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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The Internet Saves The Day
You've got to love it.
Claire today took her car to a garage in Capel Bangor to be serviced and to have it's brakes fixed. Unfortunatley she didn't anticipate the scope of this operation and found herself stuck there for (potentially) two hours.
However, with the joy of the world wide web, I was able to find … -
The Volume of a Sexually Dimorphic Nucleus in the Ovine Medial Preoptic Area/Anterior Hypothalamus Varies with Sexual Partner Preference
A study has just been released (click here for the abstract) about the biochemical differences between 'straight' and 'gay' rams.
Just a thought: what do you have to do to get a research grant for that... "Hi... I'd like you to give me thousands of pounds to chop up the brains of gay sheep."
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God [humour]
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[missing picture]
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I’m So Fucking Clever
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I've had a great idea that I might try to implement sometime (or put of the stack of things I might … -
Snow! Again!
It's snowing! Again!
Apparently it's going to get as low as -7ºC on Sunday. And some fool has a BBQ-on-the-beach planned.
Will post more when I find the motivation. -
My DJ Name
Daniel Huntley spins tunes as
DJ Dark IllusionGet your dj name @ Quiz Me
Damn, I'm hungover. -
Thankyou
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Fiona wrote:
You have made me both think and laugh tonight Dan. Thank you.
Thank you Paul, you got me in to this- it is my main way of being in touch with all of you.
Thank you all for posting, I often feel as if it should … -
Lion Cut?
This amused me at work today.
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Work, Work, Work…
...but at least I made some progress today. Heaps of work done. Good stuff.
Plus, managed to squeeze in some research that I'll need for later in the week.
And, better yet, my colleague Phill left his mobile at the office tonight, so I've reprogrammed his operator logo from it's old one (the O2 logo) to a … -
Beautiful Morning In The Valleys
Jen is, of course, correct. It is a beautiful morning. As I came over the brow of Penglais hill into the valley of Capel Dewi, the frosty fields were spread out before me like a big white blanket. If you happen to be up early this morning, go take a look... before it thaws.
It's a … -
More, Abstract, On Faith In What You Love
Following my previous entry, here's some recent feeling around the matter of "losing faith in what you love".
Very recently, I've met a great many people who are just beginning to find interesting and rewarding a thing which I have taken for granted for so long. And I've been encouraging this, in my own way - … -
The Most Frustrating Things In The World… Ever… (2004)
The most annoying thing in the world? Witnessing an argument and knowing exactly what needs to be said, and what needs to be asked, to resolve it, but those involved being so engrossed in it that none of them will listen to hear what they need to hear.
No; that's not right; the most annoying thing … -
Manos: The Hands Of Fate
This is the worst movie I have ever seen. It is far, far worse, even, than Barb Wire.
It is truly abysmal. Awful filming, meaningless plot, impossible-to-understand ending, crap acting, discontinuity, shitty clipping... apparently three members of the cast committed suicide shortly after filming was completed. Almost none of the rest worked in film again.
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Jam
I've just watched the DVD of the controversial Channel 4 TV Series, Jam. It's... different. It's perhaps a little too dark and bitter a sense of humour even for me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I particularly enjoyed the "Symptomless Coma" sketch. All very, very sick-and-wrong, though. While I personally liked it, I can see …
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Congratulations, Paul - It’s A Beautiful… Kitten
Wow. I've found an internet radio station dedicated entirely to remixes of C64 music. Go tune-in!