Amazing who you can run into in this LJ community. In my case, a 5' venom-filled scorpion I'd hoped never to think about again. Fortunately, she's thousands of miles away.

Even so, my entries are for the most part going private now. I'd not have mentioned this apart from a lingering need to vent some venom of my own. Ah, double standards.

The fairies of the aether have told me that BG is to get another season? This is entirely unconfirmed rumour but I'm sure someone will dig up the facts. Due to a sad twist of fate (well ok, just our landlord moving out) we are sans-any kind of decent telly since Xmas, and that means I haven't even seen what you over there have seen. Pah ( Read more... )

Nicked from caddyman. I barely have enough friends to fill the fields, but the results are apt, I feel. Spelling duly corrected (and edited for more I found).

It never used to feel this cold when I was younger. Bah.

I was going to expound entertainingly, or at least at some length, on the local weather, but I find I can't be arsed. It's only weather - it won't be the same tomorrow anyway.

I grew up in Switzerland, so I'm not unacquainted with snow. Of course, child-snow is not the same as adult-snow ( Read more... )

I am humbled by the cleverness of my friends. It is both inspiring and, at times, deeply depressing.

That is all.

(Yes Ian, that primarily means you atm. You'll live. *g*)

And why not?

Take it here.

I am:


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So, we lost the satellite box yesterday. Our neighbour, friend and slu-- landlord is selling the house and moving down to Florida, and since he happened to *cough* provide our hookup, said hookup is now gone. Hundreds of channels gone in the blink of an eye and we're left with the cable channels - which, here in the States, seems to be synonymous ( Read more... )

I should post.

There, I've posted.

(Hey, at least it's short.)

So, after whining that this almost-cold should become a real cold and just get itself over with, I got what I wanted. The slapped-together pot roast for Xmas day turned out to be quite heavenly, at least on Xmas day. Yesterday's leftovers, however, were NOT as nice coming back up as they were going down ( Read more... )