That could be prophetic. ¬_¬

Cherry Brandy!

So today I ALMOST decided to completely give up painting miniatures. I was even ready to start putting bits and pieces on eBay! Then I realised that this all started because I screwed up one model last night, and I... overreacted a bit. :-" I took a look at the offending model this evening and I hav...

Tasteless Christmas decorations. Unfortunately all too common.

My secret is out.

This would be great if you had a private bathroom. Otherwise, I do everything in power to ensure nobody even knows I went to the loo.

That too!

When everyone in the office goes away and I'm left on my own. I can finally talk to myself out loud without drawing unwanted attention. ¬_¬

I never have one of those. Needing the toilet is always a shameful reminder of the inherent unpleasantness of the biological world!

When you go to use the toilet or tea-point at work and somebody else is in the same room as you, requiring you to immediately leave and hope to find another toilet or tea-point somewhere else in the building.

Maybe that's just me. ¬_¬

On a similar note: needing to do a poo at work.

Started watching The Irishman on Netflix last night. It's very long! I watched the first half (or perhaps third?) of it last night. Very good acting and cinematography and very slick editing overall. However, I found the story almost impossible to follow. It seems to require that one already underst...

I recently learned that Guy Fawkes, born in York and raised a Protestant, converted to Catholicism and was "radicalised" (to coin a modern phrase) in Harrogate.

Wrathbone wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:29 am

What's futile about painting minis?

Because I'm terrible at it. ¬_¬

I was doing a bit of miniature-painting last night when all of a sudden I just SNAPPED!

I looked upon my works and despaired, realising the futility of everything. Then I resolved to cast it all aside. I think I am going to try something completely different.

Raid wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:55 pm

Heh. I'm only technically a Yorkshireman in that I was born in Harrogate hospital. I lived in Darlington as a kid.

Excellent. Born in York myself, grew up in Harrogate.