Writing up a funeral isn't an easy thing, and nor should it be - I took no photos and recorded nothing while there, because you should after all be paying proper attention to what's going on around you (and in any case I was frankly sobbing for quite a bit of the talking). We got to Bristol Crem and Cem in good time, though not early enough for a ( Read more... )

Watched contrasting TV stuff last night -- BBC's If... Things Don't Get Better, followed by the trashy tacky but kind of compelling Hypercube: Cube 2.

The first was what you'd brand quality TV -- a serious look at the disturbing possibilities of increases in gated communities and inequalities in society. It wasn't anything like as apocalyptic as ( Read more... )

...having finally got round to firing up the scanner and digitizing them.

(Oh, and also serving as a gratuitous icon post for the little skellingtons I nabbed from a recent Guardian guide.)

( Piccies behind the cut )

Perhaps I was a little quick off the mark, but I just saw a post on my friends list with an interesting meme on it but trying to reply to it I was told that the post no longer exists. Here's my reply to the meme anyway, giving the history of music I've got in my music collection, along with the geographical extent.

( History )

Courtesy of bugshaw, who pointed me to this site. Some fun options -- badasstronaut, they have specs as part of their selection too.

I was walking back home from the work meal celebrating our successful Pakistan go-live, and part of that route is past the park. In the park, opposite the rather posh and cool allotments (with wicker sculptures and all sorts), there's a small nursery/playgroup with paintings of Winnie the Pooh and friends ( Read more... )

What does one do with once-used envelopes, padded envelopes, and bits of bubblewrap? I reflexively keep them because they were always useful when I used to do the Caption magazine, but nowadays they just accumulate. Has anyone got any suggestions for a good place to get take them so that they will be reused rather than just recycled?

...the two carpets I brought back from Pakistan seem to have magically turned into one larger one. Or, alternatively, I have picked up my colleague Adrian's carpet instead of my two... Thought it was a bit lighter than I'd expected!

Nabbled this from girlycomic -- pretty long, hence the cut.

( Books I've read, out of some top 200 that I don't know the origin of. The ones I've read are in bold. )

I am so wearing shoes with grippy soles tomorrow ( Read more... )