Happy birthday Google.

Two big significant birthdays this week: Google's and mine ;))

Anyway Google is 12 today, which means it was born in 1998, which was my first year on the internet too, which therefore means I can't remember web-life without Google in it.

Happy birthday Google, and don't get too stroppy now you're a teenager!

Autumnal

Although the weather has been rather nice over the last couple of days - no rain and even some sunshine, the fact remains that autumn is knocking on the door. So I guess it's time to change the colour of the blog yet again to a more appropriate autumn background.

Been feeling very lazy over the past couple of days. And why not? Still on holiday.

Holiday.....celebrate!

Finished up at work today and I'm not back in the office till 28th September :)))))))

Random Ramblings is now officially on summer holiday. Check out my post over at EuropeCrazy for more info...the same applies to over here of course.

See you later!

Do as I say, not as I do

I ranted recently about everything my town doesn't have. What it does have is lots of fish and chip shops and takeaway shops, all fighting for our cash, particularly the lucrative school dinner market. Whilst out at lunchtime today, I couldn't believe the number of high school pupils standing outside a chip shop, (not one of the better chip shops either) eating sausages and burgers and chips. I shook my head and pondered depressingly to myself about the next generation of the obesity crisis, no wonder we're the sick man of Europe, blah blah blah.

So far so good. But then I made my way to another chippy - now this is one of the best - ....and entered it.

Fritters. Yum.

Yes I know I'm a bit overweight, and have a family history of heart disease, and that I'm storing up major problems for myself for the future, but hey....what the heck. Sometimes you just have to.

October 2010: payback time.

Ironing board covers? Forget it.

God I hate this town so much. And every day I get little reminders, like pop-up windows, reminding me why I hate this town so much - and this is just since yesterday:

You can't get reasonably priced 2 litre bottles of Coca Cola: you have to buy 3 litre ones.

You can't buy decent leggings unless you're a size 10.

You can't buy decent bath essence.

Now add to the list the complete absence of ironing board covers.

I hate this town. The only decent thing about it is the buses and the trains, taking everyone to more decent towns than this one. My only consolation is that there are worse towns than this one, believe it or not.

Time out

Got a day away from my desk and took myself away to another room for some time-out to catch up on work before finishing up for hols soon.

It was nice because I took my iPod with me (a change from our now music-free office environment) and I definitely found that a playlist of Empire of the Sun, Jamiroquai, Oskar Linnros and the complete works of Salem Al Fakir boosted my administrative productivity, alongside my self-inflicted strategy to boost it even more:- lights off + heating turned off + window open = type faster. I sound like a wannabe dictator in the making, although I'm far too nice for that.

Frustration, frustration, frustration....and a blogger with a board

I'll be having some major work done in my home towards the end of the coming week. That's straightforward enough so far, although the usual chaos and carnage is expected. The timing's pretty rubbish as I'm going on holiday in 9 days' time but there you go.

However one other piece of work which urgently needs done....well it hasn't been done, we've had three rotten days as a result of said workman making a complete c**k-up and this really needs to be done...we're fed up. Alors on danse....

On the up side, the holiday is approaching (although my weight-loss battle has been lost this time, but, as those two nice Latvian boys once sang, "the war is not over"). Planning to start Zumba in October, providing I can get some co-ordination and a sense of rhythm by then :)

Even though I spend lots of time on the computer and I'm employed in administration, I wouldn't really call myself a computer whizzkid so I'm particularly chuffed that I've been able to set up a messageboard for Planet Salem. I was previously a blogger, now I'm a blogger with a board.