- Discovery: Ooh, sticky toffee pudding in my freezer!
- Confusion: I don't remember buying sticky toffee pudding.
- Excitement: Never matter, I must have done and now I have a tasty dessert!
- Realisation: ...I share this freezer with two other people.
- Location:Home
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:America - Never Mind the Pan Pipes
( That is because there are SPOILERS. )
- Location:Lair
- Mood:
sleepy
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midmorknight is a writer who I've mentioned here before. She's writing an excellent ongoing piece about a girl called Malay, books, the Internet and a Luddite revolution. Part 4 is up after a long break, and the whole thing's definitely worth a read.I've also badgered her into sorting out her tags, so I can now link you to the Malay series ^_^
Have a read, and friend her (if you're on LiveJournal) or perhaps subscribe by RSS if you're not. Her updates are infrequent but most excellent in quality!
- Music:Glee 1x09
- Breast Feeding Ever: The milk's right here, you miniature nincompoop
- Best Bus Slogans Ever: You decide (I meant to post this ages ago when it was more topical, but forgot a little bit. Sorry.)
- Best Sheep Ever: Extreme Sheep LED Art (thanks to Megan)
- Best Cat Conversation Ever: "That's my fucking bra, cat!"
- Best Smoothie-related Zombie Film Ever: Chiller
- Best Clock-based Twitter Feed Ever: @big_ben_clock
- Worst Cat/Bus Pun Ever: Bus puss
(10:50:15 PM) Joe: I filed it under C :-D
(10:50:17 PM) Joe: it made me happy
(10:51:11 PM) Sarah: ...why?
(10:51:44 PM) Joe: why to putting it there or why to filing it C or why to making me happy?
(10:52:12 PM) Sarah: no, I understand entirely why filing a cake under cin a filing cabinet would make you happy
(10:52:36 PM) Sarah: it is just that, as a rule, one does not find a need to file cake at all and I was ponderingt he origins of this strange new custom
(10:53:10 PM) Joe: it's for Bookgroup, and I don't want anyone eating it all before next week
(10:53:25 PM) Joe: so if anyone is intrepid enough to venture into the filing cabinet, they shall be rewarded
(10:53:33 PM) Joe: but otherwise they won't know it's there and won't eat it
(10:55:10 PM) Sarah: hurrah
(10:55:12 PM) Sarah: the cake is safe
(10:55:16 PM) Sarah: long live the cake
- Location:Home
- Mood:
giggly - Music:Winter - Tori Amos
23/9/06: Woke up banging on wall, shouting, "Let me out!" In dream, was locked in Mavis [our campervan at the time]; unable to find handle because wall, unfortunately, has no handle.
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- Mood:Sleepy
- One word title, helping people in peril, loss of wife.
Wales, renegade, gay interest.Torchwood (Trivia, quiz show, non fiction.QI (Adulterous mother, ice cream, dog.Sugar Rush (
- Because I doubt anyone will get it from that, have three more: Runaway, fair ground, Brighton England.
High school, faked pregnancy, scheming.Glee (Famous opening theme, wisecrack humour, palaeontologist.Friends (- School teacher, gay club, Manchester England.
Surrealism, drunk, colour in title.Black Books (- Male female relationship, whipped cream, commitment.
News, satire, non fiction.Have I Got News For You (
minervamoon suggested Michael Jackson impersonators, and on Facebook we had students and gypsies. The thing that's causing all of this vitriol and annoyance is... cyclists. If cars in York are so undesirable, ban them. Don't go around making it harder for car traffic to move, just to benefit cyclists. All this does is make traffic worse, and therefore pollution worse. Why is it cyclists have coped with riding amongst car traffic for decades, but now they have to be given lanes and shortcuts? They pay no road tax, no fuel tax, many fail to obey traffic laws (whats a traffic light!?), and are totally unaccountable for any negative effect because they are unidentifiable. The majority should be catered for, with the minority kept in mind but not put first.
If ____ in York are so undesirable, ban them. Don't go around making it harder for ___ _______ __ ___, just to benefit ________. All this does is make _______ worse, and therefore _________ worse. Why is it ________ have coped with ______ _______ ___ _______ for decades, but now they have to be given _____ and _________? They pay no ____ tax, no ____ tax, many fail to obey _______ laws (whats a _______ _____!?), and are totally unaccountable for any negative effect because they are unidentifiable. The majority should be catered for, with the minority kept in mind but not put first.
- Location:Anna's
- Mood: sleepy
- Best Doughnut Simulator Ever: Wii Jammin'
- Best Truth Ever: To tell you the turtle...
- Best Chipmunk Ever: Dramatic Chipmunk
- Best P45 Ever: It's not just a P45...
- Best Use of Twitter Ever: tied between Baker Tweet and Tweeting Cat Door
- Best Exam Paper Ever: Who does my base belong to?
- Location:Anna's
- Music:The Lonely Goatherd - The Sound of Music
To investigate the behaviour of a Magnum at room temperature.
Hypothesis
The ice cream in a Magnum left at room temperature will melt, but will remain encased by the chocolate.
Procedure
One White Magnum (A) and one Classic Magnum (B) were put on a plate and left in a bright, dry room, out of direct light. Room temperature was considered adequate with no regulation. A White Magnum and a Classic Magnum were left in the freezer as controls (C and D respectively).
The experimental Magnums were observed at five-minute intervals for approximately 45 minutes, and any external appearance changes noted. After 45 minutes, a bite was taken out of the top of each Magnum, with care taken not to spill any of the now-liquefied ice cream. The behaviour of the chocolate on biting was noted.
Findings
Regular observation revealed that the Magnums began to sweat from early in the experiment (approximately five minutes) and continued to do so throughout.
Upon lifting, Magnum A began to disintegrate quickly and before biting was even completed the bottom of the chocolate shell had fallen away. The movement of the escaping ice cream caused the rest of the chocolate to follow.
Magnum B was considerably more intact and, although still slightly unstable on lifting, remained so after biting. It was further noted that the ice cream inside was much less liquefied than that in Magnum A; indeed, even after being held upside down (i.e. with the bitten hole at the bottom) the ice cream did not spill.
No change was noted in Magnums C and D.
Conclusions
Due to the limited funding for this research, the sample size was prohibitively small and it is not possible to draw any conclusions from the data measured. Further research could be conducted, however, to determine whether the greater sturdiness of Magnum B was due to a chance imperfection in the specimen used, a more general tendency for Classic Magnums to withstand rising temperatures better, or any other extraneous variable.
McCulloch & Czechowicz (2009) Investigation into behaviour of Magnums at room temperature. Manchester: 58.
- Location:PSC
- Music:Mon Coeur, Mon Amour - Anaïs
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- Mood:grumpy
It took me about five seconds to remember how to do it (and those five seconds were in a bus lane, no less, which is a scary place to remember how to ride a bike).
It took me about six seconds to remember how much I hate pedestrians who meander along cycle paths, and then act all surprised when they nearly get run over, especially when there's a perfectly good footpath alongside...
- Location:One of the prettiest libraries I've ever been in
- Mood:
busy - Music:Danse Macabre - Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain
Much of the last couple of days has been spent fuming at my mobile phone provider.
I called them on Tuesday to tell them that I'm going abroad and that I don't want to be paying a bill on a phone that I'm not using while I'm in Spain. I'd previously been told about a £0 contract (no outgoing calls/texts, incoming still allowed, no charge) so I said I'd like to go for that. The lady I finally spoke to (after being transferred three times, twice back to the same department I was trying to get away from) told me there was no such thing and that the only thing I could do if I wanted to keep my number was port it to Pay As You Go until I get back, and make sure someone tops it up for me every few months.
She transferred me to the cancellation department, who told me that they really like me because I've been a customer for over two years and have always paid on time (of course I have, they forced me into paying by Direct Debit). Apparently I'm in line for a rather nice loyalty upgrade, and if I went to PAYG and back I'd lose that.
So the person here suggested going to the cheapest contract option at £10/month and giving my phone to someone else while I'm away. I asked about the apparently non-existent £0 option, and he said, "Oh yes, I can certainly do that for you!"
So sorted that out - my contract ends on 8 September - so far so good. He also cancelled my mobile Internet access, as I asked - but instead of doing it from the next billing period like he did with the phone contract, he did it with immediate effect. I got a message on Thursday saying I'd spent £40 on data in the last two days.
I phoned the billing department; they waived it and gave me a £10 credit, but because my contract is changing they can't activate any add-ons until the new contract starts in September, which is useless to me. I asked for a postal address so that I could put a complaint in writing, but apparently they don't have a complaints address any more - it's all online. They told me to go to the website to get a complaint form. I pointed out (with considerable internal glee) that I couldn't go to the website because they'd cut off my Internet access.
They ummed and ahhed and eventually promised me a callback from the chap who'd deactivated me on Tuesday. Which never arrived. Bah.
All of which is a long way of saying that my sporadic access at the moment is now practically nil, save for about an hour a day on the pub wifi. Please text me interesting things if you're able, I'm slowly losing my mind on my own in a house with no Internet, no TV and very few books.
- Location:The Ford Madox Brown, Rusholme
- Mood:
annoyed - Music:Still Alive - GLaDOS
'Are you having some strawberry crunch?
Om nom nom, pour milk on then munch.'
- Location:Anna's
- Mood:
tired - Music:See entry...
- Location: HOUSE OF KATUMS
- Music:Where's Your Head At? - Basement Jaxx
- Welsh ducks don't speak Welsh
- Most Welsh words can be formed by adding 'io' to the end of the English word
- There is a castle in the city centre, which is rather exciting
- There are hidey Victorian shopping arcades everywhere with old bookshops, nice cafes and the like
- Our room has the comfiest bed in the WORLD.
- Location:Nos Da hostel, Cardiff
- Mood: happy
- Music:But It's Better If You Do - Panic! At The Disco
I am slightly teary, and incredibly touched by the love and compassion of geeks.
- Location:Cardiff Bay
- Mood:
saddened (and hungry)
awake
