Seeing all these kids floating about on Heelys reminded me of an Emmy-nominated episode of Buffy, called Hush. The whole episode was silent, but that’s not the point - the “enemies” in it floated about.
Category Archive for 'random'
Geocaching
Posted in random on Jun 21st, 2007
Looks like I’ve found an activity to do for the next few weeks - Geocaching. Just loading up some locations into GPS now, to see if I can find them.
no stress is bad for me
Posted in random on Jun 18th, 2007
Whenever I stop work - holidays, early-retirement I get a cold. I don’t get a cold when I am under pressure. Maybe it’s a healthy situation to be under a minimum level of stress each day?
iTunes is quite dangerous
Posted in random on Jun 16th, 2007
Whilst viewing a regular website - I saw a link to a YouTube video of Bat for Lashes, really liked the song - did a bit of digging around on the band - then purchased their album off of iTunes. All within the space of five minutes.
Damn, I missed the swallows fledging by 30 minutes
Hate daytime TV
Posted in random on Jun 13th, 2007
So I’m watching the webcams for Springwatch. Need the Golden Eagles to be a bit more lively.
Also BeaverCam
bookshop idea
Posted in random on Jun 12th, 2007
Had an idea about a second-hand bookshop - allow people to borrow books, but at the normal cost of the book, as a deposit. If the customer decides to keep the book, then they don’t return it; if they don’t want to keep the book - then they return it, in good condition, and get [...]
Some pics (from mobile phone, not new one) from the weekend.
Close-fielding for my aunt, with beach cricket:
Spotted this butterfly in the dunes:
A very nice cake:
annoying things parents do
Posted in random on Jun 11th, 2007
Mum:
- saying “pardon” to everything I say, despite hearing exactly what I said
- leaving the windscreen wipers on, despite the rain ending five hours ago
- driving up to a junction and applying the brakes and the clutch - with no engine-breaking (bringing the clutch back up, between gear-changes)
Dad:
- coughing incessantly and then sneezing
- asking if [...]
bookshop, mmm, ponder ponder
Posted in random on Jun 11th, 2007
Bookshop going for sale
for 15k, with 10k rent a year. If I wasn’t set on travelling, I’d be after this.