Today is the last day at work before we break of for two weeks over the festive period. In the afternoon there is the annual quiz in the canteen. The prize for the five member teams is £100. In prior years the winning team always had Jonathan Gant in their team. So last year they decided to open the field up to everyone else again and made him the Quiz Master. And so it came to pass that last year one of the two IT teams won, and donated £60 of the prize money to charity. Their team name was "...and the winner is". Read more »

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Relationships may be the source of complication now as the needs of others conflict with your own simpler wants and desires. You could be more willing than usual to go along with your partner’s wishes, but quietly holding onto unexpressed annoyances or resentments will not fare well for you in the long run. Better to talk it out than to bury your feelings.

Whilst searching for more info on Verse Thursday (and not finding any), I stumbled upon this:

I guess she doesn't like Orlando's character.

As notified by use Perl;: "Larry Wall released Perl 1 on this day in 1987, so today Perl is 16 years old. Happy birthday Perl! You can read more about the timeline of Perl releases in perlhist.pod and at history.perl.org." Happy birthday Perl. You are now old enough to get a US drivers license. Read more »

List taken from [LJ:scimon] - blame him!

We always hear "the rules" from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules! Please note ... these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.
1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again!

This FAQ answer was originally here, but that site now redirects to a empty FAQ. (lots of Qs, no As). Fortunately I was able to use the Wayback Machine to find the last version of the page before it disappeared.

How do I access a MS Windows based database from UNIX/Linux using DBI::Proxy?

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If things feel a bit unstable now, they probably are. If you feel like you are treading water and nothing is changing, that’s probably true, too. Life is full of contradictions. Rely on your inner strength to hold to your chosen path, even if you are less sure of yourself than usual. Weight all options, but try to put off making a final decision.

Just got home from seeing Return of the King. It is Good. Not going to say too much. Don't want to give any inadvertent spoilers. That and I'd like some time to digest it before really talking about it.

Just found this during a random search for a reference to a background character mentioned in the credits for The Return of the King, Damrod: The Encyclopedia of ARDA.

"Sam, I've decided to go and overthrow the Dark Lord by tossing his jewellery into a volcano."

"Very good, sir. Should I lay out your crazy adventure garb? I presume that this will pose a delay to tea-time. I would remind your Hobbitship that your Great Aunt Lobellia Sackville-Baggins is expected for tea."

"Blast! I say, bother! How can a chap overthrow the Dark Lord? I suppose I will have to delay my campaign."

"Very good, sir. I believe you will be free in about a decade."

"I'll do it then. Make a note, Sam."