Playing Asoka

OK: That was quite possibly my worst blog post ever.

I apologise. I was very distracted.

Goodbye, Devonfriend Jim, I'm closing MSN now.

Yahoo Messenger... oh, I couldn't download you in the first place. Well, no-one ever used you to talk to me anyway.

Go, close, all you other tabs with your beckoning internet.

iTunes, my faithful, rest.

Right. So.

The world of Blog, I'm coming to realise, is halfway between a diary and a second-rate newspaper column on page 55, over the mini-crossword. This particular train of thought didn't lead anywhere, except a pipe-dream thought of putting a picture of a soap opera star and a clip-art coffee cup somewhere on the page template.

Lateral link: Train of thought -> Must get a new Young Persons' Railcard.

Must get a new card -> I have a long "to do" list today.

It's now half-two- I want to go to the train station and back. If I can do that, I'll be able to savour my evenings' rest. I think it was Margaret Thatcher who said "Happiness is a ticked-off list". I admit, that's a mentality that I have too, in some extent. If you think I'm being cagey, that's because I'm a socialist and I just quoted Margaret Thatcher. Anyway, the point of the wee quote is that if I'm going to have a pleasant evening, I need to achieve at least one simple task.

What my evening will actually consist of is most likely to be Civilization III. I know I've mentioned it before, but I have to re-iterate. This is a good game. It also gave this post it's crossword-esque title, which is my way of saying that while my computer opponents are having the battle of Thermopylae or whatever, I take great pride in building a road from Ormuz to Hanoi.

I'm slowly realising that this post has a moral. That is, sitting down and going "Right, now I'm going to write the best blog post ever" does not, neccesarily, lead to anything better than a self conscious ramble.

Oh well.

Song in my head: None, I was concentrating