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Some of my friends... From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (6 hours old)

... think I am an orthopedic surgeon. "I make a point," I tell them if the subject comes up, "never to operate on anyone I know."… more

Travelodges From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (6 hours old)

I know they are cheapish but do they really have to be so scuddy. In the one I stayed in last week the fixtures and fittings were all so wonky that when I woke up I thought I was in a German Expressio… more

the heebeegeebees From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (6 hours old)

Don't you just wish you would either get full blown sick and have that over in a few days as opposed to feeling up and then down, day in and day out for the past couple of weeks? Blah! I do find… more

Leonard Cohen From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (6 hours old)

£90 quid for a ticket plus £4.50 booking fee. Sod that if I want to listen to something depressing I can go to work and be paid to do it. … more

Train Announcements From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (6 hours old)

These are genuine announcements made over the train tannoy on our very long journey up to Edinburgh the other week "There will be some sort of service provided" "There is only one piece of bacon… more

Music for bedtime From jenray ^Pro in WELCOME TO JENRAY'S TIME OF LIFE (7 hours old)

Hi to everybody...something soothing to see you off to bed...Vangelis...Memories of Blue.. 08 MEMORIES OF BLUE Hope you have a restful night, sweet dreams and send great big hugs to one and all...… more

Edinburgh Fire Magic and Vodka From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (7 hours old)

Well as regular readers know we have been up and down to Edinburgh for the last few weekends only I have been too lazy to post anything thanks to that bloody virus I had the other week. So trip one… more

Numb. From Miza-T in I am a Warrior of the light (8 hours old)

I have my ass numb because I've been sitting here for so long proscratinating on Facebook. It was a facebook night, surprisingly, because I'm not usually a facebook fan! I shall stretch my legs… more

Love, Like From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (9 hours old)

Is it possible to love someone, but not like them very much at all?… more

Ladies of letters, episode 3 From jenray ^Pro in WELCOME TO JENRAY'S TIME OF LIFE (11 hours old)

Hi to everybody...here's Ladies of Letters, Episode 3.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00nmyw9 Hope you all have a very good evening and send great big hugs to one and all...… more

Solving the Gordon Brown Problem From alecweston ^Pro in Too Much To Declare (11 hours old)

Gordon Brown has many dreadful things since he became Prime Minister - and, less we forget, before, when he was Tony Blair Chabcellor of the Exchequer. But writing a partly illegible letter and mis… more

I can smell Christmas coming can you? From janeygodley in Janey Godley’s Blog (12 hours old)

Yes, Christmas has a particular scent, its cinnamon and spices and supermarkets pump it out discreetly in case we forget what the spending season smells like. I hate being manipulated like that do… more

No Surprise... From cassiefrappz in Little Miss Acid Drop (12 hours old)

Not surprisingly that waste of space that impersonates a builder has still not returned the form to the Federation of Master Builders. I hope his balls swell and explode, piece of smelly sh*t! Don't … more

Birthday girl From PrincessFiona in The Green Ogress (12 hours old)

So i am officially 28 now!! I took off work. Actually I felt sad and upset at work because 2 hours after midnight and no one had wished me Birthday at work.(the friends had ofcourse called me)… more

The morality police patrolling Brazil From rithompson in Painting The World Pink (13 hours old)

What kind of sad, screw up of a planet are we living on if a girl can be humiliated and expelled for wearing a mini skirt to University?! Can I first point out that by twenty, we really should ha… more

Do the hassle From Emsbabee ^Pro in Careless in the community (14 hours old)

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition. Especially if back in those hazy, halcyon days of Year 11 when somebody asked what you wanted to be and you poked around briefly in the recesses of your mind fo… more

Wow!!!! 2TwitMe for PalmOS Stuff From Palmblogging in Palmblogging (14 hours old)

Getting to beta test 2TwitMe. Got a message from MetaView on Twitter asking if they could send it to me to try out. Can't wait til its comes been checking email to often since I heard.… more

Assessed :) From louisa-outram ^Pro in Wednesday! (16 hours old)

I am so glad the assessment is over! I have to wait about 48 hours before I find out the results (and if I get a payrise ;) ) I feel so much more relaxed than I did this morning :)) Extremely tired… more

True Blood From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (16 hours old)

C'mon its a bit rubbish isn't it? and aren't you just bored to the pointy back teeth with those sensitive misunderstood vampire types. Bring back proper evil blood sucking vampires like this o… more

Really From freeasthewind in Freeasthewind (16 hours old)

Gloomy day but will be back to work in a few hours so wont see the outside much anyway. Two weeks until Thanksgiving. Time is a flying as they say. Anyway this week should be an interesting week weath… more

I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (17 hours old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Brunch with Emmerdale From miramaze in miramiramazing (18 hours old)

Brunch with Emmerdale is a habit of mine. The programme starts and 12:00 and I am usually there in front of the telly watching and getting involved emotionally. Powerful stuff coming from 'the old cou… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 hours old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

living in hope... From Old-Nick ^Pro in Area 136 (18 hours old)

I mean, it would be quite funny if "Fuck off spammer" actually appears on the wonderful "popular tags" bit on the front of blog....I mean I type it often enough. Mind you it is getting just sooooo … more

Wet and cold From jenray ^Pro in WELCOME TO JENRAY'S TIME OF LIFE (18 hours old)

Hi to everybody...had a good night when I finally got to sleep around 1.30...my room was cold and I always find it harder to go to sleep when the air is very cold...still managed to sleep right throug… more

What is it about babies..... From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (19 hours old)

...that make them so darn lovable? A colleague has a wall in her office dedicated to all the new babies other colleagues have had. It is really nice to go by and see the babies in different ag… more

The "Cowell Plot" thickens... From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (19 hours old)

Now, I should point out that I found this on the Metro website so I can't vouch for it's accuracy. Quite possibly it has no accuracy whatsoever. Interesting if it's true though... http://www.metro.… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (20 hours old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

An Interview with Banana The Poet From SeasideMan ^Pro in Seaside Man (21 hours old)

Some of you reading this will be familiar with Banana the Poet, sometimes also known as Michele. She has a series of poetry books being released, and has organised a “blog tour” to help publicise th… more

Hat stand totally From Old-Nick ^Pro in Area 136 (21 hours old)

Shadoof in one of my favourite words, possibly because of its near onomatopoeia. Also my computer is making a quiet little pinging/whistling sound that is almost exactly like the scanners used by … more