words Sprachenschule Before I came here I thought I'd learn some German before I arrived.. I bought Michel Thomas's excellent 8 hour course and another crap nine hour course that seems to be mainly designed for american tourists who want to complain about their hotel rooms. I also
images Jonathan Stewart http://www.jonathanstewart.co.uk/ Jonathan Stewart pops in here from time to time but is something of a stranger to me (unless he's someone i know only by a pseudonym.. and haven't joined the dots) anyway i like his site so i've added
bad naked card counting millionaires whoever thought of combining internet poker and webcam porn must be very rich by now. playing strip-poker online with real money against real strippers.. why had i'd never heard of this before today? how i wish i'd thought of it first. I've just cleared
Berlin pass the sick bag All packed and ready to go but feeling a little sick in the stomach.. it might be the extra hot vegetable chilli i had for lunch but i rather suspect it is nerves. Haven't done anything like this since i went off to live and work in Paris
images Guten Tagging http://see.onemonkey.org/...&g2_itemId=3389 The graffiti is everywhere but although i've wandered the streets at pretty much every hour of the day and the night I have yet to spot anyone creating it. Perhaps that is part of the point. Or so I thought,
Berlin Nights at the Circus http://www.circus-hostel.de/ The Circus Hostel has quashed a few of my prejudices about hostels, their uses and users. In my defence, my previous experience consists of school trips to draughty YHA hossels in Scotland and Brecon where even though you are technically indoors you still feel outwardbound. And
Berlin Stanstead -> Schˆnefeld As that wise man Douglas Adams pointed out, it is probably not a coincidence that no language on earth has a use for the phrase 'as beautiful as an airport' yet architects continue to rave about Stanstead. In the past i've see it as no worse
life my round well in a few minutes i am off down the pub to undo all the good work a month without alcohol might have done me but to be honest.. i haven't felt better this month, i haven't lost weight or slept better, i do not find
life What do I want from a relationship? Part IV Some of my first love's first words to me were 'I believe I have felt that rhythm of Yours somewhere before'. Naturally, I knew what she meant, there was an instant understanding between us, a connection and an uncanny sense of synchronisity. I tend to think
life What do I want from a relationship? Part III I have what Ali G's cousin Simon Baron Cohen calls an 'extreme male brain', or in the words of one well versed ex i am an 'autistic fuckhead'. Knowing this about yourself ameliorates most of the problems it might cause and fortunately i am
life What do I want from a relationship? Part II One is wary of shopping lists and I am not looking to animate a monster made from my favourite parts of previous partners. But nonetheless I can see with the benefit of hindsight and wishful thinking which qualities I adore and what aspects of a person would excite me most
life two cheers well, I didn't manage a full month friday was day 21 and going out for a womantic dinner, i excused myself from my artificial obligations to play the perfect host and share a bottle of vintage champagne with my dinner companion. Very nice it was too.. I had
life What do I want from a relationship? Part I Everything really. But mostly an ally against emptiness and ennui. If a Djinn were to appear to me and grant me the traditional three wishes, I would first ask him to materialise a hippo in my bathroom, then having satisfied myself that there was indeed a real live hippo in
words The Streets of London Some months ago, after an amazing curry at Tayabs in Whitechapel with 30 friends, three of us travelled home on the tube. We were sharing a can of Strongbow Super Strength (7.4% abv.) and we felt a little like singing. Arriving on the platform, we heard in the distance
london London i failed to get into work.. turfed off tubes at 9am at london bridge.. stopped for a greasy breakfast oblivious to what was going on.. thought i might be able to catch a Docklands Light Railway train out to work in Canary Wharf. so crossed the river, walked to tower
london SCUM-tek, Lee Valley Sports Ground, E15 No that is not just the camera, life was blurry by that point. Spent saturday into sunday afternoon at SCUM-tek, It was very, very good It was in a huge disused ground in east london. we got there a bit after mid-night and there were about 8 major rigs set
words This is not a love song Apropros of nothing (no seriously) I've made a little more progress on an almost-poem I've been carrying round in my head for absolutely ages.. I haven't any space for it anymore and I doubt I'll ever improve it to the point of
life Miso Soup I now find myself thinking about miso soup and I am uneasy about it. It is a foodstuff that leaves me in great ambivalence. On one hand it is rather moreish and extremely healthy invention that is a great accompaniment to sushi. On the other hand, it tastes of fishes&
life the end of things the last 36 hours were a very strange day and a half.. the end of many things attended by some extreme highs and lows and any number of jolts sideways. the chain began during thursday at work where the first deadline of my entire year at the bank hurtled towards
words tubes and tendons exams are over so i can indulge in a little light reading.. so currently racing through some of Richard Morgan's techno-gore sci-fi... reading Broken Angels, sequel to the ultra-violent Altered Carbon although i have to say it is anything but a little light reading.. nearly at the end
life a dry spell having finished my exams two weeks ago and foolishly finished with my girlfriend a little before, whilst in the depths of exam inspired despair, you might have thought I would have nothing better to do than update this diary. And you would be right. I don't have anything
psycho Rapid afterimage http://www.michaelbach.de...mage/index.html One of the best visual illusions i've seen for a while. You should see a little green flash as each of the magenta dots blinks out. However, there isn't actually any green in the animation at all. It just
psycho Hippocrates Rocks Man ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and fears. Through it, in particular, we think, see, hear and distinguish the ugly from the beautiful, the bad from the good, the
comics Everyone's favourite astronaut - Take Two http://www.theregister.co...zz_aldrin_book/ Not content with being the star of other people's comic books, Buzz has written his own kids book.
comics Everyone's favourite astronaut http://thrdgll.tripod.com/buzz.htm I've said it before and it seems I'm not alone in thinking that Buzz Aldrin is first amoung astronauts. via Pharyngula
