Cross

One of the slightly daft things I do with the internet is SweetCollect which basically has a bunch of offers of various sorts, and gives you free sweets for each one you sign up to. As a result I have an email address or two which are basically just for signing up to random websites I have no real interest in at all, though I check the mailbox regularly to delete them all and spot more opportunities for freebies. Today I got a message from one of them, which looked like it came from an american opinion poll site, offering condolences and support as a result of yesterday's bombings. It actually made me cross enough to reply.

( Their email )

( My reply )

It doesn't seem to have helped much as I'm still cross, and I don't think I've done a very good job of explaining why. Seeing a black ribbon icon on Google UK today reminded me of it and made me more annoyed, even if it does link to useful friends and family contact details.

In other news we just had a security alert at work: "suspicious package on the office floor, could staff and students please avoid this area". So we went and had coffee upstairs. Unfortunately they worked it out quickly so we had to come back. Julia said she saw a large suitcase sitting by the ladies loos earlier so it was probably that. Wonder how long places will continue to be more paranoid. Not that it was very useful in terms of evacuation, no-one who actually works on our floor was quite sure what we were supposed to do.

Oh and if you fancy free sweets yourself let me know, I get a bonus sweet for every friend who signs up :-)

Dinner

Toad in the hole, spinach, plus leftover new potatoes sliced and fried with garlic.

Cherries halved, stoned, stewed in orange juice, to be served with Clare's frozen gingery pudding and with amaretto over the top.

Any minute now it will be ready and hopefully very good. Getting hungry. Still, good to actually cook for a change.