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My sister is a graphic designer and when she graduated from uni they all produced really fancy business cards for potential employers. Some of them were really interesting. Ones that particularly stood out included:
One that looked very conventional in black, but folded out to reveal a panoramic view of either the NY or London skyline (there were two versions) punched into the card [i.e. when held up to the light the perforated holes resembled the illuminated windows of the buildings at night]. Very well executed and distinctive.
Another distinctive one was a girl who printed her details on pieces of smashed white plate. They looked really cool, but so much so that many people didn't realise that they weren't part of the wider display - so very few of them actually got taken.

"it doesn't fit in a rollerdex because it doesn't belong in a rollerdex" is instant fail to me. I understand that he wants his card to stand out, but if its not convenient for me then its going strait in the bin. End of.

A mate of mine did his card in laser cut aluminium, all the lettering was holes cut in the metal so you had to hold it against the light to read it. They cost a fortune to make.
He justified the expense by saying that people always kept them because they were awesome for chopping coke with.

one of his fave hobbies is to tap people on the shoulder in the street, and say "No-one will ever believe you."

Although some might say I look like a cunt all the time.

I got given a trilby last night. Can I wear it without looking like a cunt?

Chap at the top of Parkway about 10mins ago having a spat with a driver. Powder blue Roberts, white catlike helmet, rapha rain jacket. Thought it was OwenReed so shouted "you ok owen?". After stopping, I don't think it was Owen after all. Anyway, you seemed intact...

That could have been Robert Elms off the radio and telly and stuff. He's got a blue roberts and he lives on Albert street somewhere.

Another vote for the 305 here, a top bit of kit.
If you're a mac user, Ascent is a bit better than the Garmin software I recon.

Left over mashed potato in sandwiches for work tomorrow.

Good idea?

I can imagine it all getting a bit gross in the bottom of my bag.
The sandwiches will be boxed of course, but still.

Post it to yourself and have it for lunch on Thursday.

I've shot rats at a good distance, mice too. I always use a good scope.

Bad Science - that story is brilliant, on many levels.
First, seeing swan electrocuted. Horrible but incredible!
Second, the idea of grappling it's smoldering carcass into a pram is ace.
Third, you roast it and eat it. Only the fucking queen mother has eaten swan. And you.

How was it?

I don't honestly remember how it tasted. But I remember my Dad thinking it was the funniest thing in the world to make swan sandwiches to take to work.
I don't think it got fried by the powerline. I think that it broke it's neck when it flew into it. Birds can land on cables with no bother, because there is no way for the charge to go to ground through them.

Nigel Pargetter. Never go up on the roof when you're a soap character who's just given his wife a lovely present...

We ate a swan once when I was little. We were out on a family walk when a bunch of swans flew over and one hit a powerline. I remember it falling virtually at our feet, and nobody else was around. Dad loaded it into my Sister's pram and we had the biggest Sunday Roast ever.

the comic is a reference to a game that some children play where the floor (or specific parts of the floor) is(/are) lava. It then goes on to reference the idea of human sacrifice (in this case by throwing someone into lava (which, as part of the game, is the floor)), which brings about good things (like a good harvest or in this case a crashed ice cream van so the kids can get free ice cream).

We couldn't afford lava when I was a lad. We had to use sharks.

Machine mart are good for hacksaws to make it a bit more, you know, 'portable'

and you can use the leftover bits to fashion an interesting set of urban panpipes.

Holland and Holland have sales? I quite fancy a shotgun.

Old Town make very nice suits and proper trousers.

That sucks, he was brilliant.

Who is ever going to play Sam Vimes now?

He fell off the roof!

i have a seething rage against companies that don't have bike racks (come on, not even one?!) just outside their building entrance. i don't know if i've missing something obvious. surely companies that don't have loading bays could either just have one u rack, or a little clip on their wall or something saying "bikes locked here longer than 15 minutes will be removed".

raaaagggggggggeeeeeeee!

It's quite rare that companies own the space in front of their buildings. Pavement is usually owned by the local council.

Hacksaw. About two minutes.

Just seen The Big Sleep. Bogart and Bacall being ubercool.

Chris Morris was there. Just had to gratuitously namedrop that, but he's a hero of mine.

Im thinking in particular about signs that say 'bikes will be removed'. If your bike is illegally taken by the business owner you could nail them for it, so Im guessing that it isn't illegal. I am not a lawyer, though.

If you lock your bike up on private property, the owner can cut the lock and remove it without warning. There is a van which drives around canary wharf all day removing bikes which have been attached to railings and stuff. The bikes get donated to a charity which dismantles them and sells them to raise money for bikes in the developing world. It's totally legal and there's nothing you can do about it, as long as there are signs up somewhere which say something along the lines of "bicycles attached to these railings will be removed" then the attitude of the law is "you had fair warning, tough shit".

Old School

I've just reserved a ticket for The Big Sleep at the BFI tonight.
A proper film, they don't make them like that anymore.

Love that Merlin. I'll have one one day.

I've just bought the lock-up garage next door. Planning on knocking through and converting into more living space. If I'm lucky, I'll get planning permission to go up one floor as well.
I'll be mainly living on beans on toast all year so I can scrape money together, but it will all be worth it eventually.

1. Do a bit more tidying up.
   
2. Get planning permission for my extension.
   
3. More use of my nice Sunday bike.
   
4. Running, Running and Running.