I AM a geek. As such, you could probably not count the amount of times I have been told… “Get a Life!” Well, now I have, a SecondLife anyway. I know, I know, that brands me as even more of…
The Hard Last Letter of Contempt
I am constantly amazed at the amount of communication that while verbal is not in the letters but the intonation. Amy has picked up a new and annoying habit. She is very stubborn, and insists on having things her way…
Breakfast
Simple pleasures. Thats the key. This mornings breakfast. Crumpets, toasted Cheese melted No bacon, this ain’t a Henry. Lightly poached eggs Twist of fresh black pepper, twist of salt. few drops of good olive oil and another few drops of…
Baby Elephants
I don’t know about you, but I share my house (along with Wendy) with two small elephants. One of my biggest gripes is when the kids (especially Amy, who is 5) comes downstairs. She is incapable of doing it quietly.…
Interesting Times.
We are definitely living in interesting times. As a coder I have lived through several eras. Text based applications – I coded in a mixture of 8088 assember, Basic (Compiled) and some “4GLs” like Sculptor and dBase Text and Graphic…
Ahhhh….
After all the excesses and rich food of christmas, I hankered for something lighter, simpler, cleaner. Now, I don’t generally have much to say about the “detox” fad, but… Buckwheat noodles, in miso broth with some spring onions, green beans,…
Finally…
I have finally got a new laptop. My previous one was a very old Toshibal Libretto with 133meg processor and 64 meg of ram. (Stop laughing!) It died a while ago when it got pushed off of a table by…
Christmas Lunch
Well, this year, we had fore-rib of beef with all the trimmings. Rare Roast Beef Roast Potatoes Roast Parsnips Roast Shallots Sauted Mushrooms Yorkshire Puddings The beef was from my local butchers (Howarths) and was well aged. When raw it…
Whats wrong with this Picture?
I have been watching the Manga series based on Ghost in the Shell. And in watching it, I remember a question I have asked myself a number of times. Why are manga characters almost always western in appearance? From “Akira”…
Mai Food, 13th December 2005
Last night I went to a Filipino restaurant. When I came out, I noticed a Japanese place across the street. Tonight, I went to heaven. Friendly atmosphere, Jazz in the background, wonderful food. Eel and sticky rice, with picked cucumber…