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The following old story of discussing wages for a new hire are inspiring, now that I'm looking for a job:
From The Guardian In other news the weather has been awesome, and I love my patio and the free time to hang out on it. | ||||||||
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May 18th, 2009
May 16th, 2009
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| It's been a long, hard, difficult winter. Not as difficult for me as for others. But still. So it really is glorious today to bask in this. Back in '92, 18-18 was a dream about as far fetched as MovieStarCrushOfTheDay stepping off the silver screen, asking for my number and checking if I was free tomorrow. I thought me would perhaps catch up one day, just wasn't sure if I'd live to see it. So, hey, apparantly anything can happen. Now for Barcelona, and then onwards to 19! | ||||||||||
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ecstaticMay 25th, 2008
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| At an emergency Nordic Council meeting overnight, the governments of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland have decided to split the countries up into smaller units. This is done in light of last nights Eurovision Song Contest results and the fact that dozens, even hundreds of points which the Nordic countries could give to each other are going to waste. The Faroes, Greenland, Aland Islands, Jutland and Lapland will gain independence with immediate effect, and Scania, Svalbard and Kristiania are expected to follow shortly The Government of Iceland has decided to contribute the Westman Islands, the Westfjords, and Flatey Island to the effort. (translated and blatantly stolen from http://baggalutur.is/frettir.php?id=419 I'm on my lunch break from working in my neighbour's garden. I hate manual labour. | ||||||||
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May 24th, 2008
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| Some JCBs came to visit. ( Before ) ( Now ) | ||||||||||
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May 21st, 2008
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| Unlike 9 years ago, I'm not there. So this is going to be somewhat different. But oh, so very excited! | ||||||||||
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May 12th, 2008
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| You simply have *got* to wonder about German publishers Heyne. Long term Pratchett fans remember them from such gems as the soup ad in Sourcery and the very perplexing cover of the double edition of The Colour of Magic and Sourcery. Perplexing that is, until you see the the book that cover originally illustrated (which I have sadly forgotten what was). Turns out they're still at it. They're John Scalzi's publishers, and today he talks about his latest being out in Germany. With the same cover as his previous two (apart from slight colour changes), which incidentally was originally the cover of Ken MacLeod's Cassini Division Oh well, I guess they must be paying the artists, or else... Oh, and: Champions!! | ||||||||||
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May 5th, 2008
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| Little Brother by Cory Doctorow is free under a Creative Commons licence. Go read it. As soon as possible. And then go and buy it. | ||||||||||
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April 30th, 2008
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| So, there again after nine years of waiting, and this time it's the gloriously tourist friendly city of Moscow with its no-hotel-rooms-free and 1-month-wait-for-a-visa. Good thing it wasn't played there last time round, I was told the night before the match I was going, don't think that works for Moscow. I doubt I'll be trying to get a ticket/hotel/trip, but it's not entirely out of the question. We'll see. In the meantime just enjoy the Ginger Prince at his best (at least until the cease-and-desist gets it taken down. ... yeah yeah, I know, none of you is interested in football, but a) it's MY LJ, and b) it's not as if i do this much. If Liverpool lose tonight, I'll be watching it at a department piss-up, the vast majority of them Liverpool fans. It would be Oh So Sweet. We shall see. | ||||||
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April 2nd, 2008
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| Am home safe and sound. | ||||||
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February 27th, 2008
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| Bah, you UK guys having all the fun. Soon you'll be getting northern lights and proper volcanoes and everything and then there'll be nothing special here. Mind, i just googled the 2000 quakes, and one of the 2 big ones was 6.4. So neyah. Californians: feel free to join in on the one-up-man-ship. | ||||||
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February 15th, 2008
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| I gave up before the end. Absolutely nothing there to keep me watching. Bah.I need to watch the last 10 eps of last season of Jericho this weekend now that the new season's started. | ||||||
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February 14th, 2008
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| First episode was distinctly *meh*. It better shape up, quick, or I'll stop watching so as not to tarnish the reputation of one of the best TV series I've seen. | ||||||
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February 7th, 2008
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| So, it's been freezing for weeks, but at least we hadn't got any extra snow in a while. Until overnight. The view out my front door just now:  | ||||||
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January 11th, 2008
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| Since a few of the right-of-the-pond (from the view of someone looking down on you all!) people on my friends' list have done this (and with no "euuw" reactions on my part *g*) I thought I'd see where I stood on U.S. politics. ( No big surprise ) | ||||||
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January 3rd, 2008
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| John Scalzi skewers that privilege meme that's been going around. Mostly spot on. I didn't do it, since for one it wasn't useful for oldsters such as me. TV in your room? Gosh... Oh and happy new year all, may it be a neat one. | ||||||||
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December 24th, 2007
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| Have a Merry Christmas all, and a Happy Yule. Hope you all pamper yourselves and your loved ones and are pampered in return. It's the season for relaxation and comfort and I hope you all get as much as possible, even those with kids *g* | ||||||||
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December 12th, 2007
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| ... I can't but echo. *fuck* http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.htm Here's hoping for the best. | ||||||||
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November 28th, 2007
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| Just back from seeing Beowulf. First off, the 3-D's amazing. Thought it might not work for me, but it did, very well. Don't think I've used both eyes for such a long continuous (or nearly) period of time, ever. So not surprising the right one's very tired now. Even more surprising that the 3-D was that the animation worked almost all the time, even managed to climb out of the uncanny valley quite a few times. Although one scene with Angelina was right down there in the Marianas Trench, looked for all the world like a RealDoll... As for the movie, I liked it a lot. Never read the poem so any changes didn't bother me, and as a story it worked. All in all a damn good trip to the movies. | ||||||||||||
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October 7th, 2007
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| Can someone who knows more about rugby than I do please explain What The F*** Happened today? Also, How??? | ||||||||
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August 22nd, 2007
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| It is home at last ( behind here ) | ||||||
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