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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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #16:
Realise that you've got over 970 songs on MP3 format, taking up over 3.25GB of hard drive space. Decide that you need to find a new (cheap) hard drive on which to store them all. Mention this in the "Cool … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #15:
Find a quaint little shop in the middle of nowhere, in a quaint little town in the middle of nowhere, and buy a really awful tie. Truly awful. Plan to wear it to a (course-compulsary) team-building weekend to take the … -
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #14:
Go to a "Traffic Lights Party" organized by the students union, where you're supposed to dress in a colour that dictates your availability status. Red is "Taken". Yellow is "Maybe available". Green is "Desperate". Wear yellow. Fail to 'pull'.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #13:
Have somebody who you went to college with disbelieve that the cool things that you state that you have been doing since you got to Univeristy are true, when you've only got to #9... The sad boring individual.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #12:
Download the entirety of that fantastic film, The Matrix, on to your hard drive, and watch it, wondering why your PC is running so slow until you realise that the film is occupying 1.4GB of the remaining 1.5GB of your … -
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Dan eats an entire pack of economy custard cream biscuits.
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Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #10:
Lose your virginity. Retain the box it came in. Keep the reciept, too - you might get a refund.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during the … -
Cool Thing Of The Day
Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #9:
Steal a flag from a golf course, and, without the aid of alcohol, smuggle it through town, into and out of burger king, and onto campus, with the overall aim of setting up your own course near your room, and … -
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #8:
Lose a pair of shoes by leaving them outside your door and finding them missing the following morning. Then find another pair you've never seen before underneath your bed.
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #7:
Eat a pot noodle from a vending machine... Like they're not just the ultimate convenience food anyway - just add water and eat - they've now made a machine that adds the water for you! The bloody thing even gives … -
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #6:
Escape from an extremely boring lecture whose content you know and understand anyway, after signing the register, by the much fabled "slip under your the desk at the back row of the lecture theatre, then crawl under your seat, out … -
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #5:
Use your NUS card the the Varsity to get a free Key Fob, which entitles you to dirt cheap (ok; even cheaper than normal) drinks most nights of the week... Banks Bitter: £1.25; Fosters £1.45 etc.
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #4:
Buy a ticket to see Craig Charles, Still Live On Earth, on November 20th, at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre (a.k.a. My Doorstep). Not bad.
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #3:
Ask a complete stranger out on a date. And have her say 'No'. Bugger.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, during the first few months of my … -
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Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #2:
Go the The Cambrian, buy a "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster", and down it, then see how long you can remain vertical.
The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could read them, …