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Amsterdam
I haven't really been on livejournal in a while, but it's a better place to be putting out updates that are longer than a sentence than facebook, or god forbid, twitter ( Read more... ) -
tweets
- 14:29 is hoping that there will still be chocolate left at the shops tomorrow #
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tweets
- 10:25 Not really coping with being back at work. Have shared many photos and now it is nap time. #
- 17:37 @ Nooshie i finally decided i had to see what this was all about. i'm not sure that i like it _quite_ as much as you appear to, but so far ok #
- 17:39 should go for run, but still on couch in jeans. problem. #
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Abstract of Lord of the Rings for students who are too busy to read the original
The Lord of the Rings ( Read more... ) -
Swimming in circles
Diving is dangerous, even without getting in the water. Last night while sorting out the equipment for Sunday's diving adventure, I was loading the gear into the trailer. When I tried to rearrange it so the gear was loaded further in, the trailer tilted forwards so it came down on my toe. It made a god awful noise, partially the trailer and the ( Read more... ) -
maybe we can live in the US after all
I'm glad that's over. After several months of intensely following US news I might be able to do some work again. And it's such a thrashing, by electoral colleges anyway ( Read more... ) -
Down with the hypnotoad
I'm never watching futurama again. I was watching it more than an hour ago,and my laugh induced cough (ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD) is only now beginning to lull now that I've had a shower, despite working my way through a packet of Soothers. I was worried that this cough not finish before all my teeth fell out ( Read more... ) -
Ant vs Moth
One of the nice things about living one floor above the ground is the lack of insect life you get in the house. It's all a bit too hard for ants and cockroaches and spiders to get to our house, so mostly they don't bother ( Read more... ) -
Green
I have been reading Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers, his book on climate change. By the time I got to the end I had an overwhelming feeling of doom, and that I really should go to the reef sooner rather than later. (Screw overseas, that's our next trip. And to the daintree. It doesn't sound like that's going to be the same for much longer either ( Read more... ) -
2am Saturday Night:
The time that muscle ache from rockclimbing on Friday night kicks in.