snow
the snow that has been falling here over the past few days finally seems to have abated now, and all is right with the world.
I love snow (not the canadian rapper of "informer" fame I hasten to add). unlike other weather, people genuinely seem to enjoy it. it's good to walk in, good to look at, and as countless generations of kids will attest to, good to throw.
i always find it amazing how ill prepared we are in the uk for it. i mean it's not like we're on the equator for crying out loud, we have seen it before! it's the media coverage that cracks me up the most though. for some reason it's always covered like it's the end of the world. traffic at a stand still! workers stranded at home! it's certainly laughable, and get's even more chucklesome when it falls on london.
capital grinds to a halt!!! from fucking reality by the sounds of it. poor souls, how on earth would they cope if they lived in norway. roll on the next ice age!
christ on a bike!
picture the scene. just before you go to your kip, you decide to check yer blog. you sleepily type the address into your browser, not realising that you've got two of the letters switched around...
you hit go, and up jumps a christian search engine with such categories as - Armageddon (the church reviews Bruce Willis' last decent movie?), Spiritual Warfare (Is that like a wmd? should the vatican be invaded by a "coalition of the willing" in order to force a regime-change?), and my personal favourite, Forecast of Jesus ("It'll be cold in the north, with sporadic outbreaks of locust plagues and the wrath of God...").
all ye brave souls who wish to view this webpage click here, i'm off to repent before it's too late...
go north, click link
if you're a fan of old text based adventure games, try out this Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy role player on the bbc website. even if you're not a fan, try it out anyway.
embra
one of the nice things about being in edinburgh is the contrasting scenery on offer. the view from the office windows ranges from hills to water, and all i have to do see them (aside from looking outside, smartasses) is walk across the corridor. it's perhaps the best stress reliever you could ever hope for.
the town where i live is about 10 miles from the city, and is nestled in the foot of hills known as the pentlands. this makes the drive home a hell of a lot more bearable than just staring at motorway signs or grey buildings for 30 minutes. take today for example, biting cold, pelting snow, and the roads clogged with drivers who can't drive all of a sudden. all of which conspire to make one miserable driver. yet 10 minutes of having snow capped hills passing by, and i'm happy as larry.
it's weird. i've got quite an ambivalent attitude towards my home city. on the one hand it's too small & insular, it's turning into chavville, the sports teams are pathetic, and the transport links are laughable at best. yet in terms of the view, i'm at a loss to think of anywhere else that can offer anything like competition. where else has a castle on top of a extinct volcano for crying out loud? genius.
start
Right then..
I've decided, for reasons still not entirely clear to myself, that the best way to start my 27th year is to post random thoughts for all to see on t'internet.
Whether or not t'internet is ready for the thoughts of Chairman Mitch is another matter.
As is whether or not i'll actually update this mother....
I guess it's time to find out.
kilroy spoof
If you're a fan of that euro-sceptic, talkshow-hostin', perma-tanned buffoon Kilroy, look away now.
All others, walk this way to... kilroy
