incandescens | the Winter Garment of Repentance

Bah, humbug. Do not like buying jeans. Am not entirely convinced by the ones I have just acquired. Blast and bother current low-slung fashions.

Otherwise, quite a decent day. Have determined that it is in fact cheaper to get stikfas from discovered online UK site than from local Forbidden Planet, except perhaps for the Basic Black Alpha model. Hm. Temptation, temptation.

Looks as if I will have to hit the Apple Store in London if I want to get iPod accessories. Oh well, it's not as if I hadn't been planning to go up to London in early December anyhow.

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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

[...]

And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before
The Tavern shouted --- "Open then the Door!
"You know how little while we have to stay,
"And, once departed, may return no more."

[...]

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring
The Winter Garment of Repentance fling:
The Bird of Time has but a little way
To fly --- and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

-- Omar Khayyam