Suitably demonic nails for, er, hacking on Ruby exceptions and looking at steam cranes.

Because they were having a sale (I no longer buy straight-cut jeans because it all gets a bit Clarkson at my age), and because the concept of 'windproof' jeans seemed an unlikely thing, I bagged a pair from Uniqlo the other day. The last time I saw any jeans that claimed some measure of weatherproofing, they were in the LL Bean catalogue and ( Read more... )

While pottering about Bath because the weather was nice and if I didn't get out of the office there would have been An Incident, I happened upon the following shop or boutique containing a rather nice coat. Given it was Bath, I think the smart money is on boutique. You can't tell from the phonecam-snap that they wanted a fiver short of 200 notes ( Read more... )

Which should either be a football team in the same vein as Berner Sport Club Young Boys or a Chaucerian tale ( Read more... )

I have just been tangentially reminded of an odd interlude from the other month ( Read more... )

You asked: should I change my gender?

The Basis:
Emergence (Alpha of States), reversed
A tiny iridescent dragon hatches from a mottled green egg.
Meaning: The most important thing is tiny and fragile; you must nurture and protect it.

The Situation:
Confidence
A representative for a drug company strides into a doctor's office, samples and ( Read more... )

Startling eighties flashback.

Need I point out that this mob were entirely not my pint of nasty bitter, served by a surly Outlaws prospect from behind the bar at the Copperfields? Whatever, I suspect that only uk_jon will get the alleged joke. The prospect's dead and Wrathchild aren't. Strange business and no mistake ( Read more... )

When you've been given secateurs and a bowsaw for Christmas presents, every problem looks like about five minutes hack and slash followed by several hours standing in the cold cutting up the bits of ex-shrub so they'll fit into the council-supplied brown bags ( Read more... )

Although obviously not, since this isn't a private entry. So this is what, transparent grandstanding? If so, where's Frank Bough? Invisible, obv ( Read more... )