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Dan And Alex
People have been asking me if these comics are actually related to my co-worker, Alex. Of course the answer is no: I would never say anything so unflattering about such a great and able worker as Alex, nor would I ever call him RetardBoy. And obviously these comics aren't based on actual events: it would … -
Goodbye Andy And Sian
Goodbye to Andy and Sian, who are leaving Aber tomorrow-ish. We've had ups and downs, we've seen some great times, and I'll miss you both. Good luck in whatever you choose to do, and I hope to see you again sometime soon.
Ruth makes similar sentiment in a more general manner. Sian pines over Aberystwyth … -
CNPS
Consecutive Number Plate Spotting is a very, very silly game.
And now Claire is doing it. And I'm betting that there'll be others we know who'll want to try to beat her at it (I'm looking at you, Paul - there's a number 1 parked on Bridge Street).
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Episode III, Take II
When Ruth, JTA and Claire watched Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith the other night, Claire got very drunk. As a result, she doesn't actually remember much of what happened.
So, tonight, we'll be watching it again. If you want to come along, we'll be showing it at The Flat at 9pm tonight. … -
Postcard From Kit And Fi
Received a postcard this morning from Kit & Fi, and it's as much to many of you lot as it is to me, so I'll relay it to you here:
[CLASSIFIED - OPERATION TROMA // EYES ONLY]
Dear Dan, Claire, Paul, Bryn + Ruth, JTA, Andy, Siân & any other Troma fanatics (Jon + Hayley I'm … -
Top 100 Movies According To Time
Paul: you might be interested in this (just for the challenge of watching them all) - Time have produced their top 100 movies list; take a look.
Claire and I went out with Sundeep last night to Reload at the Students Union, which was surprisingly good fun, apart from that weird man who briefly kidnapped Claire … -
Eurovision At Troma Night?
All Troma Night folks are requested to vote on this week's Troma Night plans! Are you coming? Do you want us to watch JTA's choice of films, or would you rather we watched the final of the Eurovision Song Contest (with full drinking/betting rules) and put off JTA for another day.
"What are you waiting for? … -
Life Among Stressed Students
It's exam week, and so I find myself surrounded by stressy students. Sundeep, in particular, worries far too much about her exams; but even Claire's not immune: while on the surface she's fine, she's been having weird dreams (of missing an exam... of failing an exam... spot a theme?) and has been getting frustrated easily. …
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Candlelight
Contrary to what JTA thinks, it's quite easy to read by candlelight. I couldn't sleep last night (or, to put it another way, I wasn't even remotely tired by the time Claire went to bed, which is perhaps more a result of the fact that she's not used to getting up so early in the …
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Face-Burning Chilli
Many of you reading this will have eaten one of my chilli con carnes before, where I've used my Da Bomb: The Final Answer hot sauce in the recipe before (original recipe). For those not in-the-know, when cooking chilli to feed four or so, I tend to use the following system to measure the hot …
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Today’s Progress
Today's progress - at work - has been stunning, compared to the problems of last week. This morning, I came in, plugged in, did the mandatory e-mail and blog checks, read some news, then got down to work. I slapped on some Pink Floyd (Echoes and Division Bell) and the code... just... worked. By just …
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My New Route Home From Work
Tide permitting, I've been taking a new route home from work. It's not much of a shortcut, not even taking 30 seconds off my time to get home, but it's certainly a lot more fun than the regular route. Of course; it's only accessible at high tide, and it does take a little bit of …
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Toaster Death
Our toaster at work just blew up. It's an Inspirations 4-Slice Toaster and I'd recommend against it to anybody. It's actually the second such toaster we've had: Alex bought one from Woolworths so we could toast things and before long it developed a problem such that only 2 of the slots actually worked (the others …
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Could Be A Lot Worse
At least my week's getting better towards the end. Extracts from an e-mail from my mum:
...work - complete nightmare, back-to-back meetings most days with no time to implement the outcomes and so much work looming I don't know where to start... ...XXXXX is pregnant and leaving in a month or two (not to be replaced) … -
Andy’s Dingbats Challenge
Remember my dingbats challenges? (challenge 1, answers; challenge 2, answers) Well; Andy took my engine and made one of his own, which I forgot to link to earlier. Anyway, go take it if you like, but the answers are probably out by now.
It's a little bit more random and weird and off-the-wall than mine, mind.