This sounds like an interesting idea. Not sure it would ever catch on tho....?

This is also another interesting idea to Curb deforestation.

Quite like this. Superman is having a bad day until he meets a little girl....

Also, check out the Doodleblog.

Another thought provoking little animation from the mind of Manic.

.. but interesting none the less. Human Upgrades. Pretty much NSFW unless you live in a quiet little office.

(courtesy of Psychbloke)

CO2 levels the highest they have been for 650,000 years. Nothing to worry about then....

Yesterday turned out to be a pretty darned nice day in the end. Exceedinly nice in fact.

Today, not so good.

Actually I'd say today was shit. Which is a shame as I'm supposed to be going out for a meal with a load of friends tonight. Not sure I'll really be in the mood anymore.

Oh well. On the plus side I have a flat to view this afternoon and this one holds potential. Hope it's nice as it would be good to find somewhere before xmas.

So the thing is, today is my birthday. Sorta snuck up on me again. I could avoid telling you how old I am but seeing as a quick trip down my archives would inform you that last year I was 30, I don't think it would take a maths genius to work out which birthday I'm celebrating this time.

And as usual I'm trying to keep it as low key as possible. I have two reasons for this.

a) I know it's an excuse to party but really, who needs an excuse? You want to party, do it anytime you like.

b) I hate those marker moments in the year (birthday, christmas, new year etc..) that remind me how quickly the years appear to be passing me by. All those "Has a year really past since the last one?" thoughts.

So I was hoping for a quiet day. Maybe toasting my good health with a glass (bottle?) of nice wine tonight. Thats not quite whats going to happen as someone special has other ideas.

And I'll leave you with some words of wisdom that came to me the other night and which - should I die suddenly due to say getting very drunk and eating three year old pizza from my freezer - I'm hoping all of you will make sure is enscribed on my tombstone.

Anyone else ever look in the freezer and find a pizza thats been there for almost 3 years? No? Just me then...

I actually put it back for some reason too.

This week, BlogMonkey will mostly be being on holiday. Not that stops him from having crappy dreams and waking up at 7am. Not that he is actually going anywhere or doing anything exciting or productive - even tho he should be (*cough* flat hunting *cough*). No, he is mostly being a lazy arse.

Bloggage will be (has been) light.

"Can I help?" I ask the young lady sat in the chair by the helpdesk. She turns towards me.

"It's my laptop" she says. "I turned it on this morning and although the power comes on, the screen is blank."

My gaze moves down to the laptop she has in her lap. Or at least that was what was supposed to happen. What actually happens is my gaze moves straight down her top which is gaping open. It's like some strange force has taken control of my eyes and I can't look away.

I start to feel a little warm.

With a wrench I look back at her face.

"Would you just like to set it up there and I'll take a look" I offer. Yeah, I'll definitely take a look.

I mentaly slap myself.

I proceed to take a look at the laptop, mumbling stuff about battery connections and faulty power leads. I have no idea what's wrong with it but I keep fiddling with the little release catch for the base unit - anything to keep my focus away from her.

In the end I tell her she'll have to take it to a repair shop and get someone to look at it. My eyes flick downwards as I'm talking to her. She has on a white bra. I'm sure I can almost see her belly button.

I mentally slap myself again.

She leaves and I breathe a sigh of relief. I did try and behave, honest. But I'm only human....

The Goonies - 20 years on.

Been a bit busy today. Makes a change I suppose. Had to go to a meeting this afternoon as well. Two people came to see me after to tell me that they had never seen anyone looking so bored during a meeting.

Well... yeah! It's an expression I work on and save up for just those occasions. Did get to do some nice doodling on my notepad tho.

I start work this morning and - bleary eyed - open up Outlook to check my emails. Sat there waiting for me in my inbox is an email from an old university friend that I lived with for the three years at uni.

I almost delete it without a second glance but morbid curiousity gets the better of me and I read through it. It's one of those 'life update' mass emails that gets sent out from my old group of friends every once in a while, telling everyone else what they are now up to.

In this case it's how he and his girlfriend are in the process of buying a new house - his girlfriend being the woman I went out with a few years back (if you can call a 10 week relationship a proper relationship). I may not have been the best boyfriend ever but I tried and when we split up I carried on being there to support her through some hard times. What did I get in return? I was used, screwed over and then cast aside when she started seeing my former housemate. I cut off all contact with them both at that point.

Bitter? Nah.

Possibly a little.

I bumped into her at the supermarket 8 months or so ago actually. She didn't look good.

Truth be told, it was more the general theme of the email I had a problem with than the person that sent it. The email was a 'Reply to All' from another email that was sent round last week, that one announcing to my little community of friends the birth of a daughter.

For much the same reason that I didn't go to the weddings of two friends recently, I don't really like getting these emails. I find myself distancing myself from my former friends more and more so that I don't have to hear about the joyous events in their lives. My replies - if I even send them - are short. Not that I'm not happy for them - I am - really.

Maybe one day I'll get to send round one of those emails announcing something exciting like a wedding. I wouldn't hold my breath tho...

Go here and listen. Then chortle.

Researchers at Sheffield Hallam univeristy have 'discovered' that men are more likely to be crude when texting other men but not so much when texting women. Wow, groundbreaking.

But not only that, apprently

There was also evidence of people being annoyed by the inconsiderate use of mobile phones - with loud ring-tones the biggest irritation.

No sh*t! Genius....

Took me a while but I finally started to feel awake enough to post. Then I had work to do! Very inconsiderate of people, giving me work to do.

Yesterday was a long day full of alcohol and strenuous physical activity. I was going to tell you all about it but after writing a few paragraphs I got bored. In the evening I did go into town to see the band of a friend play in a local bar. I'd not seen the guy in years but just happened to bump into him a few weeks back when I was out in the pub with my mum and brother. Almost didn't recognize each other (well, I guess I did have blonde hair last time he saw me). I said I'd go watch him play and it made a change to go out on a Sunday night.

At one point the band is sound checking by playing a couple of numbers but I can't see as someone - who may have well been the landlady and looked like she weighed as much as the pub itself - was stood directly in front of me. I turned to the lovely C who was with me and (shouting quite loudly to be heard over the music) told her that the band sounded good but I had no idea what was going on because of the really fat woman blocking my view. Of course as soon as I reached the words "really fat", the band ceased playing and a deathly silence settle over the bar area.

I don't think anyone noticed.....

... it's been a long weekend and I'm not sure I'm actually awake as yet. Certainly not awake enough to blog anyway.

You may have noticed that the 'random internetweb junk' posts I put up to entertain and amuse you have been somewhat lacking since my return to bloggage this week. Unfortunately the problem has been two fold this week.

1) I'm on early shift and have been totally knackered. Too knackered to browse all the usual sites I trawl to find said random interwebnet junk. For instance today my contact lenses feel as tho they have been dipped in flour and then shoved in my eyes. Looking at the computer screen for any length of time is proving tricky....

2) I've actually had work to do. Yes, you did hear me right. BlogMonkey - king of having bugger all to do - has been busy. It won't last. Don't worry.

Okay, looking at the screen is getting tricky again. I'm off to make an origami butterfly instead.

You may remember that a few weeks back (before the start of my big blogging dry spell) I started looking for a new place to live. My flat hunting is not going too well so far.

There are plenty out there but when you discount the ones that are too expensive (or too cheap) and those in areas that you really don't want to live in (like being too far from work, too far from your friends or too close to your ex), you don't end up with that many. I'd also like a furnished place - or at least one with a bed and sofa - and those seem much rarer.

I did see one that looked pretty good but having phoned the agents twice so far and been promised on both occasions that "someone will get back to me about when to view it", I've so far heard nada. I could phone again but if they can't even sort out arranging a viewing, I'm not sure I want them as landlords...

In other news, did I mention I'm going here and here in a little over two weeks time.

I didn't? Silly me. Must have slipped my mind....

I was reading this story about how a cruise ship had repelled pirates using a hightech sonic defence system (big loud speaker) and I just had to wonder. Did they direct a high-pitched disorientating droning noise at the pirates or did the head of security just grab the mike, point it at the nearest boat and shout "Look, just F%$* OFF!!!"....

...however I'm currently still having 'fun' with my family visit. No, I'm avoiding going into details as it will just turn into a mindless rant....

... an hour to get to Birmingham, two and a half hours there and another hour to get back and how many shops did they want to look in. Four! Four shops - three of which we'd also been in the day before in Leicester!!

Breathe....

Normal blogging service will resume next week (assuming I've not suffocate myself using pillows by then).