I was younger, part of a class at a college. It was clearly our first day and we collected together in a room on the top floor, the fourth floor, of a newish white building. The lecturer came in and informed us, to our great delight, that the first task would be a race. We all had to run 5 times around the building, once on each floor, going down ( Read more... )

So, I was sat in the car this morning thinking about consequences, and a terrible old song came on the radio.

Firstly I should perhaps make it clear that I take no responsibility for this particular song turning up on Radio 2 at that point in the morning. I am pretty certain that it had nothing to do with my thoughts at the time. Even if Chris Evans ( Read more... )

And so it is time to bring you the next installment in "Ian's Weird Dreams" tm ( Read more... )

A week or so ago I had a dream all about rowing, as in the art of moving a boat, not the art of shouting at one another ( Read more... )

I dreamt last night that I was shopping, and ended up at the fish counter. They had lots of good sized bits of haddock and salmon and tuna, ranging in price from £3 to £5ish. Then I saw this little wedge of a piece of fish, all wrapped tight in clingfilm. It looked a bit like salmon, but had a price of £53 on it, so I asked what fish it was, and ( Read more... )

I was sleeping late this morning.....and I dreamed that I was watching a film. It was on a big screen on the wall at the top of the bed (there is no TV in the bedroom in real life). It was about two races of sphinx type creatures battling in a desert with sword and shield. The leaders were hovvering in the air far above the battlefield (oddly ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I updated LJ.  I was never a prolific writer, but I just seemed to run out of things to say. The trouble with not writing though, was that I then forgot to read, and lost track of LJ completely.

And so I'm back, (from outer space, I just walked in to find you here wi....... oops.  That'll be my earworm for the day then.) ( Read more... )

In a famous song, Mr Bowie sings the line “we move like tigers on Vaseline”.

It occurred to me today that, rather than the sleek, extra fast predator implied by the song, it just gives me an image of a poor bedraggled, greased up cat, completely unable to keep his footing, sliding all over the place in a “Jeux Sans Frontières” manner, whilst ( Read more... )

Audi A3 Quattros can go 242kph easily, but soon run out of road ( Read more... )

A question of business etiquette:
When one receives a request to remove a company from ones mailing list, is it appropriate to email back a confirmation that it has been done, or would this be classified as further unwanted spammage?

Answers on a postcard, or just scribble below.