No Ripley though?
Yesssss!We have a Vasquez, a Gorman and a Hudson at work now!
No Ripley though? Not yet. Believe It or not
Who's on first?...
Hudson gets draggedthrough the floor just after lunch
the first Gulf War is now closer in time to the Kennedy assassination than to the present day.and less politically
the same amount of time has passed between the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik (red hot chili papers) and the present day as between then and release of the Beatles' first album 'Please Please Me'
Ha hawe're well old now, innit
I was born less than 20 yearsafter the end of WW2. Kennedy was still alive when I was born.
That's cos you're really well old, innitAll the interesting Kennedys were gone by the time I turned up...
Why I oughta......sit down and get my breath back.
HiI'll be 36 a week tomorrow
Fuck. This. are you being mean deliberately?*cries into ibuprofen*
hahatwo regrettable occurrences and a couple of financial adventures that went astray..
Merry Monday, all. I am currently on a conference callwith a large number of people discussing Mobile Fast Chargers. Or MFCs. Nobody in the room understands why I'm grinning.
What's made you stifle laughter recently?
What's made you stifle laughter recently?
Our premier concert hall here in Wellingtonis called the Michael Fowler Centre, after a former mayor. Having recently seen Tim Minchin and Eddie Izzard there, which is, of course shortened to the MFC
So I know how you feel. Also, in other news, what the blithering fuck Straya? It's like the UK in 92 all over again. But even worse...
So I know how you feel. Also, in other news, what the blithering fuck Straya? It's like the UK in 92 all over again. But even worse...
Eurovision?That was my second favourite after the Danish tweepop.
I have no idea what happened in Eurovisionother than Iceland didn't win
No, yer actual politics. Labor* managing to lose an unloseable election to the worst government ever
*no, I don't know where their "u" went to either
No, yer actual politics. Labor* managing to lose an unloseable election to the worst government ever
*no, I don't know where their "u" went to either
Eurovision was more fun, Sweden we're furiousNot going well for Australia, guess people just like mad racists.
Edit. Now I'm reading it, I like that Pauline Hanson's One Nation sounds like a brilliant 90s illegal rave organiser.
Edit. Now I'm reading it, I like that Pauline Hanson's One Nation sounds like a brilliant 90s illegal rave organiser.
It does sound like thatBut alas, the lovely Ms Hanson is the sort of racist only Queensland could provide. Imagine a Farage/Yaxley with all the charm removed
blimey is she still about?I remember everyone getting het up about her when I was in Aus 20 years ago - as you say, a perfect figurehead for thick racists
the main thing that put me off the country was the number of people I was working with who went, "yeah, but you can see her point"
the main thing that put me off the country was the number of people I was working with who went, "yeah, but you can see her point"
Sadly, yes... racism runs deep in oz (no to mention homophobia) it's pretty scary.. but the youth have a lot less hangups so hopefully it'll get better
A German architect calledHelmut Koch
Hopefully generally referred to asKoch, Helmut
In his emails, yes.Thing is, he's a cock of the first order.
In which case nominative determinism at its finest
I have similarly known an Israeli engineercalled Isaac Koch
which apparently isn't that rare a name
which apparently isn't that rare a name
My Dad claims he knew a guy called Ulick McGee which, if you grew up in Dublin, means ‘please perform cunnilingus on me’
my friend always claimed he worked with a bloke calledPat Mycock
The first person who toldme about the Twin Towers was a colleague called Christopher Peacock who NEVER tired of us shouting 'Morning Crispy" every day. Never.
See alsoDrew Peacock.
It means "chef/cook". Not in this case. What does it mean in this case? Say it out loudand listen for something rude
they're just launching 4.0 aren't they? i was just about to get a bright spanky 3.0then that reveals it's ugly head
it's never ending updating.. when they get to 10k powerbank in an hour that'll be me good for the rest of time
anything else is just greedy
it's never ending updating.. when they get to 10k powerbank in an hour that'll be me good for the rest of time
anything else is just greedy
Billy bragg just talked to me on twitter. Billy Bragg!
Fee Waybilltalked to me on FaceBook a few months ago. Fee Waybill!
I just met a husky puppy.A husky puppy!
After an overnight flight on Monday, and two long days' of workshop meetings...today is lazy... daytime flight back in First on BA. Loads of Laurent-Perrier Grand Siecle and a snooze ahoy! Maybe a movie.
Oh, and I need to sketch a couple of details, but I've got 7 hours for two rough sketches... and that'll be about the sum total of my actual productive work today.
Oh, and I need to sketch a couple of details, but I've got 7 hours for two rough sketches... and that'll be about the sum total of my actual productive work today.
I might have to do a trip to the States in the next few monthsbut it'll be AA cattle class so I'll be lucky to not get stabbed.
I'm not sure that alcoholics anonymous should run an airline
they'd do a better job.
And now it's the early train to EdinburghI can't bloody wait for holiday time... off to Canada in less than three weeks!
I'm headed to Zanteon an 0725 flight out of stansted on Sunday morning
I'm on a boatAwwww yis
A motherfuckingboat?
Take a good hard Look
More hiphop:- Manley has just invited me to be buddies on LinkedInWhere is he these days and how the fuck did any of you ever get hold of an email address of mine?
I blame c0wjam!
I blame c0wjam!
Morning,
You'll have been suggested to him by linked in because of your algorithms.
I doubt if that's Manley's actual doing.I got an invite from him some years ago, and he and I despise each other, and block each other on FB and Twitter.
I think we're all LinkedIn chumsbut I'm still not sure what it's for. Like Instagram. And rugby.
I'm only Binary Dinosaurson Linkedin, it comes in handy for finding folk that worked on rare species of mine.
Ah, so he still exists then?Haven't heard owt from him since he flounced off BaceFook.
In other news, may I be the first to laugh at Leeds? Favourite comment so far; dirty Leeds, done dirt cheap!
In other news, may I be the first to laugh at Leeds? Favourite comment so far; dirty Leeds, done dirt cheap!
Such a pity.But we lost it a couple of months ago. You can't win the Championship with one point games.
yes, it is a terrible shame about Leeds*muffled sniggering*
I just tried to walk down an up escalatorI got 2 or 3 steps onto it before i noticed my mistake....
one of those days.
one of those days.
I just went for a job interview for a job I don't really wantand now I'm worried I might get it
You can always turn it down.My friend did a great interview for her perfect job last week, and spent Sunday telling me the many reasons she should turn it down.
it's a great job, civil serviceso it has things like a decent pension and benefits, flexible working, career development tracks etc and all that sort of crazy stuff you seem to have in the real world, unlike the clusterfuck of academia that I wouldn't even really call a career
so it's like a grown up decision thing I don't want to have to make, research is fun but utterly dysfunctional
so it's like a grown up decision thing I don't want to have to make, research is fun but utterly dysfunctional
fucking helldon't tell my missus, who works for the Home Office, that's what it's like!
this is ONS/International Developmentwho (relatively speaking) seem to have their shit together
Home Office sounds terrifying
Home Office sounds terrifying
they're a fucking shamblesInternational Development sounds good, lots of backhanders from shady despots?
just tell them you don't know how escalators workand you are unlikely to be offered the job
I wasn't offered it anywayso it's all good, crisis averted