Just before I left work yesterday, I heard that the Northern Line was suspended between Stockwell and Morden so I wouldn’t be able to use it to get home. My other option is to get a train from Victoria so I decide to walk down to Temple station and get the tube from there to… Continue reading The Temple
Political Security
I’ve always loved London. I used to love coming up to London when I was a child. One of the things that I loved most was going to Downing St. In those days (the 1970s) anyone could wander up to the front door of Number 10 and have their picture taken with the nice policemen… Continue reading Political Security
Big Brother vs Homophobia
The new series of Big Brother starts in the UK tonight. I’m happy to admit that I find it all fascinating and will therefore be glued to my TV for large portions of the next ten weeks. The nasty British tabloid rag The Sun likes to think of itself as the “official Big Brother paper”… Continue reading Big Brother vs Homophobia
Tunbridge Wheels
Yesterday was my weekly trip to dispense bite-size chunks of my Perl knowledge to selected denizens of Tunbridge Wells. On the way back I was sitting on the train reading Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. It’s set in a distant future where most towns and cities have turned themselves into “traction cites” which move around… Continue reading Tunbridge Wheels
Ex-Pats
Go almost anywhere in the world and you’ll find a British Ex-Pat community. A group of people who at some point in their lives decided that living in the UK wasn’t for them and they’d like to start a new life in a new country with an exciting new culture. Except that it rarely works… Continue reading Ex-Pats
A New Pleasure
Hooray for sugar-free Red Bull. Now I can stay awake without getting fatter!
The Truth About Private Lynch
It seems that the “Saving Private Lynch” story that we got from the US (and, of course, UK) media wasn’t as accurate as it could have been. The BBC programme Correspondent has being doing some research into the truth of the story and their results will be shown on Sunday night. “We gave her three… Continue reading The Truth About Private Lynch
Heartless Bastard
Oh, now I feel really embarassed. A few weeks ago I put some old AD&D books up for sale on Ebay. I didn’t get much money for them but at least they sold. One person won two of them. I sent him the payment instructions soon after the auction finished and got no response. Over… Continue reading Heartless Bastard
Charidee
I, of course, have no objections to giving money to charity. One of the saddest days I spent last spring when I was unemployed was to go thru my bank account cancelling all of the money direct debits that were going to various charities. Now I’m starting to to get back on my feet financially… Continue reading Charidee
Shopping for Toys
My phone contract expires later this week which means it’s time for a phone upgrade. I’m pretty sure that I’m going for the Nokia 6310i. This means that I get Bluetooth enabled for the first time. Of course having one Bluetooth device is no fun at all so I’m probably going to buy the Bluetooth… Continue reading Shopping for Toys