allegramente: We should let boggyb win, it's been a while since he's managed to win at Settlers.

...several hours of Settlers + Seafarers + Cities & Knights later...

The GNU: *blocks me from completing a shipping route towards an island*
boggyb: *moves a ship*
boggyb: *moves a second ship using the Diplomat card*
boggyb: *places a settlement with two bonus points on a different ( Read more... )

This year's NaBloPoMo is not going as well as past years. Anyway, have a random encounter that happened yesterday...

boggyb: *is walking back from the shops at lunchtime*
Random delivery driver: Hello! Happy Thursday!

Now, Wednesday as it happens was World Hello Day. Did this make yesterday World Happy Thursday?

This is around the phase of NaBloPoMo where I end up staring at a blank screen, trying to come up with something to write and bemoaning the lack of memes and random quizzes these days. Are there any sites left that do them ( Read more... )

A couple of months ago Craig and I somehow managed to arrange a meetup with the entire ex-Brighton-House group - such a thing has not happened since, well, Brighton. Well... there was one meetup where Craig joined remotely, and another where Dan sent a photo of himself (which promptly got scribbled on), and I think we were all present for one or ( Read more... )

Overheard at Sainsbury's while I was waiting to buy my lunch...

"Every single odd numbered till in the store is not scanning anything. Just the odd numbered ones. I reckon it's sabotage. Are Tesco's hacking us or something?"
(for non-Brits: Sainsbury's and Tesco are the two biggest supermarket chains here. At one time something like one pound in ( Read more... )

Trying to plan an event with some friends and this just went by in an email...

Greetings! [X] here - [Y] asked me to reply because I can use a keyboard without swearing.

Discussing Smash Bros at pasta night...

Kyle: ...so you know wavedashing?
elemnar: No, I just know how to use Jigglypuff.
Kyle: O_O

Ph34r elemnar when she puts on her "kid sister" face and plays Smash Bros - she will pick the girliest pinkiest character and utterly destroy you.

Today's voteamabob was very close, but placed Machi Koro (with the Harbour ( Read more... )

Driving back today, with elemnar navigating...

elemnar: Take the 2nd exit at the roundabout
elemnar: Actually you know what just follow that police car, they're going the right way
*follows police car through several roundabouts*
*police car takes a side turning*
elemnar: They're not going the right way anymore, don't follow them
boggyb: Excellent, we've lost the police
elemnar: Not ( Read more... )

(via SMS)
boggyb: Am on the train
pleaseremove: Quick, get off
boggyb: Too late, it's moving :)
pleaseremove: Quick. Get on

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