Posts from ‘July, 2006’

A small thing to make one stop and think

Last night for supper we ate grilled lemon sole and a kind of pasta and spinich salad made with lots of sun-dried tomatoes and haloumi.
Every time I eat haloumi I notice that it sqeaks pleasingly on your teeth as you eat it.
Now that is something to make one stop and think.

New day, new host, new background

I have had to dramatically dump my hosting last week, which was a shame in some ways because I have been with them for about 4 years and they used to be very good.
Earlier this year the company seemed to go bust (without warning) and then reform and then email all of its customers saying [...]

The Curse of Removable Media

These days when everything is USB tastic and we are all swamped with more gadgets and widgets than we can shake a stick at, there is one problem that gets me time and time again. It got me again this orning and I thought I’d write it down so I didn’t have to ask Rob [...]

Why do you have to be a Hero to wear boots ?

On Tuesday night I went to the cinema and saw the new Pirates of the Caribbean (excellent) and then last night I saw Serenity – also excellent, but as I sat watching my film enjoying a bottle of fine wine, something occurred to me:
Why do you have to be a Hero to wear boots?

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