It would appear I have no veins. Every time I have to go and give blood for some reason, they can’t find a vein in my arm (they normally try the inside of my elbows), and today was no exception. So they stabbed me in the side of the wrist instead. Or rather, as well. It hurt somewhat.
Hurrah! Big Hairy Jesus Day is upon us, and gifts galore were unwrapped. So, in the style of first day of term playgroud boasting, what did you get? Personally, I snagged a pile of games I’ve been after for a while, including Psychonauts, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, and camp-tastic Tingle’s Rosy Rupeeland. Amazing! Also: David Bowie albums FTW!
At all? Of course you did. It has been blatently obvious for the last three months, hasn’t it? Apparently, they want to remove religious connections to the event, so we don’t offend non-Christians. Or, alternatively (and perhaps more cynically) to allow non-Christians to take part in the happy spending of their money safe in the knowledge they won’t be upsetting their own god(s). Possibly. So my money is spent and the spoils are wrapped ready for tomorrow’s Great Unwrapping. And …
Apparently, they’re Sympathy Dolls and they’re supposed to pathetic. Only they’re not so much pathetic, but… disturbing. Don’t have nightmares!
Yes, it does sound rather like a nasty place visiting the top of the Magic Faraway Tree, doesn’t it? Sadly, it seems to be where I’ve been living for the last few weeks. Last weekend, my Virgin Media TV set top box went all wonky and none of the interactive or on-demand thingies on it worked. I managed to fix it myself (turned out it was cables), but we’re so reliant on the Catch Up TV facility that we rarely …
Since moving my blog over to WordPress (more thoughts on that at a later date), I’ve been able to check my blog access logs in more detail than previously.¬¨‚Ć This includes search terms that have led people here. Bizarrely, one of those terms that keeps cropping up is “Gary Wilmott”.¬¨‚Ć Of course, it’s because of this post I made some time ago, but it still freaks me out that so many people are searching for him. If you’re reading this, …
Then reading this may be a good thing. Or a bad thing. It’s a big comparison table of “nutritional values” of food from popular US fast food “restaurants”. You know, like McDonalds and that. Most disturbing is a “Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger”, which has a staggering 1520 calories and 111g fat. And that’s before you add the fries and drink do doubt ordered at the same time. 111g of fat! That’s like, half a packet of butter! Fast …