Saturday , September 30, 2006 – 16:16
So.. I’ve been baking cupcakes a lot lately. It was my birthday on Wednesday, and one of the traditions at my workplace is that the birthday person provides cakes for everyone.
I thought I’d be different and actually make them myself. There are 80-odd people in my company, so this was no minor undertaking..
It all turned [...]
Thursday , September 21, 2006 – 18:40
Owing to my pathetic fear of hairdressers, I have just hacked off chunks of my own hair. It is now possible to actually get a brush through it without spraining something. I consider this all I can ask for from a hair-cut.
As a result of this, I found myself having to explain to Philb what [...]
Wednesday , September 20, 2006 – 18:47
A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless as one day he hopes to be a respected lawyer, came out with the following (during a conversation about latin phrases used in law):
“assuming polar bear poo freezes, so decomposition is very slow, if the ice melts due to global warming, will we get flooded with water [...]
Wednesday , September 20, 2006 – 17:20
Even though thingsonsticks has more or less faded into sticky memory, I still retain a certain fondness for items on sticks, so I was particularly delighted to come across the artist Brian Pike and in particular, a picture called ‘Things on Sticks’.
Have a look. I’m sure you’ll see the appeal.
Philb and I have decided that we [...]
Friday , September 8, 2006 – 12:07
Never have I been more aware of not being ‘one of the boys’ than I am right now. There is a pool match at the pub, arranged between the two male members of IT and two other people from the company. As it’s not unusual for the whole IT department to go out to the [...]
Monday , September 4, 2006 – 18:56
Ouch!,
originally uploaded by Purplekitten.
Random Cat has had large thorn item removed from his eye, and personal items removed from his person. It seemed to make sense to get it done while he was having a general anyway for the eye-debris-problem. I have large amounts of cat-guilt though as he just thought he was going to [...]
Sunday , September 3, 2006 – 7:46
Oh boy. The ’soothing music’ approach failed. From about 21:30 last night Random Cat yelled and yelled and yelled and yelled and yelled. When we went to bed he was still yelling, and didn’t show any signs of stopping. If anything, the cries were increasingly frantic.
Eventually I got out of bed and curled up on [...]
Saturday , September 2, 2006 – 14:45
After a tense and miow-filled night, I sought to discover some method of calming our anxious house-guest.
Earlier today, if you visited his room, he would be assessing escape potential and looking wary. I’ve been playing romantic classical music at him for a few hours now and he’s currently in a state of placid acceptance. It [...]
Saturday , September 2, 2006 – 4:44
Oh boy. Random Cat has cried all night. Somewhere along the way I did manage to block out the pitiful wailing and get some sleep, but it must’ve started again with renewed vigor at 05:13, as it woke me again.
I dutifully trundled downstairs and fed Mog (first of course) and then returned upstairs with a [...]
Friday , September 1, 2006 – 19:55
Our local stray, Random Cat, has been accused of having problems with his left eye. Wednesday, it was seen to be leaking pus and ickiness, so this morning he was escorted to the V – E – T.
Now, since I’d had a conversation with my mother-in-law about transport and such, which Random overheard, he hadn’t [...]