December 2010
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““I was never much of one to win prizes… and certainly never placed...”
– Annie Lennox on receiving OBE for charity work
Auld Lang Syne for beginners (2/2). Give a Glasgow Kiss to anyone attempting to utter the abomination ‘zyne’. Do The Right Thing
Auld Lang Syne for beginners (1/2) The Scots word ‘syne’ is pronounced the same as sign or sine
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Touched
A woman put her hand on my head this week. Totally platonically but Christ it made me yearn for that “gentle touch”. Argh.
Every muscle aches. Rediscovering the comfort of hot Ribena for a throat that feels like its been sandpapered
The plumbers have replaced the damaged pipe and water restored. Phew! This festive break has been sponsored by Highland Spring.
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feels like I have flu. Cough,headache,sweating,legs feel like lead. Scunner
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Thanks to the hi-flow plumber who arrived within the hour, gave up on CCV-phone queue from hell
Argh,pipes finally unfroze…but water started pouring through kitchen wall. Emergency Plumber ripped out wall panels to reach stop valve
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Regina Spektor →
OMG Aberdeen won a match. Nae bad! Noo will thon loons jist keep gaun til they huv the hail box o Swan Vestas.
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Video, Scottish Government Debate: Violence against Women (live now,scheduled until 11am) http://www.holyrood.tv or http://bit.ly/h2FQ7i
‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ - Mae West and Rock Hudson http://youtu.be/mZUVP_nsRjw
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Thought of a good short domain name but TLD is for a country run by a military junta…and domain owners need to be resident.Yer alright pal
Just made a reflex “aw” sound on hearing that Yahoo wants to shut down Delicious. Oh noes!
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has somehow ended up reading C code. Pleasantly surprised by how much I remember 8-)
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Michty me, queues 10 trollys long at the supermarket
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“Neil Armstrong
Commander
Apollo 11”
– Neil Armstrong Talks About The First Moon Walk
quite possibly the coolest email signature, ever!
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Helen Mirren Kicks Ass At the Women in... →
Three degrees in the kitchen. What troupers, ye wouldnae catch girls aloud gigging there.
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“…the most intelligent companies out there, have learned that promoting...”
– Career development as a Software Developer without becoming a manager
Totally agree. When I worked in an organisation where we had a huge range of projects I must have worked with the best part of a dozen different managers. The best managers by far were the non-technical managers. The problem with...
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Mark McGhee sacked as boss of Aberdeen →
Not unexpected but who in their right mind would want the job? Best we could hope for is Not To Get Relegated, jeez, *facepalm*. Oh those Fergie days of actually winning things seem like ancient history. Live in hope of a resurrection of one half of the “New firm”