From Internal Memos (via fucked company) comes this email:

From: Sanders, Joseph
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 6:38 AM
To: Unix Team MSP; NT Support; Network Support
Cc: Selzler, Galen
Subject: Star Wars figurines

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Joe Sanders
Navitaire Unix Team
Direct: [phone number removed]
E-Mail: [email address removed]
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Keith Chegwin and Martin from Eastenders are on a ladder outside my window. No really. They say they’ve come to fix the guttering but they’ve just TURNED DOWN a cup of tea. Can’t be real builders, can they?

The waitress was annoyed when Marc insisted on ordering his breakfast with the little bit of French he remembered from high school.

Lots more chuckles from Marc Petersen’s “Fireside Cartoons” here.

I am so proud of my youngest brother. He left school at 16 with very few qualifications. A decade of working in the UK retail industry taught him that being Mr Nice Guy was not going to get him any further than store management so he took the hugely brave step of starting a full time degree course. With three young children to support. Three years later he emerged with a first class degree and the opportunity to pursue a PhD. He’s now been offered a full time teaching post at the same university. Brilliant. Sorry if that sounds a bit braggy but I’m just so damn proud of him.

An extended 6 o’clocck news on BBC Radio 4 means a shorter than usual edition of Loose Ends. Second best news I’ve heard all week. Now I’ll only have to switch off the radio for 30 minutes instead of the usual 45…

Ever since the war started our youngest dog has been quite distressed at any television coverage of the war. She is particularly upset by people wearing gas masks. And since the war started her coat has developed huge amounts of static electricity. Really, it’s getting quite painful to stroke her. And since she’s officially the “office dog” and is sat next to me for 12 plus hours a day (minus bowel breaks), that’s one hell of a lot of “ouches” flying around. I’m thinking of getting one of those anti-static mat thingies from a computer store. Would that help? Or would it be better to end the war immediately…?

What have I done now? All my comments have disappeared. And I was celebrating getting my first 2 comments on the 2 week anniversary of this blog. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth going on here at the moment. You could always email me at chasingdaisy[at]btopenworld[dot].com* if you had something to say… Aksherlly, the enertation website seems to be down at the moment so maybe it’s not me. Phew!

Meg over at notsosoft is selling some great books. Get in there while you can.


UPDATE: All gone I’m afraid. And Meg’s new url is meish.

Borrowed from Morgaine.


1. Cold frosty ski slopes or warm sandy beach?

Can I have a cold frosty beach please? I hate the heat but love the beach so a December beach with the man I love and our dogs is my idea of heaven.


2. Chevy or Ford?

The olive green Saab 96 my father had when we were children. I loved that car.


3. Mac or PC?

I use a PC because of work/client demands but would LOVE one of those sexy new Mac laptops.


4. Dial-up or high speed internet access?

High speed of course! But I must admit to getting a twinge of nostalgia for that pssht, pssht, ping! modem noise of dial-up…


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Welsh. The English version is here.