Went swimming

I went swimming since I haven't had any exercise in some time (16 lengths - not a lot but a personal best outside France) and get back to find that babysimon has posted a link to this New Scientist article about 'exercise drugs'. Bah!

Updated: Goddammit, where the fuck is my fucking moisturiser?

Hurrah for Ogg Vorbis! Hurrah for Auntie!

I'm listening to a music station recommended by zotz, on an open source, non-patent-burdened music format, hurrah!

http://support.bbc.co.uk/ogg/

From the voice, it could be Elvis Costello, but maybe that's because purplerabbits has been playing a lot of that recently...

http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/

That reverse survey

It's that guessing game. I got it from skx, but I've guddled it about somewhat.

Some of this is pretty easy to find out even if you don't know me at all.

Factual questions:

1. What's my name?
2. What's my middle name?
3. Do I smoke?
4. Do I believe in God?
5. How old am I?
6. How tall am I?
7. What color is my hair?
8. What color are my eyes?
9. Do I have any siblings?
10. Are my parents still together?
11. Who do I define as partners?
12. Have I ever had a broken heart?
13. How many people have I slept with?

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what shall we do tonight?

Me and purplerabbits haven't made plans for the weekend, apart from Saturday afternoon. Want to leave the house! But where to?

Great Pop Questions

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=004tZd

How Soon Is Now? How Do You Sleep? Are "Friends" Electric? For How Much Longer Must We Tolerate Mass Murder?

plus: May We Bang You? (Parliament, _Gloryhallastoopid_)

What Is There Is Uselessness to Cause You Distress? (AMM, _AMMMusic - 1966_)

climactic buzzcocks threesome: Ever Fallen in Love ? What Do I Get? and [deepest of all] Why Can't I Touch It?

All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?

Update: be sure and follow the link before contributing new ones - those guys have pretty good coverage!