So, there I was minding my own business last night, turned up my road and saw a car sticking its nose out of one of the side roads. A red Corsa had been coming down the hill and had stopped, as the silver Golf had stuck its nose out somewhat. There they sat, as I approached, neither sure what the other was going to do.

Oh, for Chrissakes, thinks I ( Read more... )

Assuming at least some of you know who Melanie is, I offer

this

...with no further comment ;-)

So, rhubarbtriangle's Dad and brother came up to visit last weekend, which was fun - we nipped out round Langsett reservoir and picked about a ton of bilberries, and they were also able to get my motorbike back running again. A small thing really, and more of a workaround than an actual fix, but I was grateful all the same ( Read more... )

Well, since I got back from Madrid I've got back into the running, and cycling to work, and once in a blue moon I actually use the weights in my room, when the bench isn't covered in random detritus ( Read more... )

I'll do a proper post one of these weeks, but in the meantime... someone really didn't think this through...

http://tinyurl.com/lvmupx

*snigger*

In related news, the Tour de France appears to have started without my noticing. Better make up for lost time...

(Nicked from mister_ed - mainly for caf_pow and glassrat...)

http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2008/10/07

;-)

I read this article on instructions as poetry, at the end of which the author was foolish enough to invite contributions from the general public. I immediately thought of 'Naming of Parts' by Henry Reed (original here). I've tried to keep the structure but it is completely rewritten, so hopefully this counts as my own work ;-)

( Pointing at Exits )

So, another six months rolls around, which means another Jewel of Yorkshire festival, so rhubarbtriangle, aunty_cis and a couple of hundred other like-minded souls have headed off to Saltaire for the weekend.

This means I have a weekend (and a house) to myself, and consequently I start Friday night's drinking early and finish late ;-)

( coffee )

Off down the Hillsborough Hotel if anyone's interested...

...in the pub visit, not the mere fact itself, obviously.

...

I'll just see you down there shall I?

It's quite rare that I post on anything to do with celebrity culture, but sprezzatoura's comments on the whole Jade Goody charade definitely struck a chord:

http://sprezzatoura.livejournal.com/193835.html

You'll probably be quite grateful that I have nothing to add to that ;-)