Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Curry Tonight
The Usual Crew are having curry tonight at Cafe All Spice, 7pm (NOT the previously advertised time of 6:30pm). All welcome, BYOB. More details on request.
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Exploding Toads
Umm... yeah...
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Build Library Here (Or Else!)
This last few days, Claire and I have been listening to a hell of a lot of the new Pagan Wanderer Lu album, Build Library Here (Or Else!). And it's such an impressive album that I've decided to write a little about it here, in the hope that some of you who've never heard of …
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All Looks Well
I can appreciate how Andy feels: all seems pretty 'well' in my little corner of this little corner of the world.
Friday's Geek Night involved a four-hour long, six-player game of Knights & Cities Of Catan, which Andy won, perhaps contributing to his good mood.
On Saturday, Troma Night was particularly laid-back and relaxed. This was, of … -
Knightmare Night
The plan for this evening, for all those that are interested:
Knightmare Night will be running from 8pm to about 11:15pm: we'll be watching season 2, episodes 10 through 16. BYOB, etc. I've even tidied the flat... a little. And Claire's done the washing-up.
But before this, at 7:20pm, we'll be doing a "bottle bank run", to … -
Big.McLargeHuge Lives
Nobody on Earth, not even Gareth, knows or understands what happened to cause the server problems on Big.McLargeHuge yesterday, but, as usual, everybody's blaming me. My apologies to everybody who was inconvenienced by the problems. It's amazing how much damage can be caused by a MySQL server going down... almost all the sites on McLargeHuge …
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Celebrations Are In Order!
Celebrations are in order! Paul says so!
To celebrate Sian (and others) having completed recent dissertations and other academically-significant projects, the usual crew are cordially invited for curry at Cafe All Spice at 6:15pm, followed by the Ship & Castle (there's a beer festival on!). -
Another Knightmare
Peter and I, this time joined by Matt, JTA, Ruth, Andy R, Sian, and Katie watched another eight episodes of Knightmare (the first half of the second series) last night. Highlights include:
First ever winning team: they sucked up, they bribed, and they otherwise twisted the NPCs around their little fingers. Having seen this … -
Spellcasting: A-L-C-O-H-O-L
Last night, Paul, Claire, Pete and I sat down, beer and gin and Dooley's to hand, and watched the entire first series of 80's kids TV game show Knightmare, taking a drink every time:
Team gives directions to dungeoneer that they can't possibly follow. ("Go through the door.")
Team gives wrong directions to … -
My Footbone Hurts
I dropped a saxophone stand onto my foot this morning and I think I might have broken my little toe. I've not broken a bone before, but my foot feels exactly like people who've broken bones in their feet have said it feels: a dull pain in the affected area at all times, coupled by …
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Another Fab Weekend
Geek Night (must finish that web site) was great on Friday. JTA and Ruth were away in Shropshire, and so I thought I might stand some chance at Settlers Of Catan (now with the Cities & Knights Of Catan add-on. But Jimmy came, and - despite it being his first ever game of Settlers - …
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Best Blonde Joke - Ever!
This is absolutely fantastic. Take a look.
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How To Sell May Ball Tickets
Every year the Students Union here in Aberystwyth puts on the May Ball, an excuse to dress up and party if ever I saw one, for students. For the last few years this has been held on-campus, in the Arts Centre, Students Union, and the concourse in-between the two. Live music and shows, dancing, and …
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Ricin In Wood Green… Well; Not Really…
The Register have got a well-written analysis of the people involved in the recent "ricin terror" case, with a look at how this relates to Al-Quaeda, ID cards, and politics. It's worth reading.
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9 Songs
Hmm. Watched 9 songs tonight at a special screening at the Arts Centre cinema.
Synopsis
A couple meet at a concert and go on to have lots of sex and go to other concerts. Their relationship is threatened at a point, when they stop having so much sex and start actually talking, at which point they realise …