I went and bought a new shaver today. The old one died during the week – it’d been playing up for months now – and while over the past few days I had contemplated letting things go, I realised that: (a) I’m not a beard person, and (b) I’d need a shaver to maintain a… Read more
Ooh ooh ooh, also, the relocation lads at work came through in the end for me, and got me a credit card. So I can finally put an end to this ridiculous day-to-day money management and bounced cheques and all that retardedness. It’s going to be close, but I may have enough to pay off… Read more
After Monday & Tuesday nights last week, at the gym, I felt rather sore and crappy for more or less the rest of the week… need to take it a bit easier as I ease back into physical activity, methinks. I went again tonight though, for an hour or so… tried out the rowing machines… Read more
I follow Paul Graham’s writings, because he has written some very influential works (e.g. Hackers & Painters, among others). He has a way of, in his essays at least, writing very clearly and very well. In particular, I like how he is able to classify and organise things, and then present it as if that… Read more
Tax time… grrr… I won’t bore the rest of the world – or myself – with the details, but the “How do you compare with everyone else?” bit at the end of H&R Block’s TaxCut process is somewhat interesting. I earned more than average (yay!), and made an entire $44 interest last year! Unfortunately, average… Read more
I have it on an extremely good authority that these are the top 25 songs of all time, by popularity: What’s My Scene Hoodoo Gurus Blow Your Cool Good Times Hoodoo Gurus Blow Your Cool Rachael Taxiride Imaginate Slide The Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up the Girl… Read more
Well, after five or six weeks of indecisive back and forth, dilly-dallying and backflipping, my right big toe decided it was going to get infected. I think it’s even contemplating coming off entirely – it’s half detached now anyway. Quit bitchin’ and just be lucky I didn’t post pictures. :P So now I’m packin’ 40… Read more