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Well, I'm back.
As alluded to in my earlier post, I spent most of today watching The Lord of the Rings - all three extended editions back-to-back. Damn, but I'd forgotten just how good those films are. Admittedly, watching them all in one go (I've done it in three consecutive days before) is a bit of an endurance test - in the best possible way, of course ( Read more... ) -
Why's the wine always gone?
Seriously! Before Christmas I had a full wine rack with a dozen bottles on it (plus one chilling in the fridge). Despite acquiring more as presents, now that the family have departed, I'm down to three (and that's only because I picked up a couple more at Sainsbury's yesterday). Still, lots of really nice bottles, and we even tried to match wines ( Read more... ) -
Eat, drink, and be merry!
...for tomorrow we diet. And by "tomorrow", I mean in two or three weeks when the assorted left-overs, snacks and sweetmeats have finally met their demise. The past few days have, not unexpectedly, contained considerable amounts of both food and alcohol (although the former rather closer to excess than the latter). On the plus side, we have been ( Read more... ) -
Animal Hospital
So, I just performed open heart surgery on a mouse. Thanks to the power of duct tape, a bad case of middlebuttonnoclickitis has been rectified, and my beloved MX1000 has made a full recovery. Yes I know it has seven other clickable buttons, but I need them all! -
In which I, for once, am the manly one...
I succeeded in my primary objective of getting the tools needed to install the radiator tomorrow (including one I hadn't thought off until I got to the hardware store - something which can detect the wooden studs in an internal wall). Alas, I failed in my second objective - to see Pan's Labyrinth - although, to be fair, I wasn't really in the mood ( Read more... ) -
BSG squee
I was somewhat late watching this week's Battlestar Galactica - what with being forgetful, then out shopping, then getting rather engrossed in my latest Tamora Pierce novel (mmm, favourite author fix), it wasn't until the middle of the evening that I remembered to grab the torrent file and kick it off. Still, it was an episode which was very much ( Read more... ) -
IM IN UR KITCHEN, COOLIN UR FOODZ.
After nearly four months of waiting, the last appliance has finally made its appearance. After last week's fiasco, with the two deliver men deeming themselves insufficient, this week they sent ... two delivery men. Plus a risk assessor. After much umming, ah-ing and measuring, they decided that it just might be possible (but that the four man team ( Read more... ) -
The Psi Corps is your Friend. Trust the Corps.
Once again I ventured forth into Oxford in search of jeans. After a long and arduous quest upon which I tried on what seemed like every pair of appropriately sized jeans in the centre of town, I finally settled on something "good enough". That goal achieved, I did potter around the shops a little more, but in the end I decided that I really wasn't ( Read more... ) -
Kitchen Confidence-ial?
So, it looks like I may finally get my shiny new fridge-freezer soon. In fact, it's due to be delivered on Monday. Something of a wait, to be sure, but it will be nice to have the kitchen finally finished. In celebration, last weekend I picked up a few bits and pieces to help finish the job - a nice blind for the window, and a little stool so that ( Read more... ) -
GIP!
So, I mentioned a while back that I took a while bunch of pictures at the Ashmolean Museum, with the express purpose of making them into icons. Because, yes, I mock the art. I also got around to making a Data icon with a quote from an early TNG episode wich made me think "I have to make an icon of that ( Read more... )