For some time I have been looking for a pet of some description, I like animals, but mainly I like cats. Cats are cool, evil and fun! I didn't think having one given my top floor flat would be practical but after one metric shit load of research, discussion and speaking to a breeder I decided to get a Maine Coon and give it a go. Here she is:
Just heard that there are going to be 22 reduncancies from 76 chemists in my department.
Better dust off/write that CV then...
The next phase in doing up the house, and probably the most expensive one, is the bathroom. Over summer I went round a couple of places, and was given quotes in the ballpark of £6,000 to refit the place (which , given that the room is 4 square metres, can be considered a lot of money).
I've been trying out Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (or WAR as I believe the preferred T.L.A. would have it) it's fun enough tho at the moment I don't know if I would pay to play it once my free trail runs out.
I was going to make some quip about Sarah Palin here, but really, I guess I just did. :)
Ahem....
OK, not quite running, but its all linked I suppose.
As you probably know, I blagged a long weekend in Spain a fortnight ago. A good amount of that was spent by the pool at the resort, and splashing about. It made me realise 2 things;
There has been a lot made of DRM and digital distribution recently and I had a random thought about it.
Most games you buy will now have an install limit and digital distribution similarly are tied to an single account.
Pete and I were having lunch. "Eclectic Games have a games night" says he. "I know!" says I. "Let's go" says he. "WooYay" says I. So thus we trundled off to Ecelectic Games in the middle of Reading for an evening of board games and shit.