Author: jane

On Friday evening, after the football we went out for a few beers with Jeremy and Kirsty. As we were leaving the pub (the Three Jolly Butchers in Brighton) there were a 4 people with white scientist coats on and a large bin on wheels. We decided to see what it was all about and found out that they were giving out packets of Shoks (new crisp snacks made by Hula Hoops).

We tried them today, we had a packet of Totally Cheesy and a packet of Full-On Onion ones. They’re like hula hoops, only smaller. The onion ones weren’t particularly oniony but the cheesy ones were okay. Both tasted of artificial flavouring though.

Yeah! England beat Argentina for the first time in years, about 30 years I think. The last 20 minutes was nail biting stuff though.

Someone on BNM posted a link to Showing The Game Information Service. This is being run in Sussex during the World Cup as a pilot scheme, and it sounds like a great idea. An easy way to make sure that you find a pub that is showing a game, and also get an idea on whether the pub has a big screen or just a normal tv.

We’ve been out searching for office space this afternoon and unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be that much quality space available in the Brighton area. We only looked at one place today and it reminded me of a student house, dark and a bit dingey. It was a flat really, not purpose built office space and it had a pale pink and black bathroom, complete with a bath! Not very professional looking really.

I think that when Suz left the UK she took our summer with her, can we have it back please?

Wow, I’m impressed. I’ve used the pixology service quite a few times now to get digital photos produced on photographic paper and the service has always been pretty good. I send a set through on Tuesday (passport photos as well as some other snaps) and the photos arrived through the post this morning. Such a fast turnaround is so impressive. Unfortunately, my passport photos are too dark so I’m going to have to lighten them up before I send them off again.

Having gathered together all the information I need to fill in my tax return for 2001/02 online – mostly I’ve been waiting for the Inland Revenue to send me a username for the site – I was somewhat concerned to read that this facility has been withdrawn “whilst we are carrying out system assurance checks” (apparently users could view other users tax returns – doh!). Guess I’ll have to wait until they fix the problem.

I gained a desk toy! Susie left me her Peekin’ Zeke. My new adopted friend is the 4th one down, the rainbow one. Apparently Peekin’ Zeke’s nose and hands can even hold onto your notes and memos. I’ll have to give that a try later, once he’s settled in.