Amazon UK have started a DVD rental service: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/subs/rentals/help/learn-more.html My first thought is "why did this take so long"? I've been merrily renting from DVD Options for about three
Television
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MSN Conversation
Nat: You watching Battlestar G? Ian: No. Nat: pah! you're no geek! Nat: hang thy head in shame! Ian: I am tidying my "cables and connectors" drawer. Nat: yeah, ok. you're a geek. It's true. I just
Wonderful You
It suddenly seemed to sink in over the traditional Friday lunchtime fish. "I can't believe we're actually at war," someone said, between mouthfuls. So began a customary twenty-minute debate, at the end of which nobody's individual position or
Double Maths On A Monday Morning
I must say I don't envy you - it's like having double maths on a Monday morning!". Ah, yes, double maths on a Monday morning. I actually used to experience, and enjoy, exactly that, back in the 1992-3 academic
Doughnuts and Coffee
I know I vowed not to talk about the weather so much this year, but it remains one of the main talking points, which possibly just goes to show how mundane other aspects of life are. Today in West Yorkshire
Who Needs Sleep?
The GSM message arrived at 09:06, and couldn't have been any more appropriate: WHO NEEDS SLEEP? Short answer would've been "I do," but I couldn't be bothered typing that in. Yep, it's been a tiring weekend, and
Insomnia-Induced Navel Gazing
Last night (or rather, in the early hours of this morning), I found myself unable to sleep, so I spontaneously decided to read my old diaries. Not the older entries in this journal, I mean paper-based personal diaries, which I
Trisha, Vanessa, Esther, Kaye, Jerry Springer, Montel Williams
Awoken at 08:19 by the unmistakable teela-nee sound which indicates an incoming GSM text message. Being half-asleep, I stupidly considered that it might be important and require my immediate attention, so I got up and went to find my