If you're a Brit wondering where our summer has gone, the answer is here. Ouch.

Having turned off my alarm clock for the weekend, this morning I had one of those dreams where I thought I was actually awake and walking around the house ( Read more... )

I don't often remember my dreams, but since I'd turned off my alarm clock last night because I was knackered enough to want to sleep through my usual getting-up time, I apparently woke up at the right point in my sleep cycle to remember some bits of this morning's dream: one pertinent detail was that I was completing a crossword puzzle where the ( Read more... )

Dear people on LJ campaigning for 'responsible' writing ( Read more... )

Yay for me and Netgear routers. I am wireless again since, unlike my Home Hub (aka 'that white plastic piece of shit BT gave me') my shiny new Netgear DG834G wireless router can actually pick up a signal from my computer. Hopefully this will continue to be the case when I move my computer back upstairs, partly in preparation for my mother's visit ( Read more... )

The impression I always got when I talked to my mother about my extended family was that there was more discord involved between our relatives than you could shake a stick at. My maternal grandmother died in 1993, but I know that my mother hadn't seen her since the mid-1970's and I have no memories of her at all though I've seen photos of me with ( Read more... )

You know, I was going to go and see Hot Fuzz this weekend, but it just never happened. Anyone who has seen it, please feel free to tell me how great it is so I can go 'waaaaah!' for a good reason ( Read more... )

I'm all for evil misuse of the internet to get hold of stuff that might not otherwise be available for months (if ever), but please... today someone posted on one of my communities about the fact that they missed the Heroes UK premiere last night and could someone let them have the episodes and anything else that has aired ( Read more... )

Someone at the office where I'm currently based has decorated her desk for Christmas. I think she did it last Friday, because it was December 1st I guess, but being of the bah humbug persuasion I was wondering just how common this kind of behaviour is. Is it more common in the colonies? ;)

I have to say, this is a woman whose desk normally is all ( Read more... )