Four enormous trolley-loads later, and we've almost completely succeeded in furnishing our new flat. It's all very exciting, but also quite spectacularly stressful. No matter now good we are at keeping calm and maintaining a sense of proportion, every 93 minutes or so we dissolve into narkiness.

No matter. We signed the forms and picked up the keys to the new place today. I dare say it's modest by some people's standards, but to me it's a bloody palace. We actually move stuff over tomorrow, though we still have a fair chunk of packing up to do tonight. Young Mr Malcolm has kindly agreed to help us lug boxes around.

We're feeling pretty tired already. Goodness knows how we'll feel by Sunday!

The phone line and web aren't plumbed in to our new house yet, so posting here is likely to be even more sporadic than before.

Click on the photo above for a higher-resolution version (taken with my super-fancy new digital camera); lots of photos of the move to follow soon.

Today we received in the post a letter addressed to Mr & Mrs C Phin. It was one of the most adorable things to happen to us; thanks to Julie and the rest of the Midds for the card and the sentiment! (Click the pic for a larger version)

I promised never to let it build up to these levels again. I failed. The 'To blog' folder full of links is bursting at the seams, and I'm even being as lazy as to export it directly and paste it in here, with no editing at all. Sue me. If you're in a rush, go straight to the last one. I only added it to the pile today, and it's 'super cool' (must be said in a French accent).

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MIDI Bagpipe Roundup
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A parent's primer to computer slang
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3M Security Glass Ad (Signal vs. Noise)
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Airliners.net Photos: Air France Boeing 747-228BM
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The Stupid Store: Global Warming Mug
Artocracy - Buy & Sell Digital Art
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Audiopad
Stupid Computer Tricks
The Daily Telegraph | The KGB spy's guide to London
The National Archives | News | New document releases | Releases in 2005
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Puppy Purses
Mobile PC - Features - The Birth of the Notebook
A Week of Kindness Blog: Laura K. Pahl is a Plagiarist.
Picotux Linux-Based RJ45-Sized Computer
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MailFrontier Phishing IQ Test – UK Edition
Amazon.com Free Music Downloads: Top Downloads

Grouphug, for those who don't know it, is a site which invites random confessions from the great unwashed, and posts them, unedited, in chronological order. It makes for spectacularly uncomfortable reading sometimes; it's astonishing the things people feel they have to confess to. "I'm a virgin and I'm 12 years old" is a common theme.

This morning I fired up a group of bookmarks and found this one staring me in the face. Granted there are many thousands of Chrises out there, but I couldn't help but feel victimised. After all, maybe it was about me...

Here, for all the world to see, is The Engagement Ring which we picked up today, over three weeks since it was commissioned. Dammit, it really doesn't seem like three weeks. Is this what married life is like?

Well that's it; we're finally moving. To a two bedroom place which is more convenient for travelling. Before we'd even signed anything, however, our estate agents had plopped this sign outside our current abode. Nothing like feeling unwelcome in your own home...

Apologies for the infrequency of posts; we've been very busy. This weekend, however, we took time out to visit Jenny's aunt and her husband in Fleet. We went to Winchester for a little day trip; photos of the cathedral will be up shortly. Bloody .Mac service is being very flaky.