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Monthly Archives November 2004

Blech

I have to say that the new Band Aid single is one of the most unpleasant collections of noises to assault my ears for quite some time, and given that it's the Christmas season that's no small feat. It sounds like Stock Aitken Waterman at their absolute worst.
Such a collection of thin-voiced, soulless, spiritless, talentless [...]

Posted 30 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

When you need that little something extra…

You put in a lot of hard work. You saved up your pocket money for ages and ages, took your old fiesta and worked and worked on it until it is now a thing of such beauty and wonder that mere words are unable to describe it:

But still there's something missing. You're still just not [...]

Posted 29 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Food For Thought

Under the heading of Leading By Fear.

Posted 25 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Boozemungous

I have formulated a theory; you can tell how hung over you are by your choice of listening material for the drive home.
Yesterday, mine was Gardener's Question Time. Make of that what you will.

Posted 22 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Bimonthly Mortgage Payments Haunt Colonel

The first in an irregular series of “posts titled with spam subject lines”.
I just liked the image evoked by this one.

Posted 18 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Little Things

Sometimes it's the small victories which help you get through the day. You've had a hell week, software rollout the previous weekend, major problems just before and a wave of bug fixes afterward. You're tired and fed up and desperate for a holiday, and that lottery win just keeps eluding you.
But then you drop the [...]

Posted 17 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °

There will be Outrage.

Just a few hours in to GTA: San Andreas now, but I've already seen two of the new features which are bound to send the indignation meter through the ceiling.
They are housebreaking (which you have to do as one of the early missions, and can then optionally do when you feel like it) and pimping [...]

Posted 01 November 2004 † Simes § General ‡ Comments (0) °