out-surrealed by open source

You know, I am thoroughly in favour of open source software. But when I read something like "Build contributed in collaboration with the community by Sun Microsystems, Inc.", it makes me have sudden urges to donate my entire life savings to Microsoft.

Yes, I'm weird.

As for "This product has been created with contributions from the OpenOffice.org community, of which Sun Microsystems Inc. is the founding member. OpenOffice.org acknowledges all community members, especially those mentioned at http://www.openoffice.org/welcome/credits.html."...! Please, take my money, and make this horrible, woolly, lovey-dovey, inclusive credit go away! Next thing you know, they'll be thanking me for helping to save the left-handed lesbian disabled differently-abled whales, and an optional "knitting your own yogurt" component will pop up...

Note To Self for next year's Tax Return

Look carefully at travel tickets before entering them in spreadsheet! My one day tickets are easy to enter, because the date in huge letters is the date I bought it on. But my season tickets are harder, because the date in large letters is the expiry date, and the little date at the top is the date I bought it on.

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I am in a bad, bad, fierce, bitey, toothy mood. I blame my hormones and politics. Deliberately not commenting on a couple of issues because I'll just start ranting incoherently and annoying everyone by being so spiky.

Although I do want to say that if any more Liberal Democrats would like to come out, I recommend now as a good time. Before you make even more of a mockery of the party than it is already (talk about looking like a bunch of bleedin' amateurs who aren't even fit to judge a best-kept garden competition, let alone run the country). How difficult is it to say "I'm not gay, but I am bisexual"? Or even, "I'm not gay, but I have had relationships with men in the past"? ARGH!

A list of names I call Richard.

In lieu of a proper entry (because I'm still too snarly to be trusted to express opinions), here is a list of names I call or have called Richard. He is The Boy Of 1000 Nicknames, most of them very silly (Quote from Richard: "That's because I'm a very silly wuzzie."):

The Simple And Obvious:
Richard
Richie
Rich
Rick - not this Richard
Dickie - just wrong!

( It gets progressively sillier... )