Oh, and in news from ‘sad man central’, I had trouble with my tie today. I usually use a windsor knot, which looks good and doesn’t ruin your tie. Unfortunately the new tie which I bought yesterday is far too fashionable and is shorter and wider than the ties I am used to. This means …
Monthly Archives: November 2001
Very, Very Quiet
I have been very, very quiet. This has probably got something to do with the fact that I have bought a copy of Civilization 3. There goes my spare time. Of course, to lose my spare time I would need to acquire some first. In unrelated news it is Wednesday, so I’m off to play …
Inspired by Mark Pilgrim and
Inspired by Mark Pilgrim and Brent Ashley I decided it was time for my very own ego search. This is not always good for the ego apparently, Andrew Todd gives me nothing. I’m not even on the first page. Still, it is nice to see lots of very well qualified people with the same name …
Archives Fixed
A-ha, thanks to the lovely people at the Blogger discussion forums I’ve actually fixed up the archives. Now my words of wisdom don’t disappear into the ether after seven days. To look back, click the link in the navigation bar to the left and prepare to read a load of old mumbling.
Catching up on Sleep
I’ve finally caught up with all of the sleep I lost last weekend. For those of you who aren’t psychic, the reason I lost sleep was that we sailed to Port Stephens and back. This was the practical component of our AYF Coastal Skipper course. A mere 150 nautical miles in a weekend. Overall a …
Are you a blogaholic?
Are you a blogaholic? Apparently not. I score 40 out of a possible 100. According to the site this means; "You are a casual weblogger. You only blog when you have nothing better to do, which is not very often. There’s nothing wrong with that. But if you’d post a little more often, you’d make …
Buffy in Academia
According to this article at the BBC, watching Buffy is a valid academic discipline. I think I’m ready to write my PhD thesis.
Mortgage Search Over
The frantic search for a mortgage has wound down now. After checking with a number of finance companies and getting flatly refused by most of them it is time to make a decision. As usual, we’ve gone for the path of least resistance and decided to give up. We may be able to secure a …
Can’t Get a Mortgage
Why is it that Bobo and I, with a combined income that exceeds the GDP of some third world countries, can’t get a mortgage? In the UK I was looking into buying property a few years ago and the banks and building societies were falling all over themselves trying to give me huge piles of …