The IdioTs in IT

Work has been immensely frustrating these last two days.

We've had a virus infection, as a result of which they've shut down the computer network.

Result: I only have the use of my own machine: no email, no access to any commonly held data.

In terms of work, we're at a standstill, and I've come home early both days.

On a happier note, the meal was fine, although La D (in a foul mood) banned me from future kitchen adventures on the grounds of a couple of trivial sins. That'll all be forgotten next time she fancies a risotto, I'm sure.

Cooking tonight

I've been asked to star as guest chef in the home kitchen.

I shall of course do my 'signature dish', ie risotto, which La Duchesa particularly enjoys.

Of course, the thing I really enjoy about cooking is that I drink a large quantity of wine while doing it...

A follower: at last!

Like Jesus Christ with John the Baptist (is this quite correct ? :Ed), I have my first follower-and such a good one (the lady who inspired me to blog in the first place). Must mind the old Ps and Qs now.

Anyway, just thought I'd mention a couple of wrongly heard song lyrics which are (IMHO) as good as or better than the original.

There's

"'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" (Jimi Hendrix) which can easily be heard as "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy": surely a line just as redolent of the hedonism of the 60s as the 'real' one.

Also

"Going down the old mine with a transistor radio" (Van Morrison) which I genuinely thought for years was actually "Gunning down the old man with a transistor radio": which of us hasn't done that in their imagination?

Something a bit saucy

As I may have mentioned before, nobody ever reads this.

I have the theory that the only reason someone picks up on a blog is if there's something ABS on it.

So if I write

"Put out some food for our chickens today. Trouble is, the most enormous cock came along and ate all the food I'd put out"

lots of people would probably pick up on it (Googling "our chickens", of course).