Absence:

Have just learnt from the laptop repairers , after paying $80 for an initial diagnosis, that the motherboard on my laptop is a gonner. Since IM-ing or blogging on the computer at work seems inappropriate corporate behaviour, I will be away from the cybersphere indefinitely for the time being.

Until someone decides to a) give me a new laptop; b) volunteer to fix mine up for me =p

In other news, in the past few weeks I've been drifting off to the historical gay mecca of Fire Island, Philly, Boston. Have also learnt on the job to rip DVDs. Hurrah to museum educational media!! Who would have thought I'd learn all about digital piracy from such a decorous cultural institution? ;)