plans for the weekend, Sir ?
What could possibly be better than a romantic city break in Amsterdam with your loved one in the glorious spring sunshine ?
That would be lovely but, unfortunately, Norma has chosen to take her loved one, Norma- Jean to Holland to indulge in culture, canals, Anne Frank, trampolining, tulips and space-cake.
Never mind. What could possibly be better than a lazy weekend dedicated to father-son bonding ? A chance to catch up in the beer garden on all the events of the week at work and school respectively. A chance to hire 'Borat' on DVD and laugh helplessly.
A chance to order pizza with garlic bread instead of defrosting that meal in the freezer. A chance to go to bed whenever we damn well please. A chance to play music loud. A chance for father and son to go to see a real football match, err, well Charlton v Newcastle.
That would be lovely but, unfortunately, Norman Junior III has foolishly spurned this glorious opportunity in favour of a 'sleepover' followed by paint-balling with his real mates.
Oh well. What could be better than a night in the pub followed by a curry with your mates ?
Nothing.
two more mysteries solved
Two questions of earth shattering importance- 'Kingsbridge, Devon - where on earth is that - Somerset ?'
- 'Look, Norman. There's something wrong with this darned phone again. Why is everyone continually engaged; my mum, my sister, Phyllis and now Doreen ?'
- Kingsbridge is in Devon.
- There is nothing wrong with the telephone. Your mother, sister and close friends have a tendency to spend an inordinate length of time on the phone.
sneak peek at Vista
The new machine from Dell duly arrived yesterday so I hid it safely away in a tall cupboard. This morning, when no-one was looking, I surreptitiously retrieved the boxes out of the tall cupboard and carefully cut the boxes open. Then I quickly hooked up the new PC to my existing keyboard, mouse and monitor and power cable. I had a sneak peek at Windows Vista and it looked pretty nice (IE7, integrated desktop search, media player, shiny new interface). Then I carefully packed the computer away, taped the boxes up and put them all back into the tall cupboard. What am I ?death by PowerPoint
Excellent article by Seth Godin about the perils of PowerPoint. Just look what it did to the poor pigeon.aim for the stars
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