Allrightyroo
I'm off my crutches tomorrow afternoon, I'm almost able to walk without a limp AND I have a whole block of chocolate for the weekend. My exams are over, the school term has a week to go, and I'm wrapped up snuggly warm in my house listening to the rain.
Oh, and my flights, insurance and accommodation are all booked!

I realise this is an insufferably cheerful post, but I really don't care at the moment. I'm happy, which is a good thing.

if you really MUST have something else to talk about - why do the weatherpeople always seem to underestimate how cold or hot it's going to be?
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:19, 158 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

weather people
here at least they err on the side of caution because of the slating they get when they get it dramatically wrong.

that said, I work next to the Met Office, and the current weather report for Exeter is often wrong, despite them being able to look out the window to see what it is doing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:21, Reply)

/shakes head
that's really rather shit.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I know someone who works the servers
In that there Met Office, Exeter.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:25, Reply)

you seem to know someone everywhere.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Thats cos there's someone in every circle who needs a good cheap bumming every now and then.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:28, Reply)

this is very, very true.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:29, Reply)

My bummings are not cheap
I charge a premium because of the exquisite angles of entry I achieve.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)

And because you claim to be free of STIs

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I know you didn't include them
But I could hear the inverted commas around "claim".
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

You can't do boldER text in the subject line :(

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:52, Reply)

Because it's all bold?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:53, Reply)

The text is already bold in the subject line
mnnnnghhh
*makes spaz face*
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:53, Reply)

If you're not careful, the wind will change and your face will be stuck li-
Oh, too late.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:55, Reply)

haha classic schoolyard insult
love it
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

I was trying to find a spasticated smiley
but I couldn't in time.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

use a picture of yourself instead

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:15, Reply)

There is a picture of me on facebook dressed as Mum'rah
where I look particularly downs.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:19, Reply)

EVIDENCE
I don't want to make myself sick by looking through your fb photos
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

I forgot about that
Pyschochomp was also a 'recommended friend' at least I'm pretty sure it was him
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

his surname is a euphemism for penis

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

is surname e

Edit: I've started so I'll finish
euphemism for
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:25, Reply)

Crow.
Shut up.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:28, Reply)

*hangs head*
Sorry.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:33, Reply)

You're doing strikethroughs for no one.
Now come on, go and attack some blondes.

I'm safe as I'm orange.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:34, Reply)

and I'm dark blonde
so I don't really count
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

Craaaaw?

(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

I should probably restrain myself
I've got to go and talk to some quality-assessment panel in ten minutes' time about what I think of my department and the way it treats its postgrads. Probably wouldn't look too good if I walked into the room and started pecking anybody with blonde hair.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:36, Reply)

you can do it!
Just do deep breaths, straighten your feathers and go and attack some first years when it's all over.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Ooh, of course, I've got that to look forward to this afternoon
If they can't explain their project to me convincingly then I'll peck them in the face.

Right. *smooths feathers*
Back in a bit.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:40, Reply)

exciting stuff
what are they like?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

I forget the exact details
But mostly antiques. Large, noisy, ancient behemoths.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Aren't they replacing them soon
with a load of big, black IBM-built monoliths?
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

They might well be
I'll ask him next time I see him, he only comes up when his missus (a friend of mine from way way back) comes up to see us.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:38, Reply)

I do know a few people there myself
Though they're more involved with the measurement side than the mahoosive computer models. Last time I was down that way they showed me the server room and told me about the sexy new computers they were going to install. Though they might have had those confiscated after the newspapers got into a massive frumpy flounce because they got the prediction for last summer a bit wrong.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

I meant the person
I knew that this confusion (or faux-confusion) would happen
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

He's awesome
Geeky, as the best of us are, and likes to tease his girlfriend something chronic. This is good because it used to be my job, back in school. I also fancied her back then, but that's by-the-by.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:39, Reply)

not from round here then I take it.
trying to think if I know anyone who works there
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)

Can't remember where he's from originally
He met my friend 'M' at uni in Exeter, they hooked up and have been happily together ever since.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:56, Reply)

" I also fancied her back then, but that's by-the-by."
Is it, though? Is it really by-the-by? true feelings? I only ask because I've watched a lot of Murder She Wrote and have come to know the dangers of supressing your true feelings.
(Cave Duck, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)

I would've got away with it
If it wasn't for you, meddlin' Cave Duck.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

Because anything that involves weather prediction is going to be inexact.
Unless you have a psychic gypsy working for you.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:22, Reply)

FACT

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I'm tempted to disagree.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:25, Reply)

I'm tempted to make a list of things I need to hit you for.
So I don't forget any. Don't make me add to it.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

put it in an excel spreadsheet and mail it over to me.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)

No.
Need to pack. Train leaves soon.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)

I thought you were getting the bus?

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:33, Reply)

Nah, train worked out only slightly more expensive
So I figured it was worth the extra five quid.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)

You're going to go through milton keynes
I expect you to stand up and wave like a nutter while you go through.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Joy of joys.
I wonder if it's not too late to get a bus ticket.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:45, Reply)

You'd still drive past it on the bus
probably even closer to my office actually.
I'm going to start waving in the direction of the train track, what time are you getting to london?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

About quarter past two

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:51, Reply)

Ok, I'll stop waving then.
Probably wont get to speak to you before tomorrow see you in london.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:52, Reply)

I'm off now.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

Safe journey, see you tomorrow!

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Bye see you soon.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:01, Reply)

^ this is extra creepy

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

:(
I was trying to be nice.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I just read it in a monotone voice
imagining a creepy smile on your face and unblinking eyes.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Licking his lips...

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

Of course you are, you're a contrary bitch.
You can't help it.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

yet you can't find
any rational scientific reason as to why this would not be so. That makes it FACT
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Well I was going to go for the argument
that the predicting isn't hard in itself but that fact that weather is a chaotic system makes it very hard to measure accuratly enough.
Forecasting is not hard, I do it all the time, but forecasting weather is immensly difficult.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I understand that,
it just seems that the weather forecasters here seem keen on making it look like it'll be a mild winter, forecasting a week of days at 15, 16 degrees. There has not been one day since saturday where we have gotten above 12 degrees.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)

They do their best but it's still going to have 10-20% margin of error even on a 5 day forecast.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

where did you pull that percentage from eh? ;-)

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)

from my stats pocket.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

ahhh well that explains everything.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I'd disagree
but mainly the terminology

my work involves prediction, the science is really quite exact, it's just that the data isn't available or isn't up to the job a lot of the time
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:28, Reply)

yeah that's basically the road I was going down.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I thought as much

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:31, Reply)

You seemed to have upset bert last night?
Have you noticed yet?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:32, Reply)

nope
link?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

here you go you "beardy twat"
www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post757363
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)

blimey

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

indeed, you've ruined the internetz

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:43, Reply)

apparently so
in spite of his valiant attempts to save it by harping on about how this place has become shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Like a lot of people on /talk do

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:46, Reply)

no, they always thought it was shit
and most likely wouldn't take the internet seriously enough to freak out at someone calling them unfunny a few times.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

I think the reply far outstripped the original joke in severity
and the original joke was quite funny.

I still clicked his flounce though
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

I don't quite get what you mean
definitely a clickworthy flounce. I'm not going to though. That would just be wrong.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:59, Reply)

Hhahaha!

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:02, Reply)

And if we're talking happy
I'm just back from a senior tutor meeting that did not include the words 'shit' 'poor performance' or 'lack of work ethic' in any capacity
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:36, Reply)

I think I've figured out who you are on facebook.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:38, Reply)

who where
are sleep
on via
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:39, Reply)

I like this

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:07, Reply)

if my picture isn't human
then it's probably me.

And that remains ambiguous, since I am actually a short whale
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Is it a lolcat
in which case you've come up as a friend suggestion.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)

it's a freaky fucking lolcat

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I reckon it looks like me

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)

that's what I mean


;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

My heart is bleeding
Diamond angels weep for me
as feathers of sharpest pain
caress my silken emo wrists
ivory blood are the tears of my feelings

...continued on page 47
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:49, Reply)

*turns to page 47*
hmmm
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:55, Reply)

You want more of that?
Glutton for punishment if you do

I could make the next stuff rhyme for added impact
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:55, Reply)

I think I might vomit if you do

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

mission accepted

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

here you go
just for you
Page 47

The angels have fled
I'm alone, crying in bed
my blood sings to me
begging me to set it free

Black devil wings on my back
showing me the things I lack
to be a normal member of the human race
I cry through a veil of velvet lace

Alas my rhyming skills are shit
and my emo poetry sucks a bit
It's a mashup of those angsty words
bobbing in a sea of verbs, like turds
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:02, Reply)

if it wasn't for that magnificent last verse (particularly the last line)
I think I would have hurled.

you've missed your calling.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:03, Reply)

haha when I was twelve
I went through an angsty stage of writing poetry like that. My mother probably still treasures some of them as blossoming talent.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:07, Reply)

I would've been laughed out of the house

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I reckon
she went through her own time of laughing herself senseless at me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

I should hope she did!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:12, Reply)

she likes to remind me about them
and watch me cringe.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

excellent parenting

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:14, Reply)

It doesn't help
that she's an author herself. I haven't written any poetry at all since that time.

I stick to what I'm good at.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:16, Reply)

yeah you're the next Stephanie Meyer
hehe
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

*is promptly sick*
the sacrifices I make for my art
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I think I've had Davros' Grandad crop up as a friend suggestion.
I'm not 100% sure it's him though. I'm not game enough to send a message and ask.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

I've had Tourettes, Applebite and BGB
come up as friend suggestions
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:42, Reply)

Have you added them?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

I thought you were going to say something else entirely about Tourettes, Apple and BGB then.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

ha ha

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

come up as friend suggestions
they were shit.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)

they were excellent
I sense more than a bit of jealousy
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:51, Reply)

A request has been sent.
If you reject it, I'll cry all the way to London.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

accepted :)
so dry those tears
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:47, Reply)

YAY

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:50, Reply)

speaking of adds on facebook,
I think I just had a b3tan add me and I have no idea who it is. :S
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

initials?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:13, Reply)

R.L

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:18, Reply)

I have or know no b3tans by the initials of R.L.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

I have a feeling it's someone who is a /talker.
as all my "mutual friends" are /talkers.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

Ooooh, actually I know of a /talker with those initials, but not friends
EDIT scratch that I'm wrong.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:23, Reply)

haha, okay.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:26, Reply)

Same
R.L. is a mystery to me.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:21, Reply)

same here love! :P

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:22, Reply)

that's really good. :)

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Thanks
he also recommended some good Caravaggios to see in Malta
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:41, Reply)

sounds like a nice tutor.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:43, Reply)

Do you like songs that have both Rap and Pieno? I do, that Airplanes song with "Hayley 'oh gee oh gosh im so swell' williams" and "Bob 'I relie on other peoples talent quite sucesffully buy dont have a sirname so this doesnt really work' [sirname]" did.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:37, Reply)

because they have to remain vague, lest we have another Michael Fish incident.
Like how psychics are always really vague. Well, I suppose it's effectively nearly the same thing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:44, Reply)

fuck off.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:48, Reply)

*Adds "being mean to Kitty" to list*

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:54, Reply)

She's comparing people who spend their entire life
doing a very complicated thing for the good of mankind, predicting tornadoes and floods and quite literally saving lives.
To people who con the stupid, emotional and grieving out of money using cheap tricks.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:56, Reply)

Woah, chill out
ONLINE
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:57, Reply)

NO, THIS IS IMPORTANT
also kitty knows I don't mean it, and I'm pretty sure her post was designed to get a rise out of someone.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:59, Reply)

I know it's a rare occurence,
but this is one of those occasions on which I do wholeheartedly agree with Chompy...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I would never try and upset you by mocking SCIENCE

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 12:14, Reply)

speaking of which
I read Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre the other day. Which covers the latter topic. Worth a read.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 10:58, Reply)

this TED talk is worth a watch if you're interested
b3ta.com/links/James_Randi_on_Psychic_Fraud
youtube link so worth waiting until you get home.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:02, Reply)

I'll check it out
have you seen any of the recent "Derren Brown investigates" series?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

I saw the first, it rocked
But I can't get channel 4 at home (shit aerial), so missed the others.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

4OD

(PsychoChomp, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I know it's a rare occurence,
but this is one of those occasions on which I do wholeheartedly agree with Chompy...
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:12, Reply)

Ooo I've been meaning to pick that up
I finished 'A snowball in hell' by him the other month, loved it!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

I've read One fine day in the middle of the night
a tale etched in blood and hard black pencil
and another one whose name escapes me, in addition to the above.

all thoroughly enjoyable
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:05, Reply)

I reckon he's a b3tan
He namechecks b3ta and a couple of memes in the one I read.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:06, Reply)

oh really?
nice

in the one I just read one of the characters is a massive geek who loves firefly. there's also a bit in it at the end that says there's only one impossible phenomenon in the book on pages 151 and 152 or something, and if you get it forgive him for being uber-geeky and self-indulgent.

I flicked to the page and was appalled at myself for having noted it when I read it the first time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I shall definitely pick up some more by him
After I've finished these Charles Stross books.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:08, Reply)

I'd like to get some new books
to take on holiday. But I've got no space. This is a time when an e-reader would come in handy
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:09, Reply)

Got a fancy phone?
You might be able to get an ereader app for it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:10, Reply)

I just got a Blackberry curve
which probably doesn't count as fancy
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:11, Reply)

I might go and grab a copy of that.
I love reading things like that.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

in case you were mildly confused
it's fiction, funny and quite well-written if you account for the scottish-isms ;-)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:14, Reply)

I gathered it was fiction - I googled it. ;)

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:20, Reply)

good

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:24, Reply)

It's a conspiracy
to make people either get too hot, too cold or too wet and consequently spend more money when out and about doing their daily business.

Also to piss them off, generally countries work better when people have somewhere to direct their mire.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:04, Reply)

I'm going to post a link to something completely irrelevant
Bizarre Crow-Related News

There we go. Just thought I'd share that with you. (Apologies if you are a jogger who has fallen victim to this)
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 11:28, Reply)