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Hehe, happy birthday Earhart! I heard the request and guessed it was yourself as who else mentions Mr. Tubridy on their blog? heh.

Who watched the first episode of Nip/Tuck last night on Sky?
I watched a couple of episodes in Chicago and found it compelling viewing, even if it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. It’s a dark comedy, showing how obsessed we as a media influenced population are with body image and looks.

“Am I really that ugly?”

It goes without saying, that if you’re at all squemish about blood or seeing people cut up then this is not for you.

The whois.sc site is a nice interface to whois! This page gives the whois details for linux.com (via referers on a site at work)

Via Keith comes this online course on learning Prolog.
Why do I mention this? Well, I remember Prolog. I remember defining white, red, and blue houses, and who ate fish in one, and meat in another. I remember turning my head inside out trying to figure out what the hell was happening! Never again I tell you! *shudder*

According to this story, the star Sagittarius is orbitted very closely by a planet. As the planet orbits it’s followed by a hotspot on the star’s surface!
I mention this because my star sign is Sagittarius 🙂

I’m about halfway through this book, the inspiration for Blade Runner, and it’s a great read! It’s much better than the film, but also quite different!
I’ve actually had the book quite a while – the Waterstones price tag at the back still has the Irish Punt and Euro prices on it, and I’m sorry I didn’t read it earlier.
Go buy it if you haven’t read it yet!

20 years ago my dad recorded me, my brothers and my sister talking and telling stories on a tape. I just had a listen and couldn’t tell who was who, but it was strange to hear my mother in the background..

Welcome all to 2004! Had a great night (certainly better than last year!), and was able to drive home, as I wasn’t drinking. I just hope that sweet girl who started chatting to me doesn’t carry out her threat.. Her boyfriend of 3 years is at sea tonight, he didn’t ring, and she’s upset. She’s an embalmer so she can hide the evidence when he comes home in a week and she kills him! *lol*
And to those of you still in 2003, 2004 has had a great start! Woohoo!

2003 is almost over and it’s been a hell of a ride with a lot of bad stuff and of course what I have come to regard as a good thing too so I can move forward in my life the way I want to.

I need a “book review” category! This, the first book from Jon McGregor, is a brilliant story! Most of the way through it I wondered why I bought it, as it’s about the mundane lives of the people living in a street of flats in some city in the UK. There must be some dozen characters there, from the old couple who walk to the bus, to the twins playing cricket, to the main character whose life we follow throughout. I guess that’s what attracts so many people to Soaps – everyday life.
The remarkable thing? I’ll leave that up to you to find out. It’s a good yarn, and cleverly mixes the past with the present. This Google Search will lead you to more about this book.