From Twitter 02-08-2010

• 10:31:21: @EboniMale sleep tight. i just started twitter so that's why i wasn't talking.
  
• 17:36:49: @EboniMale The Economist had a big article on it last week; some get loads of business through Twitter and Facebook.
  
• 18:20:15: @shrinik I hate snow with a passion. Good thing that it wasn't cold enough to stick on the ground.
  
• 18:31:50: @Shelbycub *cough* (that was a sympathetic *cough*)
  
• 18:39:48: @EboniMale Hey you indeed....so good-looking...
  
• 18:40:51: Had a very laid-back day. Weather too crap to go out much, so stayed in and drank coffee. Tomorrow I'll venture out, I think.
  
• 19:35:07: That isn't nasty. It's tasty. http://tweetphoto.com/10793739
  
• 19:40:17: @EboniMale No, 2 bad you're not here... :-(
  
• 20:01:10: @jonk sounds good. shall we reschedule our breakfast to a lunch or a dinner?
  
• 20:04:43: @jonk If it can be a late dinner (say after 8 pm) I'm fine with that. I have a diocsan board of finance meeting 6-8 at London Bridge.
  
• 20:05:18: @jonk You on UA 930? tomorrow?
  
• 20:05:49: Say hi! for me! RT @EboniMale: On the phone with @iPrynce
  
• 20:09:47: @jonk Let's say 8:30 pm @ um...the Elephant and Castle? There is a Chinese restaurant that we like and an Indian that isn't bad...
  
• 20:14:52: @jonk Take Bakerloo Line to Elephant & Castle and come up the lifts. We will either be waiting or on our way. Will call if delayed.
  
• 21:10:46: @EboniMale You lost 10 pounds? I think I found it. :-(
  
• 21:23:05: @jonk All the stations used to have lifts. There is an electricity substation where escalators out of the E&C station would go.
  
• 21:25:49: @jonk problem here is that lots of people in the lift w/ you will be sparing with the soap and water... @-(
  
• 21:26:26: @jonk it takes 22 seconds from the time the doors close until the time they open them at the ticket hall at E&C. Count 'em.
  
• 21:35:57: @jonk hehehe...at that time of night cheap cologne on the peeps going to Ministry of Sound will be the predominant odour...
  
• 22:54:20: @MisterDude hope everything works out ok. rest up!
  

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Book culling

I'm certain that most of my readers are, like me, book collectors. I had 40 cases of books when I moved in here, and I'm certain that there are at least 10 more cases here now.

One thing I've realised while culling is that many of my cookbooks are now outmoded. I can find whatever recipes I want on the Intarwebz. There are some that I want to keep for sentimental reasons (The Two Fat Ladies cookbook is one of those), some I want to keep because I like the chef (Ken Hom is SO cute! Craig Claiborne told a great story and The New York Times Cookbook is a classic), some because they are priceless (Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Mrs. Beeton's), and some because they are quaint (I have one cookbook about railroad food in the US, with recipes, and that one is quaint enough to keep). All the other ones probably need to go into the jumble sale at church.

Often people who see my book collection say, "You've read all of those? Why don't you just discard the ones you've read?" Well, when J.D. Salinger kicked the bucket a few weeks ago, HWMBO was intrigued and wanted to read The Catcher in the Rye. I had to search a bit as he'd hidden it behind some other books, but I found it and he's reading it now. It's so old that the covers (paperback) fell off as he read it.

A Singapore story

The gentleman writing this blog is a scientist who could not find a job in Singapore and thus ended up driving a taxi. His occasional stories are always thought-provoking, but his story today is about as sad as a story can be.