Month: February 2009

awwwwww – don’t hit the wiper button!

Had about enough for my SnowThing 🙂

But not nearly enough to repeat the Iceman of Nottingham Uni. Bunch of people from my uni hall made a 3 ball, 6 foot snowman. All the snow melted after a day or so but the Iceman was getting used as a meeting place for nearly a month 🙂

That might well be the last snowman I helped build too …

That wasn’t really enough snow for anything but a smiley really 😉

A wise man once said (and put to music), “Don’t worry, be …”

A wise man once said (and put to music), “Don’t worry, be …”

Courtesy of my neighbour CK ! 🙂 Had lots of laughs from this one at work today.

What’s wrong with kids nowadays ?

One whiff of snow and they should be out making snowmen ! This one :

is the only one I can see from outside my front door ! There should be loads of them 🙂

Ok – you can probably tell from Junior’s size that there isn’t actually that much snow here. He’s supposed to have a stone nose as well but that must have fallen off between me putting on the nose and fetching the camera.

Haven’t made a snowman since university and although he’s just a runt, it’s just got to be done. Wonder how long he’ll last.

Next-day update – Junior is a bit melty now … he’s one ball short of the snowman he was.

PS For much better snow scenes, peek here : http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html
The Jaws one is guaranteed to crack me up. Lol, who am I kidding – all of them crack me up. Genius at work.

Or just good sense 🙂

Think it’s the streetlights making it look jaundiced – and British number plates really are as white and clear as the ones above, it helps to avoid getting caught by speed cameras ! honest … Heh heh heh – kidding, those aren’t my cars so I’ve blanked their plates.

That’s the scene from outside my upstairs front window about 15 minutes ago. Usually on a Monday night, I’ll head down the motorway to get a gaming session in. The rest are going but they have a much shorter trip than me. I’ll be looking to hibernate tonight cos while I would drive short distances in the conditions in the picture, heading down the motorway for what really is a not absolutely essential trip is a wee bit loonie. Especially when the way back will be twice as treacherous !

I’ll get the mickey taken in next week’s session but at least I’ll have an intact car next week, not one that’s in the shop getting ice induced dents taken out of it …

Tonight’s trip home was possibly one of the quietest I’ve had for a while – everyone must have either not turned up for work or gone home early to avoid attempting icey roads in rush hour conditions. People seemed to be giving the roads some respect, although there were the usual tailgaters this morning. I’ll be going in again tomorrow, once I’m past the road I live on conditions are usually ok. However turning up for work counts as a lot more Essential than heading out to a gaming session !

Who knows ? Maybe I’m starting to show some good sense in my old age ? Nah 🙂 Time to put the coffee on while I fetch my pipe and slippers.

(that’s actually the other reason – my “pipe and slippers” are as fictional as the cold weather gear I have stowed here … if I did get stranded, I really don’t have the gear to keep me warm)

I think people who would intentionally cause that kind of hurt to a person are evil.

Trouble is, not quite sure what one can do about ugly bullies like that, apart from be as polite as possible to them before firmly shutting them out of where their behaviour is not welcome.

There’s a fella who works on site who has severely crippled legs and I have to admit he catches my eye for longer than it ought … There will be the people out there who point and snigger and say he looks funny but when I’m looking, I see the guy who through sheer force of will is keeping himself out of a wheelchair. And I respect that willpower a lot 🙂

We need a bit more looking out for other people, instead of the “Me First!” attitude that seems to dominate society nowadays.

What if people don’t/refuse to acknowledge the inner beauty? With some disabilities/disfigurements there are people who actually delight in torturing the person….and often no amount of inner beauty will change that despicable behavior.

Aye – we have the “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” saying as well 🙂

I have to run a fine line with the confidence thing. No confidence means I start feeling sorry for myself, I feel the old injuries more and get a little too self-focused. Too much confidence and I get too rowdy 🙂 And words that might upset people can escape before my brain kicks in !

I wonder if it’s something to do with the outfits that come out to play when it gets sunny ? 🙂