…which is the state of my hearing after an annoying time with Sinusitis, and ear infection and an excess of ear wax.

For the first time since before Christmas I have full hearing in both ears! And seeing as the old Creative Jukebox will be fixed soon…

One thing I noticed when I came in to work this morning was the truly amazing level of background noise. With the ever-efficient air conditioning, the printers and the modems merrily dialling away it’s a small wonder that half the staff aren’t off with headaches.

Not that any of that matters. Nope, I’ve got my hearing back and soon I’ll have the MP3 player back. Ooh, I just couldn’t be happier.

Well, until the Lego Cloud City gets here I couldn’t be happier.

BigAl

Right, let’s see a show of hands. Who here likes Lego? And although I can’t see any actual hand raising, for the purposes of this post I’ll take it as read that you did raise you hand.

Preferably at work or college with people around about wondering what the hell you’re up to…

Anyway. Lego. Oh, it’s great isn’t it?

So much so that my sister’s shop has all my old Lego in it’s back room. And last night I just went and ordered the Lego Star Wars Cloud City set. Bwah ha ha.

This will join the Orient Expedition hot air balloon, the Knight’s Kingdom small castle and the Spiderman 2 “Spidey saves the train” set which Ruth and I have.

And just so you know, check the Lego website for the set due in September… Death Star II anyone?

BigAl

OK - I thought I would lay this out, after the disgraceful incident I had this morning.

Where you have 4 train seats in a 2×2 configuration, where 1 and 2 face 3 and 4 respectively, and 2 and 4 are next to the window, the order of occupation should be one of the following combinations:

• 4, 1, 2, 3
• 2, 3, 1, 4
• 4, 1, 3, 2
• 2, 3, 4, 1

There should be absolutely no reason why 2 people sitting with 2 spares seats should be in the situation where they are sitting opposite each other, thus denying both of them decent legroom. And the first person there gets the right to the window seat, thus the ability to lean on something to sleep.

Do not break these rules, and I won’t be forced to put your head down the chemical toilet. Understood?

mrBen

Well, after a little bit of hum-ing and haw-ing, I’ve grown myself a goatee. Only got a few days growth on it so far, but we’ll see how it goes.

I might even post a photo if you’re lucky

mrBen