Enjoying classic quotes

I really like Yes, Prime Minister. I feel this is worth pointing out...

Jim Hacker: Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by people who actually do run the country; The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; The Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; And the Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.

Sir Humphrey: Prime Minister, what about the people who read the Sun?

Bernard Woolley: Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits.

Running for cover

Hmmm, I'm starting to hear the bands start to warm up. It's probably going to get louder soon. I reckon it's getting to about the right time to make tracks before the ball starts up...

Well, it's not a conversion as such, it's still Mozilla...

I'm now back on Firefox... I've been using Camino since getting my Mac, after finding Firefox 2.0 to look a little clunky on the OSX interface and Safari to be just a little bit, well, annoying. But now, Firefox 3.0 has arrived, and it looks very nice (I can tell I've been caught up in the Mac mindframe by the fact that this is very important...) and I admit in a rather sad fashion, I feel at home with it. Camino is cool, but Firefox is just that bit more customisable and robust.

So I'm back to my old ways. You may start to see this sort of thing more often:

but I'll try to keep it to a minimum...

The Strain on my Shelf

I'm not sure how I've managed to do this, but I seem to, over the course of a year, acquired a relatively substantial library. I now have the problem of trying to transfer this to my new abode for next year...

I possibly need to stop buying books. But how have I done this in a city without anything comparing to a good second hand bookshop?

Actual New Music!

Viva la Vida has arrived! :) First listenings now in progress...

It's been a year...

As a bit of a one for remembering dates, today and tomorrow marks a bit of a personal anniversary. I left Kuala Lumpur International Airport in the afternoon of Monday 11th June 2008, arriving back in London Heathrow on the morning of Tuesday 12th June. Hence, today and tomorrow mark one year of leaving Malaysia and returning to the UK.

Maybe time for some reflection over the past year? Maybe, although despite the significance of the date it's probably not the most helpful act to indulge in. Maybe some other time...

New Word Alive 2009

I've just seen the line up for New Word Alive 2009, and it is looking fun - line up includes Don Carson and Terry Virgo, with Vaughan Roberts speaking on week 1 and Liam Goligher on week 2.

Now I am planning to get a group to go on week 2 (as this is the only one that coincides with Easter break) and wondering if I can recruit people to start a group? If you are interested, let me know as soon as possible and I shall start to look organised!