Sinister: There are three kinds of people. Those who can count, and those w ho can't.

[Gardiner, Stuart]

Another weekend, another night spent getting drunk. I should take a bit of
time to give my liver a rest. Maybe next year.

The occasion this time was a reunion for everyone I went to college with in
my undergrad days. And a very strange event it was too. I've never been to a
proper reunion before, since I have no desire to go anywhere near the people
I went to school with, so it was a peculiar experience. Of course, most
people looked and acted exactly the same as they always did, give or take
the odd bad hairdo. More interesting is what people have chosen to do with
their lives. There's the people who became investment bankers or the like
when they left, some of whom have stuck with it, some of whom have dropped
out completely and taken a year or to off because they finally realised that
having a life was more important than having money. Then there's the people
who chose decent jobs which they enjoyed in the first place, who are
generally the happiest. And then there's the people like me who decided
being a student was far too much fun and decided to stay put. Oh, and
there's the scary number of people getting engaged / married.

About 3 years ago, I went to the wedding of my first proper ex. That was
scary - I had a lucky escape. It's much better to stay single, footloose and
fancy-free, able to enjoy life to the full. Or at least, that's what I keep
telling myself.


Fact of the day: it is physically impossible for a human to lick their own
elbow.


In the last digest (which featured a pleasantly large number of my favourite
listees), Robin said: "I squeeze my spuds every morning to make sure they're
okay." Just so long as he doesn't do it in public.


Anyone who is remotely interested in the world should read about the latest
efforts from the racist, arrogant, near-fascist US government at
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=139913.

Of course, the fact that I've just slagged off the US now means that this
email will automatically be picked up and read by their intelligence
services (probably the ones based at Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire...). So
hello there, hope you're doing well.

Big Stu




About 75% of the people who read this message have just tried to lick their
elbow. See, I told you it was impossible.
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