Monthly Archives: April 2005

“There will not be any questions regarding esoteric distinctions between keywords and manifest constants.” Well, that’s good to know. Scratches head, wanders off with a bemused expression….

French troops arrive in Iraq (Windows Media)(Funny) Q: They aren’t exactly dressed for “rebuilding”?

Both the kids were much better today – made me realise how quiet it’s really been this week Another horrendous night with Small – he’s still got spots, but they don’t look to be getting any worse, and they certainly … Continue reading →

“Daddy what does “virgin” mean?” Heart stops Pause while go talk to mummy option dismissed Contextual questions …. “VERSION” (thank God for that)…..

although a particularly horrendous night with Big, when she woke up crying because her duvet was spiky. They’ve both had horrid temps, but not a lot else, off their food, sleep disturbed. Small now has spots, but they don’t appear … Continue reading →

I have been playing with an election forecasting calculator thingy. This one, the BBC have one which yields very similar results. I poked in some numbers….. Let’s say New labour, Conservatives and the Lib Dems all got the same number … Continue reading →

THEN THEY CAME FOR THE CHILDREN – Yahoo! News I will not say nothing. I have no idea what to say, or who to say it to, but I will not say nothing.

I’ve done nothing all day. Turning machine off now in hope I can salvage some of the evening.

Scientists want to bring the kilogram into 21st century | The Register Just because it made me laugh

and tbh, my fault rather than theirs. Small had a very bad night, and has been off colour today, bit of a temp, slightly off his food, slept for a couple of hours this afternoon. Correspondingly knackered, I’ve not been … Continue reading →

Pumping water I want one. This vid is a giggle (Quicktime)

after a hectic, ppl-full weekend was a quiet day. What we had was a hectic ppl-full day Ah well. tomorrow can be quiet. Took me a while to surface this morning, so when I did I was instantly stressed, needing … Continue reading →

Update on Yahoo, I particularly like the last line of their message “New and Improved Yahoo! Mail – better than ever!” But I have written and asked if they are just wasting my time or are admitting that their staff … Continue reading →

So, by popular request: Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||| 36% Stability |||||||||| 33% Orderliness |||| 13% Empathy |||||||||||||||| 63% Interdependence |||||||||||| 50% Intellectual |||||||||||| 50% Mystical |||||| 23% Artistic |||||| 23% Religious |||| 16% Hedonism |||||||||||||| 56% Materialism … Continue reading →

maybe not quite as weaned as we thought

As we’ve most of the portico staying Lovely day, spent quite a bit of it in the garden. Well, OK, some of it not so lovely from Alison’s point of view, but I’ll leave that to her and t’other half … Continue reading →

Sent today to Yahoo! “A member of your staff has stolen the Yahoo user id marchant@yahoo.com which I have used since 1997. Firstly if you you are going to steal ids back for your staff to use it would be … Continue reading →