Happy birthday to Puggle, who's a year older than last year today! May the cool stuff of this year equal or better the cool stuff of last year!
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"Ah!" he will cry, and grasp his heart. Technically he will actually grasp at his chest. If he physically grasped his heart the bargaining would take an unexpected turn. "Ah!" he will cry. "You have defeated me. I will give you a new bed, only a small service charge."
If you look at him hard enough and project good thoughts, you can make him yield the service charge; but if you think bad thoughts at him, he'll probably be bitten by a heavily drugged mongoose. It's up to you to choose!
How I love Hitherby Dragons.
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In a recent aritcle on Groklaw, there was a quote from the US Supreme Court: "[w]e are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final". I've known system administrators with a similar attitude - which is often more pragmatic than prideful. The article, which contains some interesting material on the US judicial system, is here:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050204091628429
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Sleeping at my parents is somewhat weird, in that many of the things that I'd normally have, like my computer, or the bedside clock/alarm, seem like they're too much trouble to set up if I'm only there for another week and a bit. It makes waking up a bit of an adventure, though - so far, I've woken up with plenty of time to get to work, but who knows if this will last an entire week? That's why it's an adventure!
Settlement is a week from today. I go in to sign a variety of papers at the lawyer's tomorrow, and have rung the real estate agent to arrange a visit to the house to find out about fuseboxes and the like. Still have to arrange for power and gas, and to go into Kilbirnie and close bank accounts and get my mail forwarded. I guess I should start going to places like Real Groovy and changing my account addresses - now that I have a permanent abode.
Only a week until permanent abodeness!
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On a Changeling-related note - had an excellent chat with Jamie last night, talking about the nature of Dan, what the Gate after the Gate of Iron might be, and whether we're in the Fourth Age yet. Oh yeah, and whether the Nockers who are building a Tardis have an end-goal of trying to make time-travel impossible.
If you would be king, a crown forged by Nocker;
If you would stay king, a crown forged by Dougal.
I'm tempted to write up our musings in a faux-academic manner. We'll see how we go.
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Overheard a conversation at a party where, as examples of how much a loser a person's ex-boyfriend was, they said that he used to play Dungeons & Dragons and Ultimate, and that he'd invited her over to play boardgames. The fact that the person talking was currently despondent over the fact that their most recent paramour had what they regarded as a stupid last name should perhaps be taken into consideration.
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It took a while to get the house clean. A long, hot while.
A matress nearly fell on me from upstairs. I'm glad I hired movers for my stuff.
Given the descriptions of the state of the flat when the original crew moved in, we left the place a lot cleaner than when we arrived.
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34mm of rain in 20 minutes at 6pm down in Dunedin. Goodness. Hope all the Dunedinites are all okay.
Posted by svend at February 7, 2005 2:56 PMI must admit that I have considered the matter very carefully and if it looks like I'm going to end up with a married-last-name that makes me sound like a Beatrix Potter character, I'm keeping my own name. Or possibly, inventing a new one altogether. Or forcing my prospective prey-mate into adopting mine. Possibly all three! I'm a mad name-changing woman!
"It makes waking up a bit of an adventure, though - so far, I've woken up with plenty of time to get to work, but who knows if this will last an entire week?"
Hey, you know you can set your cell phone to be an alarm clock... right?
Posted by: giffy at February 8, 2005 10:03 PM