h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Go Z, (Go train!).

What MC said about rule / rules. I hear it as an exhortation to paint the map red.

Lovely sunny day here today too. Let's hope it holds.

Ben

Ti, the solid oak of the boat is so weather hardened that it'll slice through medium thick ice like a knife through butter And I can't wait to see what submerging in salt water will do to a chainsaw

Home feeling more bleh than meh. Why's the sun melting the snow away all over, yet without dramatic impact on the layer in our back garden?

I'm with MC and Ben, it's definitely "Britannia rule the waves".

looks like the Rule has it....

http://www.telegoons.org/Rule_Britannia.htm

I'm with MC, Ben and Kerr - rule!

Love the fact that Teh Blak Kitteh is going to be staying in Atelier care.

Of course it is... It is basically saying "Go Britannia" -

"Rule, Britannia, Britannia rule the waves".

Interesting how Brits have eliminated our history as an imperial nation from our collective sub-concious. If you consider that late 19thC fiction divides into two broad genres, domestic (eg Trollope and Dickens) and action (eg Conrad, Kipling and Holmes) then the sense of having the whole wide world to run around in is one of the most markedly strong thing about the latter.

But last night I was watched the first half of the biopic about Mrs Beeton (couldn't bear to watch the 2nd half - she died at 28 of puerperal fever) and in the film at least they aimed the book at "The housewives of the nation" not "the housewives of the Empire".

In fairness, it probably was aimed at the domestic market, but I do think there was a sense of being the beating heart of a global empire which we've now re-written history to forget.

Ben

thank you to everyone for their input. I'll let my choir director know the result of my research. (we're doing a Last night at the Proms concert in May)
later!!

You know a day is off to an odd start when you awake before your alarm. Now if I could just guess whether it is going to be a good day or a terrible day... Too early to tell.

Morning all.

Afternoon all.

Can't remember the last time I was woken up by an alarm...

*is back from 1½ month of backlog*

Feeling decidedly Meh here too, About to sit and write a list of all the things that need done. Not just uni stuff, but finding a job or some way to pay rent this summer. Snazzed up my firefox the other day and it is now rather lovely and shiny (gots Greg House staring at me from the top left corner of my browser window ) and the spellcheck seems to FINALLY be actually working in UK English.

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I'm all excited, Ben's on her way with Teh Blak Kitteh

Yay!

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I think that's the same one that aired on PBS a couple years ago. If so, I really enjoyed it--even the second part, where she dies of puerperal fever.

You know we expect lots of pictures and updates about the new member of your household, don't you Mags? He's become the Atelier's offical cat.

Ho yus, FG, there will be loads, he's already has his bum sniffed by Tifa Hiding behind a table at the mo, will do for a bit methinks.

Can't wait 'til he meets George

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Was that B4? *blinks*

The slight fever from this morning turned out to be an odd prelude to a regular migraine Written off day, still a heavy head. No obviuos reason for it, unless it was simply sleeping badly AND being woken up by the phone at 3.30am .

In good news, the scouting weekend seems to have been rescued and is on :D

Teh Blak Kitteh, has eaten his first meal in Marple. I was at work, my hubby put the food (with medicine) down where he has sat for several hours and a few minutes later had to give him some biscuits (he was ravenous). I hope he's coming out for a look around in a bit. George doesn't seem at all worried that he's going to be sharing with another floor walker.

All good stuff.