Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Another Fab Weekend
Geek Night (must finish that web site) was great on Friday. JTA and Ruth were away in Shropshire, and so I thought I might stand some chance at Settlers Of Catan (now with the Cities & Knights Of Catan add-on. But Jimmy came, and - despite it being his first ever game of Settlers - …
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Best Blonde Joke - Ever!
This is absolutely fantastic. Take a look.
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How To Sell May Ball Tickets
Every year the Students Union here in Aberystwyth puts on the May Ball, an excuse to dress up and party if ever I saw one, for students. For the last few years this has been held on-campus, in the Arts Centre, Students Union, and the concourse in-between the two. Live music and shows, dancing, and …
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Ricin In Wood Green… Well; Not Really…
The Register have got a well-written analysis of the people involved in the recent "ricin terror" case, with a look at how this relates to Al-Quaeda, ID cards, and politics. It's worth reading.
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9 Songs
Hmm. Watched 9 songs tonight at a special screening at the Arts Centre cinema.
Synopsis
A couple meet at a concert and go on to have lots of sex and go to other concerts. Their relationship is threatened at a point, when they stop having so much sex and start actually talking, at which point they realise … -
This Year’s Election Manifestoes - A Summary
Courtesy of Private Eye, here's a quick summary of the main points from the three big players' manifestoes:
Labour
We're not Conservative.
Conservative
We're not Labour.
Liberal Democrats
We're not Labour or Conservative. -
Pixaco
Bookmarked via del.icio.us: Pixaco.
Poster prints from your JPEG 30"x20", £11.99 + £2.20 UK P&P -
9 Songs
Troma Night regulars (plus Sundeep) only invited to an exclusive cinema screening of 9 Songs tonight at 10:30pm. Send me a text message - or meet me on the RockMonkey ChatRoom - for details (times, places, arrangements).
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Barbeque
As Sundeep recalls, last night was fab. We lit a fire and tried to hold back the tide with it; then, just after high tide, it started coming in again, wildly, and threatened to extinguish our fire, so we moved around the coast a little way. But we ate cheeseburgers and waffles and things, and …
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Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras…
Ruth wrote:
Yay, my underwear from Figleaves turned up today, I have new bras which fit. Now my breasts look enormous, which is a bit scary...
Let me see, let me see!
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Sundeep/Katie Burning
As you all know, Bryn's nemesis and everybody's favourite pseudolesbian are having a birthday burning and unchristmas party on the beach tonight. More details here, here, and here (can you tell they've been planning this awhile?).
Anyway; in order to make sure that people know, I'll post this message here: I'll bring all the barbeques you … -
GMail Accounts
People have asked me for GMail invites again, but one of these people's @aber.ac.uk e-mail address doesn't seem to be working, says GMail, so here are some "ready to pick up":
Invite 1 (used) Invite 2 (used) Invite 3 (used) Invite 4 (used) Invite 5 Invite 6 Invite 7 Invite 8 Invite 9 Invite 10 … -
SmartData’s Almost-Free Pens
I've just seen haggling taken to a new level. A marketing company called us up and offered us 100 executive-type pens, branded with our company information, with no commitment to buy. They delivered them, and they're... okay... but they really don't fit the company image. The total value of the pens is £290, and we're …
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Hollywood Pizza And BT Online Billing
If only BT.com online billing provided an XML feed... we could integrate our Hollywood Pizza order call times and lengths into the Troma Night web site.
Probably not a good thing, actually. -
Confusion
Don't you hate it when you can't draw the line in your memory between your dreams and waking life: I'm very hazy on last night, and can't remember whether a conversation took place or if I just dreamt it.
I'm more certain, however, on a nightmare I had last night: Claire and I bought a villa …