Month: January 2003

Loooong day.

Cold again this morning, and still no snow to speak of here. Really didn’t want to get out from under the duvet this morning.

Been a long while since there was an update, but I’ve just added four new tracks to radio grayblog. I’ll try and do some more over the next few days – it’s time to have a change around, remove a few of the older tracks and replace them with something fresh.

Think you’re cold? That’s nothing!

Hmmm. I just got an e-mail from the Ministry of Defence advising me about my rights as an employer of members of the Reserve Forces, and advising me of a helpline I can call for advice on the subject. Let me check…. nope, don’t see Seamus in fatigues any time soon!

Cold out. Cold in as well. But no snow here, either in or out, unlike much of the rest of south east England.
On the subject of cold things, there was an interesting discussion on the increasingly-irritating Today programme of the Mpemba effect. Essentially, as a result of the Mpemba effect, hot water will freeze over more quickly than cool water, even though that would seem to counter logic. Practical applications of this are that you should put cold water onto your pond or birdbath if you would like the creatures to benefit from that, and also use cold water to de-ice your car windscreen. (It should also be noted that hot water can shock your goldfish and delaminate your windscreen, and is therefore to be avoided).

TFF: 38 points taking me to 611 in total.
Transfers:
OUT: Malbranque, Maccarone, Geremi, Zola.
IN: Delap, Giggs, Beattie, Anelka.
Hopefully this will serve me well in forthcoming cup matches. Need to do something similar with my AFF team, particularly as it has progressed to the next round of the cup.

For the grumpy comment author who recently said that the only reason they read grayblog was because it is the only blog where they live, try Pink Shirt, Yellow Tie. Of course, grayblog remains the original and best Cicestrian blog.

Blip well and truly passed, by the way. Feeling groovy once more.

BBC news round-up:

• New x-ray images of black hole at the centre of our universe
• New planet discovered 5000 light years from Earth
• Row erupts over sunken treasure – including 437 kilograms of gold bullion in 17 chests, more than 15,000 gold coins, 153 golden snuff boxes, six chests of gems, more than 1,000,000 silver pieces, 14 kg of sliver ore, six pairs of diamond earrings and a diamond ring. Not much then.
• Glitter deported from Cambodia – his presence is "bad for the nation’s reputation".