tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53025062009-06-11T09:32:08.062+01:00"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.<br>"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat, "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."<br> "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.<br>"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."<br>Barbnoreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-4050803931278799792009-06-11T09:29:00.002+01:002009-06-11T09:32:08.068+01:00

W8ing4Godot from 15 Second Film Festival on Vimeo.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-60374820507312886222009-05-20T13:56:00.000+01:002009-05-20T13:57:29.246+01:00

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Barbnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-7727291730463518442009-05-01T14:19:00.000+01:002009-05-01T14:20:44.322+01:00

Secret video footage of the Nazi's last agile planning meeting: Hitler goes crazy when he learns that his team has not been following the tenets of the agile manifesto..

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-10750807099230819522009-04-21T16:08:00.003+01:002009-05-08T23:30:53.541+01:00

With many thanks to Examiner.com (where you can find this and much, much more!)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Welcome to the world of ambiguity.Job interviews are often filled with unnecessary questions and ambiguity. The problem is so common that I often dream about the opportunity to apply for a job I don't want just to see how it unfolds

Barbnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-15363174057396386602008-12-10T00:41:00.003Z2008-12-10T00:48:39.213Z

It's been a long crazy month since I last posted on here. My son Andrew & his fiance Joanna visited us over the long Thanksgiving Day weekend. Great to see them again, pity the weather was lousy but that's London in November for you.My manager at work - ugh, less said the better. She's an obsessive micro-manager/backseat driver/passive aggressive bully type who fills empty time with endless

Barbnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-2127519942268564702008-11-05T06:54:00.002Z2008-11-05T07:03:19.262Z

Woke up this morning to a working internet connection and the news that we have a new President. I'm hoping for the best now.  Especially because Obama has majorities in both House & Senate. (One wishes the Brits would learn a lesson from the US and throw out Gordon Brown and Labour - but it would take energy and effort, putting your money where your mouth is, and Brits don't do that. Their forte

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Arrgh! My ISP is having a DNS "major issues" so I can't connect to US sites - or maybe 80% of the internet or something horrible. Nightmare.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-825140022686006182008-10-25T10:22:00.000+01:002008-10-25T10:23:38.056+01:00

YES!! My residence visa was approved - passport (and documents) arrived in the mail today.

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You need to watch The Secret Life of Bees. Exquisite film. And Queen Latifah once again is magical.

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So finally "only" three months after I applied for my new visa under their premium same day service for £950 (almost $2,000 for you in the states), the UK Border Agency admitted to my MP's office that they had made a decision on my application and would contact me with the result in due course. This comes after they told us the day I applied that everything was in order and I should just go have

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-62495213317910934382008-10-12T08:44:00.002+01:002008-10-12T08:46:46.890+01:00

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-32321450898541721412008-10-10T07:59:00.003+01:002008-10-10T08:11:05.069+01:00

Oh my god! This is so amazing and fantastic - I found my best friend after we'd been separated and lost track of each other for 30 years. And, like real best friends, it's as if we were never apart, it's still exactly the same. Oh my god - it's Barb & Irma again! Yay!!!I'm almost stunned with delight. She is, too. We've been looking for each other and checking the internet and finally luck was

Barbnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-45605580315995646382008-10-01T01:42:00.001+01:002008-10-01T01:42:55.239+01:00

What a surprise, another 5607 crap emaiils downloading now. This is getting really ugly

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-53469296551869962332008-10-01T01:34:00.002+01:002008-10-01T01:36:32.736+01:00

Ugh, finally got all the crap mail downloaded, marked, and removed to the trash. The final tally is over 20,000! All returned mail from some bastard spammer who spoofed my address. You would think sysadmins would know how to check the real sender address by now. But no, lazy, slovenly mail is the rule of the internet.What a time wasting nightmare that's been. And probably more to come.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-7848544312788607232008-09-30T23:01:00.002+01:002008-09-30T23:03:46.963+01:00

Thunderbird is currently downloading over 10,000 emails for me right now. Yes, 10,000 emails - all SPAM related. Someone spoofed my email address on some spam and voila, I'm getting 10,000 undeliverable notifications.I really believe in the physical punishment for the people who do this. Very psinful physical punishment.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-70596592532063494102008-09-21T21:29:00.002+01:002008-09-21T21:42:39.027+01:00

OMG! I just -finally- watched Frequency. What a film, fabulous. For years friends have told me to watch it and somehow I just never thought it was my sort of film. What an idiot I was. But at least it was a perfect choice for a quiet Sunday night. If you haven't seen it, you should. Really excellent.IMDB review: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/I've been watching a lot of films this summer

Barbnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-8426000498008248182008-09-13T11:57:00.001+01:002008-09-13T11:58:59.430+01:00

http://www.cityofmemory.org/City of Memory is an online community map of personal stories and memories organized on a physical geographical map of New York City.It's a great deal more but it needs a lot more people to add their stories. Please add yours!

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-84321850106063864982008-09-11T22:58:00.002+01:002008-09-11T23:00:32.443+01:00

So, home from Moorefield Eye Hospital after repeat surgery to reattach the edge of my retina. No tears is the good bit and it looks like that edge simply didn't reattach fully the first time. So extra careful this time to make sure all goes perfectly. Phoeey, hate this stuff.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-74116177321621406532008-09-11T19:04:00.001+01:002008-09-11T19:06:02.859+01:00

LHC Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment WebcamsThere are currently two webcams onlineCamera 7: looking at the Underground Experimental Cavern from the Saleve side.Camera 8: looking out of the window of the 1st Floor of the SCX building that houses the CMS Control room.http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-37436594097255435132008-09-11T01:48:00.002+01:002008-09-11T01:56:42.878+01:00

Just when you thought life was settling down it rises up and smacks you upside the head.I came home from work today and noticed a few black specks in my right eye's vision. This is a bit frightening for me because that's the eye that just had a detached retina and I just had surgery to correct in July. At 2 follow up visits the doctors assured me it was healing beautifully, perfectly, I was the

Barbnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-72545998262303069002008-09-10T09:09:00.002+01:002008-09-10T09:11:56.902+01:00

Scientists fire up giant atom smasherDeep beneath the border of France and Switzerland, scientists Wednesday fired up one of the most ambitious experiments ever conceived, firing protons around a 27-kilometer (17-mile) tunnel to try to unlock the secrets of the universe.http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/lhc.collider/index.htmlGo Science! CERN rocks!So much for the idiot-brigade doomsayers.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-9276125165712513162008-09-08T18:17:00.002+01:002008-09-08T18:19:31.845+01:00

Three weeks now since I expected my agency to deposit my paycheck. Arrgh, what complete incompetence. This is wrecking my budget. It doesn't matter how much you make if you can't rely on them to deposit your funds promptly and reliably.

Barbnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5302506.post-44119122627691448652008-08-24T12:40:00.004+01:002008-08-24T13:01:55.732+01:00

Food Meme1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating..1. Venison2. Nettle tea3. Huevos rancheros4. Steak tartare5. Crocodile6. Black pudding 7. Cheese fondue8. Carp9. Borscht10. Baba ghanoush11. Calamari12. Pho13. PB&J sandwich14. Aloo gobi15. Hot dog from a street cart16

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Tuesday was Alan and my 2nd anniversary. We talked about it and are pleasantly surprised at how well it's worked out. Yes, the usual snags and spats and complaints but we have been friends for so many years I guess we're used to that part by now. On the other hand, reflecting back over 2 years, we're still happy about our decision. We decided to celebrate with a long weekend somewhere in Sept -

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