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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Silliest Thing I’ve Seen All Week
As this hilarious BBC news story tells it, an artist came home to his Liverpool house to find that:
(a) A criminal had broken in to his home.
(b) Mistaking a piece of his artwork as a human head in a jar, the criminal turned himself in to the police to tell them about it. He also … -
The Sims
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Claire wrote:
I've just made a sim Claire, Dan, Kit, Paul and Bryn. I was bored ok?
Dan and Claire hardly see each other because they work opposing hours, Kit and Paul are jobless bums who spend all day at Dan and Claire's or playing on their … -
Hunting For Bambi
This news article, entitled Hunting For Bambi, amused me for a few minutes.
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Injured
Spent last night on the beach with Andy, Alec, Paul, Claire, and others last night. Folks like Andy and Alec are in Aber for the graduate's ball tomorrow, we we went out for a barbecue. I took along my new juggling gear and practised juggling flaming brands. I wasn't very good at it. I need …
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cold
This repost was published in hindsight, on 18 March 2019.
Paul wrote:
Long time, no update. (shrugs). Went for a pickled egg in Aber but couldn’t find one after searching nearly every pub in the area, so we’ve decided to make our own with vinegar, garlic, chillis, mustard, red hot tobasco sauce etc… should be quite … -
Butterfingers
Butterfingers gave me a courtesy call at work this morning to tell me that my juggling gear will be delivered tomorrow. Which is nice.
It's a stupidly hot day. The office needs desk fans. I'm melting here. I've been to the kitchen three times so far just to soak my head/hair from the tap to keep … -
Haiku
Claire is at work. Kit and Paul are pickling eggs with our new supplies of pickling vinegar.
While the eggs boiled, Paul seems to have used my fridge poetry set to compose a pair of unusual haiku. They are as follows:
this is a sad symphony
about two lovers
and there death by pink chocolate
man with purple hair
woman with … -
Pickled Eggs
Went for a pint with Paul and Kit at the Ship & Castle, which eventually turned into a long trek through over a dozen Aberystwyth pubs in search of pickled eggs.
A secondary highlight of the evening was my phone call to Rummers Wine Bar, leaving a message on their answerphone: "Good evening; my name is … -
Kit, Mark II
I've discovered what Kit's evil plan is: he's transforming Paul into another Kit!
Paul, like Kit (another jobless bum) now comes around to my house and tidies up in exchange for not being allowed to starve. Okay; it's not quite that bad (or organised), but Kit's quite obviously just beginning a long and complex plan, here.
I'll … -
Friday Morning
Wow. Seen the Quake IV Leaked Screenshots [mirror]. Due for release on the last day of the year, based on these stills alone I'd say that it's going to be something quite spectacular... and will involve a terrier...
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Fire In The Eyes
I've not been able to get out of my mind the thrill of juggling with flaming torches the other night. So I've bought myself a set from Butterfingers, along with some other juggling goodies and a book about how to juggle with clubs.
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Almost Passed This On The Way To Work
Another fantastic story from the BBC: this one took place yesterday, and so I missed it, as I didn't come in to work. Apparently this lorry full of cheese caught fire on the A44, on my usual route to the office. The driver said: "I saw the fire starting but by the time I'd gone …
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Sandplough
As this report by the BBC states, Danish soldiers in Iraq were surprised when their latest supplies shipment, instead of containing much-needed morphine and tent equipment, contained a snowplough and a supply of lawnmowers.
Now; okay - I understand that mistakes happen, and perhaps there was a mix-up between two supplies orders... but somebody must have … -
Carribean Night
It's not often you plan an entire evening around one ingredient... which turns out not to have anything to do with the food...
Kit: "What're we going to do with these coconuts?" (holds up two coconuts)
Two hours later, we're sipping pina coladas, eating carribean-style curry (soon to be followed by Bounty bars). The curry turned out … -
Fucking Flaming Brands
Last night Kit, Claire, Paul, Bryn and I acquired a huge wooden desk and other burnables and went and started an enormous fire on the beach, having just finished a most fantastic curry at Cafe All Spice. Big fire!
Later, we were joined by a man with some juggling batons and a woman with some flags …