Tag: 42
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Cars are black holes on land
As the title says, cars are black holes on land. Money just disappears when it comes in contact with a car, especially an older car. Case in point – I took my car to a local garage to get a full service done on it. They called me back later that day and said they…
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A painful event
Last Friday, I went to see my local GP about a rather annoying sebaceous cyst in my right shoulder. It was inflamed and sore, and had already been there for a week, so he put me on flucloxacillin, 2g per day. Jump to Wednesday morning, nothing much has happened, though the rate of growth has…
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Fiddling with laptops
Someone at worked asked me to take a look at their old laptop for them – apparently it wouldn’t boot, wouldn’t even power on some days, and generally was being a pain. I agreed to take a look at it, and see if I could get any data off of the drive. The owner offered…
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Long time no write.
Yeah, I’ve let things lapse a bit more than I normally do. New job has me quite occupied, and I had a house guest for the past month. House guest has now gone home, and I’m back to being a lazy bachelor. Yes, this means I need to do the dishes in the sink. Perhaps…
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Hey ho, another year
Well, I’m officially a year older, and it’s also 2008. Suppose I should bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies for $work, given the apparent tradition of ‘bring treats in on your birthday’.
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Out and about
I’m currently sitting in a Premier Inn room in Crawley, West Sussex – a few miles from Gatwick Airport. “Why?”, I hear you ask (or maybe not [and my English is failing me, is that comma right?]). Just to pick up a friend tomorrow – it was easier to do the 122 miles today in…