Friday already

It's Friday afternoon and our holiday seems to have evaporated; without wishing my life away, I would like it if work weeks passed so quickly.

Last night in the quiz, we won - that's two wins in three weeks and Furtle's team came second last week when I was standing in to ask the questions. Of course, at no point have we actually won the money. I am quite capable of selecting the wrong envelope as many times as I pick them. Still, it does mean that another £25 bar tab is there for next week, so that will be a cheap evening again. It has been good to have budgie_uk along for the last two sessions and he has furnished us with a number of answers we would not otherwise have managed. Sadly, I have yet to have a proper chat with the chap, for one reason or another, but he seems to have enjoyed the quiz both times around.

A little later on today I may nip down to Camden for a look-see around Mega City. As I have mentioned before, this is a cheap way of maintaining my interest in comics since I rarely buy anything from them - I can never work out their system. I doubt it's a difficult one, but it baffles me.

In other news, I am waiting for an email from a comic book artist, having been put in touch by _tonylee_. Provided they are not too expensive, I hope to be able to purchase a page (maybe two) of artwork from Doctor Who: The Forgotten that I am particularly fond of.

Friday already

It's Friday afternoon and our holiday seems to have evaporated; without wishing my life away, I would like it if work weeks passed so quickly.

Last night in the quiz, we won - that's two wins in three weeks and Furtle's team came second last week when I was standing in to ask the questions. Of course, at no point have we actually won the money. I am quite capable of selecting the wrong envelope as many times as I pick them. Still, it does mean that another £25 bar tab is there for next week, so that will be a cheap evening again. It has been good to have budgie_uk along for the last two sessions and he has furnished us with a number of answers we would not otherwise have managed. Sadly, I have yet to have a proper chat with the chap, for one reason or another, but he seems to have enjoyed the quiz both times around.

A little later on today I may nip down to Camden for a look-see around Mega City. As I have mentioned before, this is a cheap way of maintaining my interest in comics since I rarely buy anything from them - I can never work out their system. I doubt it's a difficult one, but it baffles me.

In other news, I am waiting for an email from a comic book artist, having been put in touch by _tonylee_. Provided they are not too expensive, I hope to be able to purchase a page (maybe two) of artwork from Doctor Who: The Forgotten that I am particularly fond of.

"By dint of railing at idiots you run the risk of becoming an idiot yourself." (Gustave Flaubert)

Where do these strange people on Twitter come from and why do they decide that I am someone they should follow, particularly as I never add them back?

I have blocked a couple of obvious robots, but others seem as they may be genuine people who use Twitter's advertising links to generate a little revenue here and there, but if I never visit their links or add them as someone to 'follow', where is the money?

I quite like Twitter in its own little way, but I do find Twitterings posted to LJ to be pointless, so you won't find me doing it (even if I could fathom out precisely how).

"By dint of railing at idiots you run the risk of becoming an idiot yourself." (Gustave Flaubert)

Where do these strange people on Twitter come from and why do they decide that I am someone they should follow, particularly as I never add them back?

I have blocked a couple of obvious robots, but others seem as they may be genuine people who use Twitter's advertising links to generate a little revenue here and there, but if I never visit their links or add them as someone to 'follow', where is the money?

I quite like Twitter in its own little way, but I do find Twitterings posted to LJ to be pointless, so you won't find me doing it (even if I could fathom out precisely how).

Thought for the remains of the day

"Knowledge consists of knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom consists of not putting it in a fruit salad." (M. Kington)

Thought for the remains of the day

"Knowledge consists of knowing that a tomato is a fruit, and wisdom consists of not putting it in a fruit salad." (M. Kington)