Fell down some stairs on the way home from work yesterday, like the right clumsy muggins that I am. Well, I fell halfway down them, to be absolutely precise - I managed to catch hold of the handrail with a combination of chin, thumb and right man-boob, all of which are now bruised (the thumb coming off worst with a nasty friction burn as well). ( Read more... )

Time for my annual Public Service Announcement on dress sense and weather.

Ladies - I am aware that the sun is shining, and that it is unseasonably warm out there. I am also aware that you have been stuck in Glasgow for the duration of one of the most unpleasant* winters in recent memory.

Please Note: When you choose to sunbathe halfway up ( Read more... )

( The nice lady from Admin just made me blush... )

Harumph ( Read more... )

*raspberry*Got some funny looks this morning. More than usual, anyway. I mean, I always get some funny looks, but I'm used to that. I think it might have been due to the fact that I'm wearing shorts. Right enough, it was pretty overcast first thing this morning, but as of about half past eleven? Glorious sunshine. Who's laughing now? Eh? Eh ( Read more... )

OK. Having a rubbish day so far. Lunch leaked all over the inside of my bag, despite the copious and environmentally-unfriendly oodles of cling-film I applied to it. So now everything smells faintly of garlic, including a couple of library books... Oops ( Read more... )

Just a slight monkey grumble coming up.

Dear Mr. Bank Manager ( Read more... )

So...

Funny being back in Aberdeen. It feels weird, since I spent so much time there, as a student. I still keep expecting to recognise folk about the street. Mind you, I get the same thing all the way up the road - Johnner, Bervie, Stonehaven, Aberdeen... All the people I see, I look at them and think "it's ten years since I finished ( Read more... )