Jan
26
2007

Tinned meat product

Attention all spammers

Most men in their early twenties do not need Viagra.

I would however love to understand how it is you sell “premium quality” stuff? Myself I assumed it either was Viagra or it wasn’t.

As a side note, I’m not overly interested in Valium at 10mg for $2. If you pushed that to 20mg though you might have a deal…

Jan
18
2007

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In the US it is a God given right to proclaim there is no God… What a wonderful irony….

Jan
17
2007

Data

In the last 7 days the data useage for my phone has reached over 40MB! And to think there are still phone contracts that charge several pounds per MB!

Jan
15
2007

Work work work

Today’s random quote from work:

A – can you just come explain what this thing is doing (points to the screen).
B – ok, I will check in sec, I just need to get this upload started.
A – ok dude, well, while you do that I’m just going to look at some breasts.

Jan
15
2007

Breaking wind(ows)

The UK has more tornados per unit area than any other place in the world….

How odd is that….

Jan
12
2007

Change of direction

First, I shall begin with a quote from my manager yesterday. At the time he was having an argument with one of the guys in the office: “how would you like to be stood at the Malaysian border, with no
clothes and a kilo of heroin strapped to your body?”

If you know my manager you know he is just the sort of person who could click his fingers and make this happen. Crossing my manager is a bad thing…

Anyway, I will try and keep this short so people actually read it.

A friend of mine from my church has fairly recently started her gap year (6months) in Malaysia and because of the wonders of technology I have set her up a blog etc which is pretty darn cool so now we have all been staying in touch with her.

Some of you may know I was planning a trip to New York over the Easter holiday, just a week on my own or something. Well I can now confirm that won’t happen, it has instead been replaced by a 10 day trip in Malaysia in March (8th – 18th). This is a bit of a change and a soding cool one at that. Basically saw something on the TV showing cheap flights there, that got me thinking, looked some up online, if you take into account accommodation then Malaysia is cheaper. This idea first came about a week ago, so I have been working very quickly with Emily through loads of emails to get this sorted. While she is out on her gap year she is doing teaching out there…. And my trip lines up with the week of school holidays they have there… So its all pretty darn perfect. Does mean however I still have lots of organising left to do.

Booked the flights yesterday, bit of drama there. Was using the machine downstairs with mum and dad and when we ran the search the prices had jumped by £200 in the last 2hours! Well, thankfully I still had a browser tab open from earlier on my machine with the prices I had seen on it. Now because they have so much in the way of terms and conditions on their site they have to have a long timeout on sessions. So I managed to pick up the old session and get the better prices because that was the price I saw first and under UK law that’s what they then have to sell for. In other words, it was fucking close and I’m pretty lucky (and a bit better off…)

Ok, already typed too much

Jan
05
2007

Brain

It’s funny how there are some things you just know. The card I have to get into the building lasts for 3 months at a time, not a day less or a day more. This is simply because I’m a form of temp and their system doesn’t allow a temp to hold a card for more than 3 months. As I walked over the bridge this morning I was thinking about how close mine was to its 3 months. I put it on the sensor and it did two beeps. It ran out. Its just pretty impressive that the brain does that all by itself…

Oh, and a new picture here:

http://pictures.craigk.org/view.php?id=300&comments=1

Jan
04
2007

Adverts

You just can’t beat adverts in London City…

http://www.craigk.org/pictures/p/299/

Jan
02
2007

Maybe there is still hope yet

This is the sort of news you feel you can start a year to:

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116768283829864021-13zskGe8Og7xR9KkJTaKl0_qvug_20080101.html

If the link doesn’t work this story doesn’t work I have deemed it so important I have made a back-up copy here: http://www.craigk.org/bin/lj/divorce.pdf

Jan
01
2007

Morning

I love it, I was sitting watching a film on the TV at 11:58 when they go to adverts and they say “This film will continue next year”. For a moment there I thought what the hell? then I realised…. its been a long day…

Dec
30
2006

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One of the guys at work is an atheist and he was talking about the idea of God being perfect. He then posed the question “If God is perfect, and we are made in his image, why did he put the balls on the outside?” I think this is possibly the best question posed by an atheist… ever

On another note, why do animal rights protestors complain when they see a fur coat, but not a leather one? Surely if they are to have any credibility they should care about cows just as much as the cute creatures.

Dec
29
2006

20 down, 68 to go

End of the year meme (from (Via ))

  1. What did you do in 2006 that you’d never done before?
    Real work
  2. Did anyone close to you give birth?
    Not that I know of or remember so probably not
  3. Did anyone close to you die?
    unfortunatly yes, my Grandad far too recently, also 2 people from my church who I knew well
  4. What countries did you visit?
    France, Germany, Austria and I’m going to count the Isle of White as one, simply because i want to
  5. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
    Sleep
  6. What dates from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
    I don’t remember much from th year, but my first day at work springs to mind, as do a few days spent with friends for whatever reasosn.
  7. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
    Getting up at 6am more than once. Also, built nice big sound system with for a concert which all went fairly well to plan
  8. What was your biggest failure?
    This year has been one of small cock-ups more than grand failures. I don’t feel I have done that much this year, so maybe that’s it
  9. Did you suffer illness or injury?
    Nope, well, a cold or two don’t count
  10. What was the best thing you bought?
    Either my laptop, monitors, desk, phone or a nice pair of warm trousers. Sad i know, but they are really warm.
  11. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
    None, they are all bastards
  12. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
    government, as always
  13. Where did most of your money go?
    Train season ticket (£3000)
  14. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
    Probably the run-up to the concert, doing one of those things is quite an addrenaline rush for a day, trust me
  15. What song will always remind you of 2006?
    Feeder – under the weather
  16. Compared to this time last year, are you:
    1. Happier or sadder?
      Bit of both, so i guess the same. Many things have made me happy, and others, sad
    2. Thinner or fatter?
      Same, although i am fitter thanks to more sport
    3. Richer or poorer?
      I’m guessing this is talking about money, so i would say richer
  17. What do you wish you’d done more of?
    sleep, travel, visit more friends, work on my website
  18. What do you wish you’d done less of?
    work, sit of bloody boring trains
  19. How did you spend christmas?
    at home with familly, the way you should
  20. Did you fall in love in 2006?
    don’t think so
  21. How many one-night stands?
    tisk tisk, what a cheeky question. None, i dont go that way
  22. What was your favourite TV program?
    Top Gear
  23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
    Not asin pure rage, but some people have annoyed me a fair bit
  24. What was the best book you read?
    No idea, dont really read. Probably my little books of twisted proverbs
  25. What did you want and get?
    Money, a bit of a change
  26. What did you want and not get?
    sleep
  27. What was your favourite film of this year?
    much as i hate to say it, probably The Devil wears Prada. I like girly films far too much
  28. What was your favourite game of this year?
    Still burnout 2. I can play it with friends for hours and love it all. Not bad for a game ive never owned nor is new
  29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
    sleep, uni work etc and i was 20
  30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
    sleep, spending more time with friends, “finishing” my website
  31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
    warm in winter, cool in summer and something in between during the rest
  32. What kept you sane?
    who said anything about me being sane?
  33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
    whatever the name of the girl in “The girl next door” is
  34. What political issue stirred you the most?
    ID cards, tracking cars, Iraq
  35. Who did you miss?
    my Grandad, plus a selection of friends from church as we all go our seperate ways
  36. Who was the best new person you met?
    met so many good people…. Don’t make me pick one
  37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006:
    5mins sleep in bed is worth 3days sleep on the train.

Real entry to follow

Dec
29
2006

Natural contraception

Whatever the temperature is outside, standing around in it for 40mins in a thin coat and shirt is never going to be a good thing. I have only just begun to thaw on the train really. How I came to stand in these arse chillingly cold conditions is a matter at the forefront of my mind at present.

As is my custom on Fridays I was planning in getting into work about an hour before I need to. This works two fold. It means I get in in time to cover the early shift and it means I can get home normally in time to help with cubs, although today, just earlier.

Due to the time of year the trains are pretty fucked. They run a crap (reduced) service on the days between Christmas and new year. This is also the time they take to fix some of the bigger things they broke during the year. This has left me with long waits, slow, packed trains complete with more replacement buses than I want to shake a stick at.

Last night I looked at the train times online, all looked well. It seemed they had finished with the buses and I could get to work in a reasonable time. So this morning I left the house soon after 6:20 with the intention of getting the 6:27. I had to run rather faster than I wanted to. As I got there I read the board. My train was cancelled and the next train was at 7:05. I stood and weighed up the options for a moment. Given how cold it was this was a short moment.

I started walking home. I got to my front door, put my key in the lock, turned… Hmm, why isn’t it turning…. Wiggled the key a bit… Still no luck. The I realised there was a key in the other side of the lock. It was far too early to go knocking on the door. I was pissed off. Not least because as I walked home I was thinking at least I could grab the mince pie I had forgotten too…

Dec
18
2006

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I think all computer users who can get onto the internet should be made to pass a maturity test before they are allowed to use their caps-lock key.

Dec
18
2006

35782

I’m fucked off. i really dont give a shit about anything. i need sleep and i need time and i get neither. im being argumentative, aggravated and although some of its my fault i feel like it all is. im sure im being unjustly being made to feel like it all is. to anyone who says “get a life”. first tell me what the fuck a life is.