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Inspired by the discussion here.

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I feel that I get personal service when I go to my GP, I'm not just the next anonymous person in the queue

The Mulder and Scully viral videos here are great (and the trailer's not too bad).  And the trailer for The Spirit is at least amusing and tongue in cheek.

Cheers to ladysisyphus for pointing me in that direction.

Because you're voting for people that believe that lesbians shouldn't be allowed IVF.

And no, there is no excuse.

Edit: Actual quote from the debate
It is in the interests of every child to have a mother and a father, but if no father is present—as is, unhappily, the case for many children today—a male role model should be available. For that reason, I, personally, do not regard the substitution of "supportive parenting" for "father" as sufficient. The reference to the need for a father, which has not been reflected in the code, should be re-cast in the legislation as "the need for supportive parenting and a father or a male role model."

Edit 2: As has been pointed out, they are, in fact, misogynist scum, not homophobic.  Sorry about that.

Long evening last night - I went to Ikea to buy a bed for laserboy so that he has something to sleep on when he moves in in 10 days time. is_not_well came with me, which was lovely - keeping me company and helping me push things around, as well as looking at numerous beds, wardrobes, chest of drawers and other domestic things together was great fun. It's funny - I actually enjoy wandering around Ikea - it brings out the geeky efficiency fanatic in me "If only I had this lettuce slicer I could be 3.7% more efficient in the kitchen!" and having Julie there being excited with me just adds to that. We can excitedly squee together over the storage solutions :->

We're off to Belfast this weekend - I finally get to meet her family. It feels like an important thing to do. I feel like I ought to be more nervous than I am - but meeting people has never filled me with dread (well, apart from famous people that I don't have anything to say to as people). I'm curious to meet the grandparents who raised her, and her mother, and hopefully some of the friends she grew up with. I'm looking forward to seeing the places she's walked home from at 3am, the streets she's hung out on, the places she has fond memories of, and the city and village that shaped her early life.

I've never been out with anyone whose early life felt quite so foreign before. It feels like rather an adventure.

You know how numerous companies have boasted about their Kewl Physics Engines that allow you to do all sorts of things that you couldn't do in computer games before - like fall over convincingly when you're shot in the head, or crash your car when you go around corners too fast? What if someone had found the ultimate game to take advantage of this..... Jenga!

Well, I say Jenga, but imagine Jenga where the towers are made from jeweled blocks, some of which explode when touched, some of which are worth more points than others, and some of which vanish when touched. Jenga where the towers are built into complex shapes and you get to throw tennis balls at them to try and knock more bits off than your opponent, or knock bits off without knocking off the penalty blocks that are worth negative points, or while trying to knock them into multiplier areas that double, treble or quadruple the block worth. And now imagine it with cute animals that can get hit by things falling off the towers.

That's what kept me and is_not_well happy for about five hours over the weekend, and it's what I left marrog and time_for_tea playing in my flat when I popped out for a couple of hours last night...

It takes about thirty seconds to get into, and it's insanely good fun. It'll be getting pulled out whenever people are over for a visit for quite a while. Oh, and the single player puzzle mode is _completely_ addictive. And it has a creator mode, so you can create your own puzzles and share them (not that I've got to that yet).

9/10 (cos I'm not sure of the longevity)

It's not just me that thinks it's great - see here for various mags scoring it A+ and 10/10...

I've currently got the Eee plugged into my monitor, keyboard and mouse. This gives me an entirely silent desktop experience for the first time _ever_.

I think my next proper desktop is going to have to be as close to solid state and passively cooled as I can manage...

Latest Irn Bru ad, inspired by Kipling (courtesy of henriksdal


David Tennant is exposed to Dr Who slash (courtesy of despotliz


and last, but not least, eduard_green in a ridiculous moustache:

Before I dash off to FreeCycle, would anyone like a steam wallpaper stripper?

Or two ikea shelves - 4 foot wide, 6 inches high, with dividers, suitable for CDs, books, etc. They go direct onto the wall. Example here.

Or a glass chess-set. About a foot on a side. Rather pretty. Just got nowhere to put it.

All going free.

Things didn't work out with lizzie_and_ari and Denver. She was fine with it. The cat they already had - not so much. So after five days of Cedric refusing to come into the flat, Denver's back at mine.

So - would anyone like to provide a home for a housecat? She's very placid and friendly with people, loves falling asleep against people, and is good with pretty much everybody except other cats. She doesn't like the outdoors, and she's perfectly happy to live in upstairs flats.

Edit: Going with daisyflip - cheers to everyone for their suggestions and offers!