Is eating chocolate chips out of the bag an acceptable snack? (Yes/No)
Does your answer change if they are "Swirled" milk chocolate and caramel? (Yes/No)

Yours,
lj member too procrastinating to stump up for a paid account with poll access

The simple answer is - because I know there's no way in hell I would ever be the best. Not even the best from my home town. Why? This guy - Terry Tao, just won a Fields Medal - Australia's first. To put this in context, I was always the ludicrously geeky kid who'd been skipped ahead in school. Terry made me look slow back then, and I met him ( Read more... )

It's one of those things you don't tend to think about. After all, at 29 all of your friends are still going to live forever, right?

roup42 is sadly missed. If it wasn't for him, I may well not be married now. I owe him more than I ever had the chance to tell him directly.

Rest in Peace, Paul.

I'm singing "The Bjork Song" to my cat.

PS. He's not very interested.

Yes, that's right, 9 of us went to see Avenue Q last night. This was grendelyn and my second time to see it. I've never been to see a musical a second time before, and this time was the second time I've seen this within a month. All I can say is, beg, borrow or steal a ticket ( Read more... )

So, what happened with the Pirates ( Read more... )

(The one instance where a consultant using 'leverage' should not be shot).

For those of you who have or have not been paying attention, the long saga of buying a flat for myself and grendelyn is now finally complete. Completion happened today, so now begins the long saga of sorting out the move! At least we have enough pre-booked and pre-packed (thanks ( Read more... )

So, I haven't posted in what - months? Since then anyone who has read Susan's entries will know much of what has been happening, although in the last month or so there hasn't been much news coming out about what we've been up to ( Read more... )

OK, so I know I haven't been elljaying substantially since I started. The basic reason: most of my life has been pretty samey, just finishing off a piece of work for one client and (as of tomorrow) starting a new piece for another. (No, I can't tell you who for, that's part of the rules, and anyone who knows me at all by now will know that I'm ( Read more... )