Officially disguised as a Canadian
UPDATE: (2006-08-30) My ISP has decided to let me stay, after apologising profusely for the inconvenience. They have admitted that they handled the situation badly. I am no longer looking for a new home, but my opinion of the man with whom I dealt has not changed one iota.
So Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet, and Charon didn't make the cut. So now, the Solar System looks like this, as far as I can tell:
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"A woman's organism is different" – Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of the RKK Energia space corporation, on announcing that Anousheh Ansari of the United States will be the next space tourist. And a woman's organism. See related link.
According to the related link, Google is trying to stop people from using its name as a generic verb in phrases it says are potentially damaging to the brand.
Tom Cruise has been dropped from Paramount – they refuse to renew his contract. Apparently it's because of his behaviour recently. I don't blame them (Link to article: http://ncane.com/29).
Aside from a character created by Jasper Fforde, Thursday next is my last day at this company. I'm a little apprehensive about moving (I always am), not least because I don't know what's expected of me at the new place.
After proposing several times to my boyfriend, I finally presented him with a ring last night, made of titanium and one that he picked out, so now we're officially engaged. We haven't picked a date yet, but it will have to be after 1 December 2006, because that's when the law changes and we'll beContinue reading Well …
Jesus hung out in unexpected places, with unlikely people.
Poor old Phumzile. This old bird, the deputy president of South Africa, and someone we'd never heard of before Jacob Zuma was fired, and who has been getting flack for flying all over the place on taxpayers' money, has finally been grounded.