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I spent today in intermittent back-breaking labour sorting and packing redcountess's stuff. Thirty-one items to send, close to 2.5 cubic metres. Instant Household Kit! arkady also went through the spare room throwing away about half of it. I took last week and this week off work (only three more weeks of holiday to use up before the end of March) for this.

We have tried to drag others into this wonderful enterprise. The difference between the teenager's boyfriend as "odious sub-bacterial infection" and "fine upstanding young man" is how much housework you get out of him.

Spotted on a Mr Muscle can: "Solvent abuse can kill instantly!" 'Cos the butane propellant's far more dangerous than SNORTING THE CAUSTIC SODA IT'S MADE OF.

Earlier this month was the Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Party. Having failed to realise what a prestige event it was, I dressed like a Wikipedian, i.e. a scruffy nerd. Name tags were not de rigeur, meaning none of the Wikipedians knew who each other were on sight, like a cipherpunk gathering not in need of masks. Richard Dawkins gave the speech — apparently he started his Wikipedia career with an edit war.

My sleep pattern has been ridiculously broken. Monday I'm back to a nice quiet day in the office instead of a demanding one at home. Now I know why people work jobs.