Today, I

• made an appointment with my bank to resolve a potential problem before it comes up, which is a good start, as my general approach to all matters bureaucratic is usually more ostrich-like in nature;
• went to see a very funny movie by the same director who had made 'Run, Lola, Run' (and 'The Perfume', but we better forget about that one). It ( Read more... )

From the Department for Silly Lurgies:I have the Turbo Cold, I think. Yesterday around lunchtime, I started feeling a scratch in my throat, last night when I came home I felt feverish and woozy, after a nap my throat really hurt and I needed sage and honey tea while unable to eat, then around midnight my brain and throat cleared up while my nose ( Read more... )

From the department for sporting behaviour:
People are putting on their game faces and were scurrying through the streets in moderate football rags and with drinks, in order to go see their team fail in failure the game for third place. There is sound of party and chatting and distant TV football in our courtyards. But no vuvuzelas.-

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Would you believe it, the moment I get a space all of my own like this where I can put many months worth of blah and hoo, my mind is suddenly as empty as a dry bathtub? There is no effing thing worthwhile to write. Only the small and unimportant things to report like the entity entrusted with getting rid of all superfluous work having done his job ( Read more... )