Getting Out More

For some reason, my social life has exploded this year. In a good way – more like a fun firework than a naffing large landmine. I’ve just looked through the diary – my next free weekend is Easter. After that, June’s looking like it’s got a gap. Maybe.

In the meantime, how to convert a Nintendo game system into a PC is good for a chuckle – although it is geeky in the extreme (but still not as geeky as the Teddy Borg). Ah well.

VSTL

Initially it was written as a quick reply to this post of Gerts, but it just had to be written about here too.

I’ve just spent an hour on a packed train with one woman’s arse pretty much right in my face. Some people would say that’s not such a bad deal – in some circumstances I might even be prompted to agree with them. However, the arse in question today was encased in black knickers, wrapped in skintight white leggings. The pleasantness quotient suddenly starts to fall, doesn’t it?

And then it actually achieves negativity – because not only was this a horror of a backside wrapped in Lycra/nylon mix, but it had the ultimate in Visible Lines – the infamous Visible Sanitary Towel Line. It really wasn’t a good train journey.

What a shock

Nice to see the Grauniad reporting that Geoffrey Robinson, the Paymaster General, has had the charges dropped against him with regard to cocaine found in his car. Hardly a surprise, I suppose – it’s not the first time that police have conveniently “failed to find relevant evidence” linking Robinson to the cocaine – other than it bveing in his car, of course.

Ah well. Such are the vagaries of power and politics, eh?

Temptation

Every so often an idea for a new site/domain-name comes into my head – and then I check it and the domain actually exists and is available. I’ve no idea what content I’d put on it, but the name appeals to me enough that I really want to own it. That’s how the name “destruction for dummies” came about (and yes, I’m still waiting for the lawyers to get hold of me, particularly considering something else I read yesterday) as well as a couple of others.

I’m in that situation again at the moment. A conversation last night brought up (as a completely spur-of-the-moment thing) an idea – I’ve checked it, and it’s available. So I’m in that quandary moment right now – thinking “do I? don’t I?” It’s exceptionally tempting – but I’ve no idea what I’d do with it (yet).

And I just know that the Daily Mail would love it as a domain. For now, that’s the only clue you’re getting. *Grin*

Normal service restored

Yes, I’m back on form – regardless of feeling like I’ve been repeatedly smacked in the mouth with a hammer. And with luck that’s the last I’ll say on the subject for a while.

Many thanks to the people who commented below – the ideas re chocolate mousse and MullerRice were well received. *Grin* (And if you don’t know what I’m on about, just read the bloody comments I also found that doing a semi-casserole of vegetables and chicken, accompanied by cous-cous ( which for some reason my brain always gets mixed up with glis-glis, which is edible dormouse) also works very well on the “no real need to chew hard” front.

Dental hysteria

At 9am today, I’m going to be in the dentists, starting off on the work that needs doing. Needless to say, I’m not looking forward to it at all. However, my mind’s set on the end result, not the process for getting there – which seems like a smart way to do things.

But what on earth posessed me to make a ninety minute appointment for 9am on a Monday? I wish I knew. Still, I suppose the week won’t be able to get much worse after having this as a starting point.