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Am I wasting my fucking time?

Proof positive, if it were ever needed that no matter what advice we send out from the IT Department there will always be some fucking twat who doesn’t read it!

From David to all staff:

“10:20AM Anyway, after a Friday spent correcting installation glitches, patching servers, and making changes to configuration files, we now have [...]

A new spot

Much excitement this morning as I spotted a new species in the garden.

A quick check in the nearest Collins bird guide suggested that I had a pair of either Goldcrests or Firecrests fighting in the bushes and apple tree. The new Leicas came to the rescue and the I was able to confirm that [...]

My huge sack of seed

This is not some perverted porno-boast, but rather a reference to the fact that my latest purchase on eBay was a 25KG (55lbs) sack of dehusked sunflower seeds in order to feed the birdies on the balcony of delight.

I thought it was a good idea to get that much food in, despite the strange [...]

The difference between Finance and IT

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Artiste

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

A. To avoid the Turkish chicken fancier!

You have been warned…

“Hassan Arýk heard some strange sounds from the chicken coop in his garden one night. On investigating the coop, he found his 43 year old neighbour Ibrahim Alkan sexually assaulting one of his chickens.

Arýk returned home and grabbed a knife. He returned to [...]

His and her perches

It’s been a good few days on the bird front.

The greenfinches and chaffinches continue to eat the sunflower seeds without cease, but on occasion even they in turn have to wait. Even more occasionally it’s a bullfinch who is making them wait. Even more occasionally than occasionally it’s two bullfinches.

Here are two Bullfinches [...]

Oh blimey!

Sound Engineer: Jimi, what’s it called please?

Jimi: Whaa?

Sound Engineer: What is it called?

Jimi: Electric Lady Land.

Sound Engineer: Oh blimey! Thank you. Electric Lady Land