that started off with some  ( Read more... )

NB - Do not click on these links at work.


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Wow, you really do learn something new every day.  :)  I've had this 'thing' for collective nouns ever since I met Mr K.  Now anyone who knows a SnapFrozen Yank (and has lived with one as long as I have) would no doubt have noticed that they don’t seem to teach collective nouns in Canadian schools.  For in our house there are BUNCHES....
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"Have a little mercy, Miss Vernon" said I; for I confess I thought the schooling as severe as the case merited, especially considering from what quarter it came, "and forgive me if I suggest, as an excuse for the follies I am not usually guilty of, the custom of this house and country.  I am far from approving of it; but we have Shakespeare's ( Read more... )