UK lottery Sat Jan 22nd. Six numbers to win top prize.The six were 4,14,20,24,41,44.
I had 3,14,18,24,41,44.
My prize money £44 for 4 numbers featuring 4's in 4th place.Odd but interesting.Well,slightly interesting.
Am watching J and K's wedding entrance video on youtube.Sweet!

Bloody Christmas here again,
Let us raise a loving cup:
Peace on earth,goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing-up.

Wendy Cope Another Christmas Poem.

Bought myself a Kindle.It arrived on Wednesday.As usual,I'm rushing into using it before completely understanding it.I think I'm going to lock away my credit card and lie down for a while.

My new great-nephew's name is Daniel,now known to all as Dangle!Seems appropriate.

Three weeks of dry,sunny weather.Marvellous! And the shadow on my brother-in-law's lung is not cancer,but something to do with his lymph glands.Big relief,since until his triple heart bypass 5 years ago,he was a heavy smoker.Seems to have dodged that bullet,but then he is one of the good guys.

Pterygium.I have a small benign growth on my right eyeball.Luckily it is not on the cornea,which would mean minor surgery,and already it seems smaller than it was a week ago.Written to stop my lj being deleted,so not too interesting.

Looking for Fred Astaire clips on youtube,I came across John Curry doing an Astaire tribute on and off the ice.Spent some time watching Curry.He was such a graceful athlete;wanted to be a dancer,but his father disapproved,so dancing on ice was next best.What a dancer he could have been.

taken from gaystr8alliance 's journal,hope it links.
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Hours of employment to clean dentist surgery now changed to early evening.First evening,rammed my left thumb and hit the joint below the nail with great force,with the lower joint taking the worst of it,making a noise that was more than the usual click,but less than a crunch.But aaaaaaaargh!It's not broken,but only just not broken.Second evening, ( Read more... )

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore.We don't just borrow words;on occasion,English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." James D. Nicoll.

Found initially on ladyfox7oaks 's journal,with correct quote ( Read more... )