Year: 2003
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Back In Aber
As expected, I had very little internet access over the Christmas period. And now I'm back in Aber. Mozilla reports 688 new e-mails. Joy.
Will say more when I can be arsed. I came back here from Lancashire via Merseyside and Norfolk. That's a fair journey by anyone's standards.
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Off To Norfolk!
Claire and I are leaving Aberystwyth for Norfolk! Off to spend Christmas with her folks before heading up to Preston on Boxing Day to be with my family.
Have barely begun wrapping presents. For that matter, I still haven't had delivered my mum's present. Or one of Claire's. Damned freaky postmen. Or something.
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Out Of Place
Something feels out of place. Probably just the time of year, the amount of work I have to do, etc. The only good thing about working as long hours at work as I have been is the anticipation of how healthy my next paycheque ought to be. Which it'll need to be, because I'll be …
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The Right To Read
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If you haven't already read it, take a look at The Right To Read, a very short story written in 1997 and updated in 2002 - it'll only take you a few minutes to read; … -
Frustrating
How frustrating is it to write 5 CDs for clients, only to discover an error in some SQL scripts on them that mean that they won't work outside of the development LAN... <grr>
It's the world rebalancing the good and bad things, I guess. Making up for last night's wild rampant sex tour of the flat … -
Christians Should Be Banned From The Internet
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If you're going to spend (at an absolute minimum - and probably closer to four times the amount) $350 on a series of banner advertisements promoting your service, to be displayed inside a popular ad-sponsored … -
Final Troma Night Of The Year
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And a good Troma Night it was, too. The usual people came - surprising how few of them had gone back to their families for Christmas, yet - although Liz didn't bring Tom, and, as … -
Last Troma of 2003
This repost was published in hindsight, on 23 March 2019.
Kit wrote:
TromaNight rolls to a close in 2003 with three excellent offerings. Tonari no Totoro, Pitch Black and Kiki Delivery Service. The first and last were excellent. Pitch Black was a good middle film without doubt - but perhaps easier to forget because the other … -
Gatecrashing
Claire, Peter and I gatecrashed a friend-of-a-friend's house party last night, and ate all of their Pringles. One of the housemates' music collections was fab: all the best of the Goo Goo Dolls, 3 Doors Down, Nirvana... and some weird (but actually quite good) Welsh rock band.
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Banned From Driving For Life, Before He'd Even Passed His Test
As this news story from the BBC relates, a certain Alan Shirkey from Aberdeen was this week given a life ban on driving, as well as a £300 fine and a year's probation.
He'd started learning to drive over a decade ago, but then stopped. Then, on the day in question - 10 years after he'd … -
Christmas Is Coming, The Exams Are Getting Written
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I haven't done any yet.
I'll start tommorow. Better call my mum and get some tips on what my sisters are into this year. Becky's typically quite easy - she usually just wants the most violent … -
Worst 100 Films Of All Time
IMDB provide a list of the worst 100 films of all time, as rated by their visitors. I particularly enjoyed the fact that four of the Police Academy movies made it into the list. In other words, Police Acadamy films are responsible for 4% of the Worst 100 Films Ever. This shouldn't come as a …
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Something In The Water
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People keep getting together. Kate and Leu, Tom and Liz (now with a journal!), and now: Sian and Andy. Must be something in the water. The latter pair (and the one I most recently heard … -
Troma Night
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Ran out of food, ran out of alcohol: a disgrace from a planning perspective.
On the other hand; we watched...
"Nymphoid Barbarian In Dinosaur Hell", in which a girl (who wasn't really Nymphoid or Barbaric … -
Justification Of What You All Already Thought About My Sanity, And About Orange's Competence
As I promised a few days ago, I called Orange today to complain that I hadn't ever received the two messages for which I've had the cost refunded. The first couple of people said that there was nothing that they could do, but a lot of harassment and a few calls later, and I persuaded …