Random post made to a /dev/null site

Posted to : asdfghjksemicolon.com

My memory is not what it used to be. This I know. Honestly I can't remember if it is better now
than before, but i think it was. Usually because I remember knowing something that I know I no longer know.
Anyway, I digress.
Today I've been cheating. I went to the internets, sacrificed a virtual hour of my actual time and asked the god google for an answer.
It was not forthcoming, needless to say.
The question was how to solve my Brain Twist puzzle. All I could find was links to the product and the statement that a hints booklet comes with the said product - much use that was, by the way.
I came this way via the wonderfully diverting "Dry Erase Board" (MSPaint -wow!) and am now speaking to the void. Great.
Oh, I nearly forgot. Why I mentioned my memory was that I recall very clearly being about 12 or 13 (that would be around 1979) and solving the original Rubik's cube all by my self. I promptly wrote down the solution and used some carbon copy paper my dad had to make a few copies which I gave to my friends.
So, how come I can't even cheat now let alone work it out for myself.

Truncated holiday memoirs

So, I never did manage to post anything about the rest of my Roman holiday. Suffice to say it was all brilliant. Really enjoyed the Roman Forum and the Palatine hill and also the Trevi Fountain.
Hard to pick out highlights, but what was great was that everyone was very chilled out, Jackie's parents were in great form and I didn't have to shout at the kids too much.

This weekend (from tomorrow - a public hol in Italy) we are going to Pisa (so Yousef can go up the tower on his birthday) and hopefully visit Florence and Lucca while we are down there. We are staying in a 4-man tent to avoid paying through the nose for a hotel room in the most expensive week of the year.

I shall be quite happy if a) we do not cook like boil-in-the-bag fish, b) we do not get bitten raw by mozzies and c) if I don't go crazy at the kids.

A tra poco care mio.

Bright Zig-zag lines - part 2

This post (here) is my only post which people other than my direct friends and family have ever commented on. I just wanted to give a little update for anyone really interested:

The phenomena I described was the appearance of bright neon-like zig-zag lines in my vision. They appear, are quite disturbing, and then disappear as quickly as they arrived - often in a rather beautiful burst. Pretty, but quite worrying, I am sure you will agree.

It is called an Opthalmic Migrane - and is something not to worry about too much it seems. (I never have any really bad headache associated with them, but people often do.)

What I found interesting was that it seems to happen when I am particularly dehydrated - a fact I hadn't noticed until someone commented on the original post.

It happened to me again - quite severely - just last week, and once again, I had not been drinking enough, had spent far too long on the computer the day before and was generally a bit tired.

So, rest assured, it is not indicative of some really horrible brain disease (or too much LSD in your youth)
Just, relax, have a drink of water and lie back and enjoy your personal light-show!!