It may transpire that most of what I blog about on here may well be travel-related rather than life-related. Maybe I should create a new journal just for travel, separate it out from my historical stuff. Or maybe not. Maybe I should change my username. Maybe not ( Read more... )

I may have said it before, but there are times when I rather like the Foreign Office website's travel advice pages. And there are times when what they say ... isn't really 'applicable'.

On most 'safe' countries, it says the following: "There is a low threat from terrorism. But you should be aware of the global risk of indiscriminate terrorist ( Read more... )

gaah. The Met Office website (homesite of wind and rain) says that it is not raining, and that it isnt going to rain for the next day. It also says there are no rain-producing clouds anywhere near me. However ... on the website it does also say that these radar images only tend to pick up rainclouds; they don't pick up misty rain and drizzle. ( Read more... )

Shopping is becoming an irrelevence. I wandered into Nottingham City Centre and failed to buy anything - partly because I couldn't find anywhere to buy *from*. Well that's not entirely true - but the only branch of HMV is really small and the only shop I could find that would sell digital cameras is two aisles on the top floor of WH Smith ( Read more... )

Today was 'the bloke what gives me all my work''s last day. We went out for drinks after work; about 7 of us who are either in his team or (like me) work closely with it. Was fun; he paid lol ( Read more... )

... and you were cruising around the universe, and found a planet where there was an intelligent (but primitive) species, what would you do?

a) ignore them and carry on
b) rape and pillage and enslave
c) provide them with a great leap in technology to help them advance quicker
d) build pyramids for them

I'm guessing that most of you *wouldn't* go ( Read more... )

When I was younger, my parents used to watch the TV programme that my uncle used to refer to as 'all creatures big and little' - the original series of which were based on the books by 'James Herriot'. His comment about the show was that in virtually every episode, it always seemed to him that one of the vets had his hands up a cow's arse ( Read more... )

yesterday felt, for some reason, like a friday. today feels very much like a sunday. tomorrow's going to feel weird, as it's a one day on its own at work, then we have a weekend, and then finally things return to normal ( Read more... )

been cold today. indeed on my way home from work (we were let out early - i left 3.30pm -, it being New Year's Eve and there only being about 5 or 6 of us in the whole side of the office), on my walk through the small wood just north of my workplace, it *looked* very wintry, as if there was a covering of snow ( Read more... )

it has come to some people's attention that i might not be quite as keen on the concept of Christmas as perhaps people think I ought to be. have to say though that, well, really, that's my business and my ideals ( Read more... )