How not to make a cup of coffee:

Step one - add a spoonful of coffee granules to a cup or mug (add more or less depending on preference)
Step two - add a measure milk to taste
Step three - add a measure of fruit smoothie to taste
Step four - fill mug with 'just off the boil' water
Step five - realise that smoothie shouldn't be in the mug
Step six - rinse mug and repeat steps one to four, missing out step three

I may have stated this previously, but it is true - once a tit, always a tit.

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Photos taken on a day trip t'York, 6th March 2010.

About t'photos:

1. The City of York - pretty self-explanatory, methinks.
2. City view - taken from the city wall, as suggested by a friendly local gentleman. Tilt/shift effect applied
3. City model - tilt/shift effect applied
4-7. Four graveyard shots - next to a medieval tower, the sole remnant of a 12th century church demolished in 1881
8. Polite request - apparently, poor renditions of Wonderwall ruin Sunday services
9. Bile Beans - like baked beans, but good for you
10. No Parking - polite request duly ignored. Driver must have been very skinny too
11. Mad Alice Lane - should have left it as it was

More t'follow, but I'm hungry and want m'dinner.

                     

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Congratulations to 'Christine', my work van. Somehow - and I'm not entirely sure how - she made it to the 100,000 mile er, milestone tonight.

I guess no would be a good time to wash her - although to be honest I should probably have done that when rear visibility first became an issue...

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The final death in chapter three? Boy, Batman must have been unlucky so far...

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Today was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and, dare I say it, I even felt some warmth from it.
What better day to suffer a hangover?
I knew I should have pulled a sicky...

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Yes, today is a day to say thank you.  Thank you to so many people who have helped to enrich my life beyond measure.
Here is the shortlist for very special thank yous:

• The tit in the BMW who rear-ended a Fiesta on the by-pass this morning, thereby causing a tailback. I, like many others, was stuck for about half an hour, slowly edging our way towards (and ultimately past) the scene of the collision.  Nice one. Thanks.
• The other tit, or tits, who did whatever they did that caused the closure of the M8 at junction 4 for a brief time, also this morning.  Although the motorway was open again by the time I reached that point, traffic was slowed to a crawl.  Again, many thanks for that.
• The many and varied tits who have cut me up at various points today just to get one car space further up the road than they were previously. Great work. Hey, tell you what: if you drive off that bridge there, you'll be several more car spaces ahead. Go on, you can trust me.

Truth be told, I hope no one was seriously hurt in either of the accidents this morning. I live in hope that the tits causing the accidents will learn the error of their ways, but something tells me that will never happen.  Once a tit, always a tit.

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Some people may find this odd, but London is one of my favourite places in the UK.
These pics were taken in November last year whilst down for the England vs. Argentina rugby match at Twickenham.
Subsequently tinkered with in Photoshop and presented with love and affection.
OK, maybe that's pushing it a little far...

About the photos:

1. imaginative use for scooters at Camden Market
2. view from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich
3. covered walkway, Queen's House at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
4. Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
5. a chillin' chilli - one of those random things that caught my eye

         

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Two more pics, this time created using the PC based version of the aforementioned software.
The O2 arena and a different version of the clocks found at Canary Wharf.
I now have five hours in which to try and get some sleep before work in the morning.  I created these pics because I'd already spent two hours trying in vain to nod off. 

Must... not... create... any... more...
Must... resist...
Need... sleep...

   

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Discovered a cool app on the iPhone - Tilt Shift Generator: http://labs.artandmobile.com/tiltshift/
(It's also available on the Adobe Air platform, for those who can stomach such a thing)
It's brilliant fun.
Or perhaps I'm just sad enough to think that.
Anyway, some pictures created on the iPhone version of the app, plus another random photie thrown in for good measure (that'd be the door image).

       

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