Monthly Archives: October 2005

One of my favourite bloggers Orac has a post asking “Who Are Your Blogparents?”; in other words, who or what started you blogging? I can’t really point to any one person or blog that started me off. My first blogging … Continue reading →

…I’m not on broadband yet. Got all the equipment, I’m signed up for it. But it turns out that I need a cable or wireless router to connect me to the downstairs telephone line. And I haven’t got a money … Continue reading →

Me and drugs – whether legal or illegal – have never mixed happily. I seem to be way too sensitive to their myriad side-effects. Take the time some years ago when I was put on a powerful steroidal painkiller for … Continue reading →

…because I’m now on pay-per-minute dialup. Yup, I’ve finally bitten the bullet, waved by-by to AOL and signed up for broadband. Unfortunately, my spanking-new broadband modem won’t arrive until next Tuesday, so I’m on BT’s “how much a minute??!!??” dialup … Continue reading →

Work!! I’m busy – so I haven’t been able to write a proper post for days. Got to get Transit together, got to rebuild the Elfin Diaries site… So i can’t write about the marvelous autumn colours, or the peace … Continue reading →

…Just had a call from Elfin Diaries Caroline. She says she keeps getting complaints from people that the website won’t load for them. I have been trying to tell her for months that the Erol shopping-cart software that the site … Continue reading →

A random collection of other peoples’ blog entries, for your education and entertainment (and because I can’t be arsed to write a proper post): How To Fake Fingerprints Suggested Kit For Alien Abduction Victims Titan Rocks Share A Secret The … Continue reading →

Yesterday, got an email from a loony. A genuine one – he directed me to his web page, which set out all the reasons why he believed himself to be telepathic, a prophet, persecuted by MI5 and the police, guided … Continue reading →