September 2009
2 posts
For all this ruckus about a third runway at heathrow, everytime I fly out of here all I see are rows and rows of closed gates. Not sure if they really need the runway or if that’s why all the gates are closed.
July 2009
2 posts
June 2009
3 posts
Gawker - The Daily Show Visits the New York... →
This is hilarious, but also really, really sad.
“The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.”
– Harry S. Truman
May 2009
5 posts
Afghanistan's only pig quarantined in flu fear →
But isn’t he actually the safest little piggie in the world, having no contact with other pigs?
What I love about train stations
Is not the imminent feeling of far flung travels. A) no one is really going that far away on the train these days and b) that’s too cliché. No, what I love is how busy they are, chockablock full of people who are either in a massive rush or no hurry at all, and the remarkable thing is that all of these people, myself included are always looking every which way, including up, but the way the...
April 2009
6 posts
Scientists Say Workplace Social Networking... →
G20 Summit in London
“The snipers will be in place, the manhole covers bolted, the bins removed, the cameras trained and the motorcycle outriders primed: as world leaders converge on the capital for the G20 summit Britain’s biggest security operation is swinging into operation. Up to 5,000 police officers drawn from more than 30 forces are preparing to confront anarchists and environmentalists while 40 armed...
March 2009
14 posts
Apartment Therapy New York | Katie's Tiny Kitchen... →
Although I’m not really a fan of open plan kitchens, when your apartment is only 450 sq. ft you don’t hvae much choice! I also wish I could have done this with my old NYC kitchen.
“So she took her son Jack to West Side Story to learn that being in gangs is not...”
– Gossip Roundup: Lohan, Leibovitz Out of Money
Scientists Claim That "Old Age" Begins At 27 →
Well, Happy Birthday to me!
If you lived in the UK and had a 13” x 9” pan and thought you only needed one box of brownie mix, based on the premise that a box of betty crocker is a standard universal size, you’d be wrong.
February 2009
92 posts
Shrove Tuesday →
My agnostic boyfriend asked me if I’d like to have pancakes tonight. I asked him if he even knew why it was Pancake Day, and then realized I didn’t know the origin either. I knew it was Shrove Tuesday, but that is about all I was able to recall from Sunday school.
I am more interested in a pancake race than just eating pancakes!
I have decided to remove my twitter feed from here because this was in danger of becoming just a repeat of my tweets with a few pictures thrown in. I am beginning to think that instead of universally linking all my online interactions together, it may be better to keep some of them separate so they can stay true to their intended purpose. This may also encourage me to write a little bit more.
RT @rillian: has received his first twitter spam. I guess it’s all over now? <-it was really only a matter of time. Anyone else had this yet
Showing @rewbysdad the ropes. He’s a newbie newby!
7 mo later & when I hear diary I still think “so and so keeps a diary?”
Watching dispatches: problem princes. Deserve a bit of fluff tv after today!
Little known fact: Get Smart was my favorite show as a child http://bit.ly/PrTHt
Just had to evacuate the bldg for a fire alarm. Better than at Uni when we would be stood outside for hours while they checked the bldg!
RT @marshallmanson: Loving the Twitter Ten Commandments: http://twitter.com/tencommandments HT @wadds
All I really want from LOST at this point is a whole episode devoted to Richard Alpert. That and the polar bears.
Saw a chihuahua almost get run over by a bus. Bloody dog walker was completely unaware. Never having a dog walker.
