Money money everywhere; not a penny to spend

I find myself having to wander off to the bank at lunchtime to deposit my latest of late payments to the unforgiving mistress that is Barclaycard.

I think that I may be well advised to actually eat my credit cards as I seem otherwise incapable of not using them, and fun though they can be, paying them off is a pain.

Whilst the situation is not yet desperate, the Lea economy is less the stately ocean liner ploughing through heavy seas with a calm majesty, than it is a log raft. So far it has never sunk, but my feet are always wet. I need to find additional sources of income. If the realities of my life matched the tongue in cheek propaganda and cheerful megalomania, I should simply sell a few honours or abolish some monasteries. Alas, both have been done before, so even were I in a position to raise capital this way, it would doubtless be frowned upon.

Selling internal organs is a possibility - and would involve a healthy weight loss, too. Unfortunately,

a) I am a coward,
b) I am using them, and
c) it is probably illegal.

This means of course, that I should really try and rein in my spending and try to pay off a few debts. This is awkward since one of my favourite hobbies has always involved spending money I do not have on things I do not need. Also, my personal credo has always been: Owe the bank a thousand pounds, they have you by the balls. Owe the bank a million pounds, and you have them by the balls.

It's a dilemma, all right. Still, there's always pure, random chance. I might win something.

Note to self: Enter a competition, lottery or something.

Money money everywhere; not a penny to spend

I find myself having to wander off to the bank at lunchtime to deposit my latest of late payments to the unforgiving mistress that is Barclaycard.

I think that I may be well advised to actually eat my credit cards as I seem otherwise incapable of not using them, and fun though they can be, paying them off is a pain.

Whilst the situation is not yet desperate, the Lea economy is less the stately ocean liner ploughing through heavy seas with a calm majesty, than it is a log raft. So far it has never sunk, but my feet are always wet. I need to find additional sources of income. If the realities of my life matched the tongue in cheek propaganda and cheerful megalomania, I should simply sell a few honours or abolish some monasteries. Alas, both have been done before, so even were I in a position to raise capital this way, it would doubtless be frowned upon.

Selling internal organs is a possibility - and would involve a healthy weight loss, too. Unfortunately,

a) I am a coward,
b) I am using them, and
c) it is probably illegal.

This means of course, that I should really try and rein in my spending and try to pay off a few debts. This is awkward since one of my favourite hobbies has always involved spending money I do not have on things I do not need. Also, my personal credo has always been: Owe the bank a thousand pounds, they have you by the balls. Owe the bank a million pounds, and you have them by the balls.

It's a dilemma, all right. Still, there's always pure, random chance. I might win something.

Note to self: Enter a competition, lottery or something.

Geek!!

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Gerry Anderson's new CGI version of Captain Scarlet:



The new Angel Interceptor:



Destiny Angel in the cockpit:



Gerry Anderson has completed two new CGI episodes apparently. Cloudbase for some reason is now Skybase, whilst Lieutenant Green and Captain Ochre are now female as Spectrum is more equal opps than it was in the 1960s.

Quite why they changed the sex of a couple of characters instead of just introducing new female characters, who knows? Maybe it's a copyright thing.

Geek!!

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Gerry Anderson's new CGI version of Captain Scarlet:



The new Angel Interceptor:



Destiny Angel in the cockpit:



Gerry Anderson has completed two new CGI episodes apparently. Cloudbase for some reason is now Skybase, whilst Lieutenant Green and Captain Ochre are now female as Spectrum is more equal opps than it was in the 1960s.

Quite why they changed the sex of a couple of characters instead of just introducing new female characters, who knows? Maybe it's a copyright thing.

Head on block

I wasn't going to do this, but I thought I ought to give pax_draconis the opportunity to be rude back...


1. Think of a word you would use to describe me.
2. Go to Google Image Search and search for that word.
3. Select the picture you see as most fitting, and post it (or a link to it) as a reply, along with the word

Head on block

I wasn't going to do this, but I thought I ought to give pax_draconis the opportunity to be rude back...


1. Think of a word you would use to describe me.
2. Go to Google Image Search and search for that word.
3. Select the picture you see as most fitting, and post it (or a link to it) as a reply, along with the word