Bored with your life?
You could try buying this one!
With the demise of his relationship, Australian Ian Usher has decided to sell his entire life, home and contents therin, car, bike, jet ski, job, friends,the whole shooting match .......on eBay!
The current highest bid is AU $300,433.31 but there still a few days to go if you fancy it!
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Please, please, please
If you are a british citizen, resident or ex-pat. please....
SIGN THIS PETITION NOW!
For more information click this link.
Thank you.
For more information click this link.
Thank you.
Monday, 23 June 2008
A horse hamster with no name
Since Tilly's sad departure and the emotional debacle that surrounded it I have been 'without animal'(unless you include Fletch!), this is not a good state of affairs but our current situation doesn't allow for a cat..... and even if it did I don't think I am quite ready yet for a different cat.
It was thus that yesterday a compromise was achieved and himself treated me to a hamster, complete with a des. res. any rodent would be proud of....albeit slightly er, garish in what was an understated room! ;o)
So....the problem? She doesn't have a name yet, there are a few suggestions but nothing yet seems quite 'the one'. Ideas please?
Right, I'm off now to try and work out how I get into this contraption!
It was thus that yesterday a compromise was achieved and himself treated me to a hamster, complete with a des. res. any rodent would be proud of....albeit slightly er, garish in what was an understated room! ;o)
So....the problem? She doesn't have a name yet, there are a few suggestions but nothing yet seems quite 'the one'. Ideas please?
Right, I'm off now to try and work out how I get into this contraption!
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Baldy's blog
If you haven't read Baldy's Blog yet....do it now!
'Baldy', AKA Adrian Sudbury, a 26 year old journalist from Huddersfield, decided to blog his experiences, subsequent to being diagnosed with two distinct types of leukaemia, as a means to highlight the need for new bone marrow donors and to campaign for more of us to sign up to the British Bone Marrow Register.
His campaign is a dramatic success and his writing is highly informative and often entertaining but it is also starkly honest, sometimes poignant, insightful and utterly inspirational.
Adrian's own illness is now at a palliative stage but he continues his campaign undeterred.
Maybe you can help?
'Baldy', AKA Adrian Sudbury, a 26 year old journalist from Huddersfield, decided to blog his experiences, subsequent to being diagnosed with two distinct types of leukaemia, as a means to highlight the need for new bone marrow donors and to campaign for more of us to sign up to the British Bone Marrow Register.
His campaign is a dramatic success and his writing is highly informative and often entertaining but it is also starkly honest, sometimes poignant, insightful and utterly inspirational.
Adrian's own illness is now at a palliative stage but he continues his campaign undeterred.
Maybe you can help?
Saturday, 21 June 2008
The letter....
....landed with a gentle 'swoosh' as it hit the doormat, I knew what it was in it's pristine linen envelope the moment I saw it, my heart beat a little faster as I picked it up and placed it in front of me on the table.
I lit a cigarette and just looked at it lying there, teasing me to open it, daring me to look inside. I tried not to let my mind wander to the possibility that in the next few moments my life could change significantly. I picked it's tempting whiteness up, I put it down again. I lit another cigarette.
I scrutinised it once more from it's place on the table, I knew already what it said but I wanted to prolong the moment's anticipation and the last seconds of hope.
I took a deep breath and picked it up, dug my thumb into the fold of the envelope, tore it open and slowly removed and unfolded the piece of paper it contained........
"We are sorry but on this occasion you have been unsuccessful."
Bugger!
I lit a cigarette and just looked at it lying there, teasing me to open it, daring me to look inside. I tried not to let my mind wander to the possibility that in the next few moments my life could change significantly. I picked it's tempting whiteness up, I put it down again. I lit another cigarette.
I scrutinised it once more from it's place on the table, I knew already what it said but I wanted to prolong the moment's anticipation and the last seconds of hope.
I took a deep breath and picked it up, dug my thumb into the fold of the envelope, tore it open and slowly removed and unfolded the piece of paper it contained........
"We are sorry but on this occasion you have been unsuccessful."
Bugger!
Friday, 20 June 2008
Party on?
At the beginning of the week in our usual chrome and glass encrusted drinking establishment, Fletch and I were joined by one of the bar-maids. A nice girl, friendly, chatty, good at her job and about to go off to university.
The conversation began with her asking me if I 'do dresses' and asking our names, because somehow over the months the 'introductions' had never happened, despite much chatter.
"I wonder where this is going" I thought to myself, while rapidly enlightening her to the fact that the last time I 'did' a dress I was about six years old!
It transpires that today is her 21st birthday and she is having a 'bit of a do' tonight, to which we found ourselves rather unexpectedly invited!!
There are two drawbacks here; Firstly it means I have to drag myself kicking and screaming into some less than laid back attire (ugh)and secondly I suspect we are going to increase the average age to a rather significant degree!
We are going to know no-one, Fletch will be fine, apparently her boyfriend is something of a geek so that's him sorted for conversation but me....hell, I can only hope her parents are there, as was suggested they may be!
The conversation began with her asking me if I 'do dresses' and asking our names, because somehow over the months the 'introductions' had never happened, despite much chatter.
"I wonder where this is going" I thought to myself, while rapidly enlightening her to the fact that the last time I 'did' a dress I was about six years old!
It transpires that today is her 21st birthday and she is having a 'bit of a do' tonight, to which we found ourselves rather unexpectedly invited!!
There are two drawbacks here; Firstly it means I have to drag myself kicking and screaming into some less than laid back attire (ugh)and secondly I suspect we are going to increase the average age to a rather significant degree!
We are going to know no-one, Fletch will be fine, apparently her boyfriend is something of a geek so that's him sorted for conversation but me....hell, I can only hope her parents are there, as was suggested they may be!
Thursday, 19 June 2008
I should, I wish, I love
Stolen from Jay....hey, I have limited ability to think right now, a meme is the best I can do! ....and I'm gonna be mean and tag: Lisa, Belleek, Shambles Manor and Mr Nighttime. ;o)
My ex… boyfriend, a twoc'er, went to prison, I was 16, I spent alternate weekends travelling miles to visit and stuck by him (as you do at that tender and naive age, you even think it's kinda romantic FFS!) much to my parents concern and dismay. He did his 18 months (really, they actually used to bang 'em up in those days), he came out....and ran off with someone else!
Maybe I should… try to give up smoking.
I love… my family, Fletch, Lisa, Tilly, anything with four legs, dark chocolate, green olives, motorbikes, travelling, kindness, sensitivity, cuddles, Grossglockner and internet connections that work.
People would say… I’m a little deranged?
I don’t understand… bigots, man's inhumanity to man, international politics, world finance...the list is endless.
When I wake up in the morning… I need coffee!
I lost… my virginity too young....but of course I didn't think so at the time!
Life is full of… stuff! Some good, some bad but most just stuff.
My past is… er, slightly odd.
I get annoyed when… I don't understand something.
Parties are… not my thing.
I wish… for small achievable things.
Dogs… are cool.
Cats… are cooler!
Tomorrow… my dream might come true.
I have low tolerance… for stupidity.
If I had a million dollars… I would get myself and Fletch on Eloisa and hit the world for a few years.
I’m totally terrified of… do we have all day?...and of course spiders!
My ex… boyfriend, a twoc'er, went to prison, I was 16, I spent alternate weekends travelling miles to visit and stuck by him (as you do at that tender and naive age, you even think it's kinda romantic FFS!) much to my parents concern and dismay. He did his 18 months (really, they actually used to bang 'em up in those days), he came out....and ran off with someone else!
Maybe I should… try to give up smoking.
I love… my family, Fletch, Lisa, Tilly, anything with four legs, dark chocolate, green olives, motorbikes, travelling, kindness, sensitivity, cuddles, Grossglockner and internet connections that work.
People would say… I’m a little deranged?
I don’t understand… bigots, man's inhumanity to man, international politics, world finance...the list is endless.
When I wake up in the morning… I need coffee!
I lost… my virginity too young....but of course I didn't think so at the time!
Life is full of… stuff! Some good, some bad but most just stuff.
My past is… er, slightly odd.
I get annoyed when… I don't understand something.
Parties are… not my thing.
I wish… for small achievable things.
Dogs… are cool.
Cats… are cooler!
Tomorrow… my dream might come true.
I have low tolerance… for stupidity.
If I had a million dollars… I would get myself and Fletch on Eloisa and hit the world for a few years.
I’m totally terrified of… do we have all day?...and of course spiders!
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Bubbles!
Um...I couldn't resist taking a shot of this....the result of leaving my bath to run unattended for a minute or two yesterday!
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Weightless
a moment, unknowing, unexpected... realised.
A day, a week, a time without time.
A collision of trust, of hope, of courage, of love.
One timeless moment, without bounds, in-transitory.
A step taken in air, in lightness, in faith,
entrusting, soaring, winged heart, winged mind.
A cacophony of destiny, of affirmation, of senses.
a whisper of words in a gently swaying soul.
One moment, suspended, in ethereal time.
Spangled cobalt and diamond dancing whiteness of light,
Ochre and vermilion painted dreams, golden glowing.
Blinding bright and silky soft, entwined.
Cool blue caressed, red hot touched, gossamer fine.
Magical orchestration of life, of sound, of being.
One moment, one memory, one chance,
I am weightless,
and I don't know why but I know it's all right.
17.06.06 HYYK
Monday, 16 June 2008
Connected!
At last, after six months of faffing and fiddling I have a stable wireless connection! Yipeeeee :o)
The answer, the parting of a considerable sum of money for a new router.
It seems that as with most things, Vista had a particular problem with the old one, what doesn't Vista have a problem with is what I would like to know?
Anyway, problem solved, no more two hour sessions each morning trying merely to connect, no more disappearing connection at random intervals during the day necessitating yet more hours of fiddling and no more wires dragged half way around the flat just waiting for one of us to hook a foot into and land in a heap on the floor!
Hey, the new router even has lots of pretty blue flashing LCD's embedded in the front for entertainment, what more could a girl want?....ok, ok, those might just begin to get a little annoying over time but I couldn't resist!
**N.B. For Kitty, as requested, the answers to the 50 trax post are here.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
For good or evil....
....I'm back again and the 'not so mystery blogger' has been relieved of his responsibilities, much I suspect to his relief!
Quite how long I am back for this time remains to be seen but hopefully the next week or two won't be quite so manic or worrying for all concerned. I think I have spent most of the last two weeks on one or other of our very undesirable British car parks, AKA the M25 and M40 and I have literally driven thousands of miles, ok, only just into the plural there, maybe two thousand-ish to be a little more precise.
Perhaps I can now be very slightly more forthcoming with what has been going on here and what it is that has resulted in my absence recently. I can't offer up too much in the way of detail because those concerned prefer their privacy to be maintained but I think I can say that a member of my immediate family was suddenly in need of some very major surgery and it was all 'hands to the pumps', providing general domestic/emotional support and 'driving services' for visiting at a hospital many miles from home.
It's been a pretty tough fortnight for all concerned but things are looking quite positive now and save for one or two minor hiccups 'the patient' has made a truly amazing recovery, beating all the projected timescales for specific recovery goals and making it home in eight days, not the expected fourteen! Really, it's hard to tell in many ways that this was such an immense procedure and it's a great testament to both the fortitude of 'the patient' and our usually much maligned N.H.S....who I have only the greatest of praise for. All aspects of the care and skills of those involved were phenomenal, the guys who performed this very complicated procedure where nothing short of magnificent.
So, that's about it, that's where I have been and why I have been 'awol' and whilst the road to full recovery could be a long one and there may be more hurdles to challenge us, so far things are looking positive, the recovery from surgery has been beyond anything we had dared hope for and the patient has been an inspiration.
Quite how long I am back for this time remains to be seen but hopefully the next week or two won't be quite so manic or worrying for all concerned. I think I have spent most of the last two weeks on one or other of our very undesirable British car parks, AKA the M25 and M40 and I have literally driven thousands of miles, ok, only just into the plural there, maybe two thousand-ish to be a little more precise.
Perhaps I can now be very slightly more forthcoming with what has been going on here and what it is that has resulted in my absence recently. I can't offer up too much in the way of detail because those concerned prefer their privacy to be maintained but I think I can say that a member of my immediate family was suddenly in need of some very major surgery and it was all 'hands to the pumps', providing general domestic/emotional support and 'driving services' for visiting at a hospital many miles from home.
It's been a pretty tough fortnight for all concerned but things are looking quite positive now and save for one or two minor hiccups 'the patient' has made a truly amazing recovery, beating all the projected timescales for specific recovery goals and making it home in eight days, not the expected fourteen! Really, it's hard to tell in many ways that this was such an immense procedure and it's a great testament to both the fortitude of 'the patient' and our usually much maligned N.H.S....who I have only the greatest of praise for. All aspects of the care and skills of those involved were phenomenal, the guys who performed this very complicated procedure where nothing short of magnificent.
So, that's about it, that's where I have been and why I have been 'awol' and whilst the road to full recovery could be a long one and there may be more hurdles to challenge us, so far things are looking positive, the recovery from surgery has been beyond anything we had dared hope for and the patient has been an inspiration.
Friday, 13 June 2008
Friends of Mystery Blogger
It is I, Mystery Blogger, again (Sorry!).So where was I? Oh yes, just checking my email, Spam; Spam; Spam (you want eggs with that?). But what's purplexing me is how do they know? I mean, how do they know my Penis needs to be bigger, stronger and last longer? I haven’t told them (notice I’m not actually denying this, there’s no point, the whole world seems to know anyway!). Ummm… gotta be one of the Ex.’s I recon, women are like that, their disappointment has motivated some twisted cyber revenge plot!
- When you are sad: I will help you get drunk and plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you that way.
- When you are blue: I will try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
- When you smile: I will know you finally got laid.
- When you are scared: I will take the piss out of you about it, every chance I get.
- When you are worried: I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be until you quit whining and get your sad ass sorted!
- When you are sick: Stay the hell away from me until you are well again. I don't want to catch whatever you have.
- When you fall: I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
This is my oath...
Remember, friendship is like peeing in your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth... Oh no I've started doing that sentimental bollox now, I must get a grip. OK, when life hands you a lemon my friend, just get some Gin and Tonic in and call me... Easy… :o)
Ciao Ciao
MB
Confused From
I Blog There4 I Am
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Mystery Blogger...
Anyways, onwards and upwards…
I believe one of Gems regular readers (Lisa from the good old U.S. of A.), requested some more strange and interesting scientific theories about cats in Gems absence. Unfortunately though, I’m all out of dead or alive cat quandaries at the moment, but I've thought of an alternative. I'm gonna share just a few little strange scientific facts with you all… (Remember a 'Fact' is a scientific truth that hasn't yet been disproved, alternatively any random claim put on the web and signed by someone who appears to know what they're talking about! ;o) )
Did you know most of your body isn’t you? Nope it ain’t! OK OK, the fact is most of your Body’s cells aren’t yours! There are more microbial cells (bacteria and other stuff), in your body than cells that have your own DNA in them…! (Just wait until the schizophrenic conspiracy theorist get a hold of that one…!)
Will the last one to leave, please switch off the lights…
Ciao Ciao
MB ;O)
Confused From
I Blog There4 I am
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