Table-tennis
October 30th 2002 -
Table-tennis
There’s a big competition coming up in table-tennis at work. It’s a handicapped tournament, which means that those who aren’t as highly rated on the rankings get bonus points at the beginning of the games, which means that, in theory, people could start deliberately playing worse now to drop their rating to give them more of an edge in the comp. Since there are no big cash prizes, this is rather perverse behaviour, but, y’know, competition does strange things to us all. Anyway, they’ve closed down the regular ratings adjustment until the competition is over, just to avoid temptation. I reckon I’ve got a fair chance. I’ve been gradually improving for a while now, and I think my rating isn’t quite as high as it should be.
radwm
Work on rec.arts.drwho.moderated came to a screaming halt when I got stuck installing inews, but recently I’ve had some excellent help from Jim M., and now I’m feeling optomistic again. To think I started on this whole thing in June. At least the end is in sight. Again.
The Usual Suspects
Thanks to Simon, I’ve finally got a copy of the very excellent soundtrack to “The Usual Suspects”. God-damn, that main theme is fine. I have been listening to it on the way to and from work, leaving aside my Greek learnin’. Dagnabbit. Anyway, I’ve started looking into the muchos other goodies on the cds, and I’m rather impressed with Dave’s cover for the new Spit album, not to mention the photos from the ski expedition. I shall do a bit of work on them, and present them to this very forum in due course.