Category: General Entries
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So I just got home from my official last day at work. This time, I know it’s more real than it’s ever been. The end of an Era, as Ben said. Every time I left before, I expected to return…
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This Big Brother-esque project by Nottingham University brings to life something I’ve always wanted to do; fill a house to the brim with technology and automation to find out what is REALLY useful, what is fun gadget, and what actually…
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This morning’s rainstorm-turned-thunderstorm was fascinating to watch and hear! The rain was nothing unusual at first, but then hail started coming down the size of dried green peas, causing a raucous noise on the Velux windows. (They’re angled windows so…
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I don’t even know where to start with this new season of Big Bro. Actually, a self-inflicted lobotomy may be the best way to start… Did anyone else notice a theme tonight? A theme of thick, self-absorbed twits if anything!…
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Even though this movie got slagged quite a bit in the past few weeks, I have to say I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t that often a laugh-out-loud movie but a constant chuckle and shake of the head at the…
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How can the horror that is the Crazy Frog ringtone have evolved into a number one hit? It was the mid-to-late-90’s. I remember the original soundbite, which was played while you looked at a static image of a racing kart…
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Oh yeah, btw, I am aware my shoutbox is upside down. My webhosting had issues for a couple of days and put an old backup of the shoutbox by mistake. We’ll be fixing that in the near future once Mr.…
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We arrived home yesterday after a fantastic trip to Canada. It was great to see friends and family. It’s not often that I do so much and see so many people in so little time, so it was a tiring…
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So you remember when I said I’d do a fitness challenge and turn things around and lose a good chunk of weight and be fit and blahblahblah? Yeah you guessed it, after the trip to Belgium, I gave up totally…
that canadian girl 