Terrifyingly accurately, a How British Are You? quiz told me, “I am 77.5% British, just like Michael Caine Though you know your way around London you are most likely to retire to the West Coast of the USA.”
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In which the Secret Santa e-mails go out…
Phew! The Secret Santa e-mails have gone out – I only WISH that they’d done so smoothly… All but 45 of the 621 final Santa e-mails were sent out this morning – the other forty-five (which included some of the … let us call them … most vocal of the UK blogging scene) got stuck somewhere in our server and couldn’t be retrieved for love nor money…
When we finally did manage to get them out from the damn server, Cal had to go, only having time to export them to a not entirely Mac / PC compatible format, which I was then unable to import into my e-mail program. So the last forty-five e-mails had to be cut and pasted in by hand – since every single one is unique. Which would have been been great if I hadn’t been a bit frayed from a day of relatively unsuccessful design work, and put the wrong wishlist URL in ten of them. So there then followed an incredibly apologetic e-mail, a careful and comprehensive checking of the whole process, and then another e-mail sent out to those people with all the details in it, this time all present and correct…
Most of the immediate responses seem to be unbelievably positive. I know that I’ve already bought my present for the person I’m Secret Santa-ing for…
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Secret Santa's hat is full!
Secret Santa‘s hat is full! Check your e-mail if you’ve been participating…
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One more KPMG dig…
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In which peace descends on Tomville…
With flatmates out of the country for the weekend, peace slowly descends on Tomville…
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Is this a Big Gay Song?
Question – is this Sisters of Mercy song actually a big gay song?
Something Fast
all the things
we never needed
i don’t need them now
all the things
were always confidential
and hidden from me anyhowyou can stand all night
at a red light anywhere in town
hailing marys left and right
but none of them slow down
i seen the best of men go past
i don’t want to be the last
gimme something fastGod knows everybody needs
a hand in their decision
some of us are not so sure
i seen his own held out
for a ride on television
i think he’s still in Baltimoreyou can stand all night
at a red light anywhere in town
hailing marys left and right
but none of them slow down
i seen the best of men go past
i don’t want to be the last
gimme something fast
I’d be very interested in hearing the experiences of people who have signed up to The Direct Marketing Authority’s lists. They claim to reduce your spam e-mail, the crap through your letterbox and the number of annoying people who ring you up to sell you double-glazing. You can do all these things through this site. Perhaps unsurprisingly – I’m resistant to give my home details and e-mail address to a direct marketing organisation – no matter how apparently honourable their intentions…
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An online advent calendar…
I’m always delighted when I come across an attractive and well-thought through adaptation of an old Christmas staple: Advent Calendar.
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Two days left of Secret Santa…
There’s only two days left to sign up for Secret Santa – so if you want to take part, you’re going to have to get a bloody move on, frankly…
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Looking for a copy of the New York Times…
If anyone has a copy of Thursday’s New York Times, I would really appreciate it if you could e-mail me – Cal and I would like a print copy of the Secret Santa piece.