hammer time

Today one of our customer service people got into an argument with someone on the phone and as her voice got louder & louder people started popping up over the dividers to see what was going on.

Looking across the office from my vantage point it reminded me very much of that game Whack-A-Mole.

An apt comparison, considering what we do most of the day is burrowing around in paperwork. Also: most of the people here are myopic troglodytes.

Ahh, my kingdom for a really huge mallet..

mondayitis

at last: my name in nudes!

Nudify Your Name!

(nod & wink to Avatar)

five times two

Five old(er) albums I never tire of:

Portishead - Dummy
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Joy Division - Transmission
Tom Waits - Small Change
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa/Come On Pilgrim

Five new(ish) albums I haven't tired of:

The Wiseguys - Executive Suit
Aimee Mann - Magnolia Soundtrack
Badly Drawn Boy - About A Boy Soundtrack
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress

verbosity

Current top five favourite words:
Thieve
Muddle
Cahoots
Puck
Quantum

Five least liked words:
Muesli
Juice
Good
Nasal
Scrofula

trivial

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Fishboy!

1. Fishboy is actually a mammal, not a fish.
2. Fishboy has only one weakness - the colour yellow!
3. Fishboy can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast!
4. Devoid of his cells and proteins, fishboy has the same chemical makeup as sea water.
5. Snow White's coffin was made of fishboy.
6. Fishboy never said 'Play it again, Sam'.
7. Scientists believe that fishboy began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas.
8. Four-fifths of the surface of fishboy is covered in water.
9. People used to believe that dressing their male children as fishboy would protect them from evil spirits.
10. Fishboy is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature!

I am interested in - do tell me aboutherhimitthem

workwordnamemadnessmashup

Louis Lewis?! Why would you do that to your kid? Why!?

Chocolate Consultant. Best.Job.Ev0r!

Doctor Hittman! His initials are disturbing too: GBH. Hope he wasn't into nominative determinism..

P. Ong! That stinks..

King Sze Ho. Ok, to my initial cursory glance that was hilarious.

There's a place called Mad in Hungary. I think I need to visit..

This guy was Batman! Greatest job description ev0r! (yes I know it's an Army thing.. let me have my delusions, ok?)

Sweetest thing anyone's said to me lately: "Hope your Friday is kind to you. Tell me if it's not and I'll slash it's tires."

top 10 capital city names

Ulaanbataar
Adis Ababa
Tashkent
P'yongyang
Ashgabat
Havana
Paramaribo
Rjekyavik
Damascus
Khartoum

Best Batman Joke Ever

Monkeys!

(props to Linkmachinego)

top 10 albums 2005

In no particular order:

Mesmerize - System Of A Down
Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
Arular - M.I.A.
Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta
In Case We Die - Architechture in Helsinki
Guero - Beck
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Eels
Welcome To Jamrock - Damien Marley
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

Best Rediscovery Of An Old Album (A Tie):
Another Green World - Brian Eno
Shadows on a Flat Land - Darktower

Best Album That I Haven't Heard Yet:
Based On A True Story - Fat Freddy's Drop

Most Overhyped Twaddle:
Wolfmother - Wolfmother

Most Eagerly Awaited 2006 Release:
The Life Pusuit - Belle & Sebastian