April 28, 2005 • 10:52 am
El Goog (read it backwards… there, now you know what’s going on…) is possibly the best creator random stuff ever. I got an email from my good friend Charlotte, telling me all about her exploits with El Goog.
Hey!
Being really bored yesterday, my friend Gill and I decided to email our history teacher (Miss Baker, she’s [...]
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April 27, 2005 • 5:30 pm
Today, on my way into the union, I saw a medium sized crowd of people, under large Liberal Democrat signs. On the way out, I saw the crowd, with signs, following someone, while the police kept them at bay. Some were shouting things like “Why are you giving prisoners the vote?” I can only conclude [...]
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April 25, 2005 • 3:25 pm
Teh exile
A while ago, it might even have been a billion years ago, somewhere on the old blog, I blogged about a poet (Can’t we have a female version of names in English? She could be a poette.) who writes incredible poetry. Her name is Harriet, and you can see her work at:
http://www.fictionpress.com/~theexile
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April 25, 2005 • 12:41 pm
An update on the boiler… Its noises have become much more plaintive of late. They sound a lot like a cow giving birth to a whale, or maybe a whale mourning another whale or something. It’s actually quite marvellous. The hot water seems to be coming through more often now, so I’m happy, and I [...]
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April 22, 2005 • 12:59 pm
I have lots of reading to do for three of my modules. Seriously, there’s like nine books each, and about a million papers. I’m a little worried as to how I’m going to fit all of it in. One of these modules is my dissertation, and I have to have about 30 billion references (give [...]
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April 21, 2005 • 10:18 am
The other day I was walking home when I saw a dog on the other side of the road, waiting at one end of the pedestrian crossing. A car came up and, on seeing the dog, stopped. The dog then crossed the road. It was nice.
When I got home I started doing some reading, and [...]
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April 20, 2005 • 1:52 am
I got talking to this guy tonight, who was a vegan, and his mate, who was not a vegan. I spent most of the night asking the vegan “what if” questions, like, “Would you eat meat if it came from a cow who had died of natural causes after a long and fulfilling life?” and, [...]
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April 18, 2005 • 3:08 pm
why i don’t read horoscopes – part i
OK, tequila mockingbird is hilarious. Just read this post about why she doesn’t believe in horoscopes. Wait til you get to the bit that begins “Our collective advice is…”. Es muy funny.
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April 18, 2005 • 12:53 pm
I’ve just walked feta cheese into the computer room carpet.
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April 18, 2005 • 10:42 am
Well, I got back this Sunday from a weekend away with Church. We went to the Yorkshire Dales to stay in log cabins and do Churchy stuff. Naturally, it started in complete disorganisation on my part. Got a letter which clearly stated “Be at church for 5pm!. Come 4.50, I was just beginning to think, [...]
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