Protected: MrPloppy's progress

Another couple of big aftershocks yesterday – a 5.5 and a 6.0. Big enough that we evacuated our building at work after the first one (the 5.5), though there wasn’t much real damage that I could see – just the usual ceiling panels down and a bit more plaster falling off the walls. Still, it’s…

It’s been a long week, made even longer by the fact that I had to stay late for one of those work social functions that aren’t compulsory, but somehow are almost impossible to get out of. But that’s ok, I’ve got the art down to a tee of staying the minimum amount of time to…

Bookcrossers make the best guests – you don’t have to entertain them or anything. Just give them a book to read and you can happily ignore them for the rest of the afternoon, secure in the knowledge they won’t emerge from it until it’s time for dinner. Which is a roundabout way of saying Discoverylover…

The predicted hot weather sort of arrived, except it was under a blanket of low cloud, so it’s been horrible and muggy again all day. I hate muggy weather – it’s so draining. Oh well, it’s starting to look rather stormy out there now, and the wind’s come up, so with any luck we’ll have…

Our phone line died yesterday afternoon, so we were left without phone, and more importantly, without internet! (we have broadband, but it still uses the phone line to carry the signal) I hadn’t realised just how dependent I am on the internet until I was stuck without it last night – I kept wandering helplessly…