grr...

a painful slow death upon the man who decided the dongle was a good idea.
i'm working from home today. but guess where the bloody dongle is?
i knew there was something i hadn't remembered when i left the office yesterday.

that's refreshing

i expected tv licensing to start taking money for the new license this month. turns out it won't be taken until 1 september. so i actually have £25 in my account that i may spend. this is good. this means the money in my credit union account can be used for fun stuff instead of groceries. yay! i'm hoping to put together a day trip to bristol and bath some weekend soon (probably not this one, as it's cheaper to get the train tickets in advance.) there's apparently an off-street cycle path that runs between the two, and it's only 17 miles. so take the train to bristol, see a bit of bristol, cycle to bath, see a bit of bath, and then take the train back from there. also still want to go to york. hmm...
also stopped at the supermarket on the way home. strawberries were on half price. so i got some. i think i will make myself a strawberry milkshake.

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it's amazing how much nicer it is to sit down at the computer to work with a strawberry milkshake.
and the thought of another one later. or strawberry muffins. or both.

*headdesk*

i realize george bush can't help sounding like an idiot when he speaks. but for goodness' sake, he's the president of the united states. if he can't read the teleprompter or pronounce words correctly, can't he get someone who can to read his statement for him?
i just heard him on the radio and cringed the whole time.
and the word really is nu-CLEE-ar. not nuke-you-lar. there is no u between the c and the l. no matter how much middle america may say it. come to that, no matter how often south jersey may say it. there is no excuse for a man who has been to yale and harvard business school to not pronounce the word correctly.

riddle me this...

how is it that 500g of nesquik bought here fills a container from home that claims to be 850g nearly to the top?
i really wish i had a kitchen scale. there's a lie involved somewhere, even if it's just that "contents liable to settle" on the label.