Tweets on 2009-01-10

@rfenwick cake only brings fleeting happiness, but a resurfaced pavement is a joy forever ^w until the water board comes along to dig it up in reply to rfenwick #
@kwisstan I don’t do that website for BND but have emailed him to let him know there’s a problem. in reply to kwisstan #
-4 outside. The way my feet feel, -4 inside too 😦 #

Tweets on 2009-01-09

Spent the morning going around our ward with highways inspector deciding how to spend pavement budget. #
Goodness me peeps! Pavement budget is a big deal! Loads of people want resurfacing, we have to decide between lots of similar roads! #
@ramtops Arial is Council’s default font… on everything. Absolutely everything. Arial bold occasionally for headings. in reply to ramtops #
Installing new superfast duplexing printer. So now I have a perfectly serviceable slower laser printer going begging if anyone wants it. #
Hello PagePlus my old friend #

Trudging home from garage on foot. Pesky windscreen wipers stopped working. #
Trudge, trudge, trudge. #
RT @miketd As oxymorons go, “productivity bloggers” is up there with “sports personality” and “gay culture”. #

Really loving the phrase “Woo Woo, here’s the Clue Train” #
2008 according to MET office: third wettest year since 1914, fifth wettest summer, second wettest January and dullest summer since 1922. #
@rfenwick food processor? Mandolin? V slicer? The time you save in slicing you lose in cleaning the bloody things and bandaging hands in reply to rfenwick #
W00t! Senator Al Franken DID win Minnesota! http://tr.im/2ysk (but may lose it again) #
@dustytrice Ta for the follow – we’ve been watching Minnesota carefully http://tr.im/2zbu #mnrecount in reply to dustytrice #
Doing just fine with fiddly recipe until the “arrange slices neatly on top” stage at which point it looks like a dog’s dinner. #
Having that recurring dream about sitting French or German final exam after no reading or preparation and not understanding questions. #
Why you shouldn’t have hot babes wrestling in chocolate pudding in your basement: http://tr.im/30er #

Hehehe. Which kitchen appliance thinks heaven is a place on earth? Blender Carlisle! #
@toranika apart from going to eg google.fr and clicking “pages francophones / pages frances” ? in reply to Toranika #
@meryl_f Much? Snow forecast here but not arrived. in reply to Meryl_F #
Oh, lordy me – I won a Bad Taste Award! #
It’s raining here – yet again it’s very slightly too warm for snow. #

My Twitemperature is a cool 51°F (11°C)! http://twitemperature.com/alexfoster #
Aha, first three books mooched already. #
Not watching TV for the new doctor – relying on Twitter. Don’t let me down! #
“And now we interrupt the Shipping Forecast with urgent breaking news. The new Doctor Who is…” #
@willhowells Paterson Joseph fit better into a song I was writing, and was easier to turn into a double dactyl. in reply to willhowells #
@owenblacker have you seen 1 man 1 jar ? (Extremely horrid and NSFW) in reply to owenblacker #
@helenduffett no that’s CHF Kitteh, UTI Kitteh is long haired and brown. in reply to helenduffett #
@helenduffet I never found a way and just used screenshots #
@dr_nick +0.8 here but we have had several days below freezing. in reply to dr_nick #
@helenduffett see the FAQ – how about making a PDF or SVG? What’s your end use for the wordle? in reply to helenduffett #
Thinking Matt Smith would probably be better cast as the Elephant Man. #
Reheating pie. #

Today’s factoid – the original words to 1978 hit FREAK OUT! were NSFW – http://tr.im/2u8l #
@meryl_f the new shortcut leaves the old way unchanged. in reply to Meryl_F #
@willhowells Catchy. in reply to willhowells #
P is tipping Paterson Joseph for next doctor http://tr.im/2ud6 #
Off to supermarket clutching 1click2cook list. #
Finally back from shop by way of massive detour when I heard local bell practice short of people. #
Making a chicken and ham pie out of leftovers and feeling very domestic. #

Totally clear headed after sleeping for 12 hours. May have to try being designated driver next year too 🙂 #
Bottom of garden crept above 0 deg but not above 1 briefly this afternoon – and is now back below freezing again. #
@hannahvictorius @helenduffett this is what lives at bottom of garden http://tr.im/2t81 in reply to hannahvictorius #
@willhowells basic guitarring is fairly easy, but getting to any sort of standard I could play in public still eludes me. in reply to willhowells #
@willhowells and I guess learning to play with the tab legal dispute ongoing is much harder as you can’t find the music you like – olga.net in reply to willhowells #
@willhowells I bought a £10 guitar from a junk shop with bent tuning pins and learnt for free on t’internet. Your approach prob better 🙂 in reply to willhowells #
Trying to work out if there is any sense in my annual blog readership statistics. #
@artesea good luck with the move. in reply to artesea #

Received a postcard from U.S.A. – http://tinyurl.com/9jw9wr #
@willhowells the feed you sent seemed to have info including dates around 25-31 Dec? No idea how current tho in reply to willhowells #
Registering for a French télépéage gizmo for the car at http://tr.im/2s6b #
Spent the last 30 mins answering the question “Is this green?” as I prepare for a Cluedo based costume party with a colour blind person. #
Last minute dash to the supermarket for celery, walnuts and mayo. Waldorf Bites are go! #
http://twitpic.com/ybr7 – Prof L’Orange est né! #
Lab coats are really comfy useful garments. Must find a way to wear it more in 09. Even if I look more milkman than scientist. #