Archive for May, 2009

The Future is in Safe Hands

The new crew of the starship Enterprise

If you haven’t seen the new Star Trek movie I suggest you do so immediately. If you have seen the new Star Trek movie, read on…

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The Office

Finally, after nearly four years of lounge-located lap-based tray-mounted food consumption (sitting in the lounge eating food off a tray) I’ve decided to get a kitchen table:

The Kitchen Table

Nice isn’t it? I admit the place mats are a bit rubbish but they are from ASDA (a store not known for it’s contemporary style) and they are cheap (£2.99 for the set). The fruit bowl is from my parents and it always contains a combination of apples and/or bananas.

But why has it taken me nearly four years to get a kitchen table? There are two reasons:

First, I had no room for a table as I used to keep my computer desk in the corner of the kitchen. I didn’t do this by choice, it was the only location in the house that had a spare phone point suitable for a DSL modem.

Second, I was a tad embarrassed that whenever I had guests staying round they were forced to eat breakfast from either a cramped coffee table or the afore-mentioned lounge-trays.

Something had to be done. I decided to get a kitchen table and move the computer to the spare room.

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