A nice article on Slate talking about the history of the fail meme. Something I can't seem to find on the usually authoritative Wikipedia. I wonder if it's become a victim of the deletionists?

In other news XKCD cartoon off with the New Yorker.

We've not been having good time with Thursdays recently. Last weeks funeral/car break-in was topped this week by Fliss getting admitted to hospital on Thursday with suspected kidney stones. As anyone who has ever them will know they are very painful. As she had been in London for a …

As I was chilling last night I didn't think I'd be on a train to London this morning carrying books and supplies. Still it looks like I may be kicking around the capitol today.

I had a relatively early start this morning as I had to drop my car off at the garage for the fix to the window. After re-learning the correct incantation for the bike rack I headed down with my spare two wheels. The cycle back from Shelford seemed to go …

Fliss has working phone but very much depleted phone list. If people could drop her a address book entry via text she can start repopulating it :-) The number has not changed.

My windows however could not be fitted due to damage to the electric mechanism. Grr arrrg, stops being a …