Holiday Poems

Our local paper has been publishing specially commissioned poems by local writers. This has been a real treat this week, and I particularly liked these ones by Patrick Lane and Lorna Crozier.

( Patrick Lane )

( Lorna Crozier )

The latter will appeal particularly to cat lovers.

Prepare to Die!

My favourite of that movie meme:

Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my intertext. Prepare to die!

Which movie was this quote from?

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Step AWAY from the computer!

I just looked up and saw the sun beginning to go down. I've been at my computer (my new Mac) all day, but it's been a productive one. I've been getting myself set up with the things I need on this computer, and have now got OpenOffice and Gimpshop (thanks to alasenr for the tip about the latter) and have been trying them out. I also managed to get outgoing email by dint of downloading Thunderbird. Inexplicably, Apple Mail won't send mail - I tried everything (that took most of the morning) and can't see what could be stopping it from working. I've got my Flickr apps working, and my delicious bookmarks - almost all the things I need to be a happy little geeky person.