Rimbaud III wrote:I have surgery on Monday...
The phrase 'shitting myself' would be an understatement.

Cripes! Don't worry Zaf, you'll be fine. You may never be able to hit the high note in "Eternal Flame" again, but hey, it always made you sound like a girl anyway.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:Maybe it's not total shit in a can...

Steel Reserve could be housed in a sterling silver bottle bedazzled with jewels, but it would still taste like Steel Reserve and Steel Reserve is utter shit.

I'm home from my 20 days in Europe.

Things I learned.

England:Great country, beautiful women, horrible food. London is a beautiful town to get lost in and there's an excellent pub around every corner. Whenever I meet someone from the UK or Australia here in the US, I was excited and really interested to hear about what life is like for them. The ugly American in me was excited to be that guy. It turns out that the English couldn't give a fuck that I was from somewhere else.

Amsterdam: Maybe the greatest place I've ever been to. My first night there, everyone wanted to go to a sex show. I figured it would be like a strip club. Nope, it was people banging eachother 10 feet infront of me. That was a bit strange, and I left a bit early. Floating down the canals full of space cakes taking it all in may be one of the best moments of my life. Seeing Anne Frank's home is also at the top of my list.

Germany: Beautiful country. I'm happy that I can now say that I've skipped rocks across the Rhine. The beer wasn't as great as I thought it would be. If you ever go, make sure you try the ice wine.

Austria: Also beautiful. Seemed like they really had they're shit together. I was sick though so I wasn't able to do to much.

Liechtenstein: Two blocks of tourism. Nothing special.

Italy: Toilets in this country were horrible, bordering on uncivilized. Florence was nice. Venice was interesting, I don't understand how it functions as a city though. When I got there, the city was flooded and we had to walk through barefoot with our pants rolled up. Very pretty though. Rome, was something else, but I was really sick and spent most of my time there in bed.

Monaco: Got there in time to see the speed trials for the Gran Prix. Tiny, but very cool.

France: I like it almost as much as London. The food was much better. The language barrier was more of an issue for me there though. The eiffel tower is ridiculously terriffic. The Louvre is as huge as everyone describes it.

simmo wrote:

Rimbaud III wrote:I have surgery on Monday...
The phrase 'shitting myself' would be an understatement.

Cripes! Don't worry Zaf, you'll be fine. You may never be able to hit the high note in "Eternal Flame" again, but hey, it always made you sound like a girl anyway.

Well actually, after being neutered he should be able to hit those high notes just fine. It's the Barry White that'll be lacking on karaoke night.

Boombats wrote:

simmo wrote:

Rimbaud III wrote:I have surgery on Monday...
The phrase 'shitting myself' would be an understatement.

Cripes! Don't worry Zaf, you'll be fine. You may never be able to hit the high note in "Eternal Flame" again, but hey, it always made you sound like a girl anyway.

Well actually, after being neutered he should be able to hit those high notes just fine. It's the Barry White that'll be lacking on karaoke night.

It turns out that it is possible to be too manly. Losing my balls will still leave me at least 45% more of a man than some.



Wait, that's still not much, is it?

I just bought a couple of sandwiches from Eat next door to my work, and the total came to:





*throws horns*

There is a man in this office who is the double of David Beckham. He has the same kind of jewellery as one of Beckham’s popular iterations. He had the haircut of another of Beckham’s popular iterations. He has just had a new haircut which imitates yet another of Beckham’s popular iterations. His face is similar to an almost remarkable extent. The few times that I have heard his voice, the similarity is not as strong, but it is still there. This must surely be conscious mimicry, but I am struggling, failing to imagine a frame of mind that would bring forth this mimicry. Perhaps this is a combination of pomposity and idiocy on my part.

Not-Beckham seems a nice chap. He bought two large boxes of Krusty Kreme donuts to the office last Friday because his birthday had passed, which filled my child’s stomach. (I keep it in an ice bag.)

Another nice chap in the office told me that he has never watched and black and white film, because “I don’t like them.”

Who is a snob? I’m a snob. I am lucky that they don’t care about this, as I would take a kicking that I would surely deserve.

Tuned down to C while playing guitar yesterday. Not sure how I managed to play for 20 years wihtout ever having done this, but it is a fun tuning.

sparky wrote:There is a man in this office who is the double of David Beckham...

What does his girlfriend look like?

The Code is Almighty wrote:Liechtenstein: Two blocks of tourism. Nothing special.

So you went all the way to Liechtenstein and didn't do any banking? That's what the country's there for, isn't it?

Seriously, sounds like a great trip. Congrats!

I'm mixing up the routine today, being out and about on the bicycle, but still getting work done at different stops, including here. The Clover-made coffee's damn good.