Mac

Hellooooo! Hope you're very well. x

Yo, Kelly. Art reet, girt? (as they say 'ere oop north...) xx

Aloha, Genevieve. I hope you are very well. 100 posts! Woo-hoo!

Hi there s.gal83. You're bound to have a smashing time using this forum. Everyone is lovely and friendly (no frightening people are allowed!).

I actually don't have an aerial or receiver for my telly, so haven't had a TV licence for many years - I agree with you. TV's rubbish! I love films, though, and I buy the excellent series that look as though I'll like them on DVD. So. To illustrate further, I own a telly, but don't watch programmes beamed at it. I buy and choose my entertainment. Good, eh???

Anyway. Hoping this finds you very well and enjoying the site.

Mac.

Good morning! I am merely popping in to see how things are going with all the college gumph. Have you got your funding yet? Have they sorted out your grades? Do I need to fly over and get all rowdy with these silly people?

I hope you're alright, chum. Keep your chin up, you're a smashing person.

I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! I bought 'Vlad'! Thought I'd let you know. Thanks, Noll. You're a good'un. x

Thanks, Michelle. I totally understand. I'll keep things in check, eh? Take care.

Bernard Black is a god! Evidence for this fact? I quote:

Am I dead? Have I joined a cult?

Excellent.

Heya, Roxi. Today is my last day working with adults with learning disabilities. It's been a bit of an emotional week, because most of them have burst into tears at some point and wailed that they don't want me to go. This makes me feel very bad. Tonight, I have to go to a staff 'do' - the first one I've been to in four years. I hate these things and generally freak out before hand and end up not going. However, I have to go to this one, because it's my leaving do, dammit. I'll have to get bladdered beforehand. *sits gibbering at the mere thought of the evening*

How're you doing? House hunting going well? Or is it a source of near-total anxiety? (I know which bracket I'd file that under).

I hope you're well, friend of mine. Take care, chuck.

Aloha. Wicky wicky and all that jazz. It has been too long since last we spoke. What's new with you, Lou? (I know your name isn't Lou, but it rhymed. So there.)

Ho hum. Crazy days, eh? Crazy days.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo! Excellent choice!

I hope you get this in time, Noll. I wanted to let you know that Tim Minchin is on BBC Radio 4 on Monday evening at 6.30pm in a brilliant programme called "The Infinite Monkey Cage", a science programme with the wonder Prof. Brian Cox presenting. I think you'll love it. Hope you're well. xx

Oh, and The Last Witchfinder is excellent. Do try it if you can get hold of it.

Hey there, Loo. How're things going? Have you read Harlan Coben's most recent novel (it's a Myron one, yay!)?

Anyway. Hope you're well.

Hello.

Hiya Noll. Happy New Year, mate. I hope you've had an ace Christmas and that you've been able to put your feet up, chilled to the max.

As per usual, I've spent most of the festive season with a blanket over my head (figuratively speaking, of course!), but have finally relocated my mojo. Peace be with me.

Hoping this finds you terribly well and groovy. Cheers!

Hiya! Just that, really...

Hope you're very well. x

Hmmm...I meant the wonderFUL Brian Cox. I can be such a 'tard sometimes...{(

Afternoon to you. I hope you're well and enjoying your Sunday, good lady. I've come in from the relentless sun to prat about on my laptop after nearly breaking my back trying to plant a hedge in what felt like solid rock. I'm an idiot man, don't you know.

So, how are you? Excellent and tickety-boo, I trust.

I'm quite well, thank you. Glad it's the weekend, I can tell you, mind! I'm really pleased you had a smashing time. Have a great weekend. x

P.S. I love the new picture of Data with his cat Spot....

...OMG I'm a Trek Nerd!

I am about to make a couple of bacon butties, chuck some clothes on and get out teaching for the morning. Wish I could stay at home, really, 'cos I feel a bit tired - but the rest of the weekend's free. Woo Hoo!

*sounds of Mac running around his tiny house, clapping his hands like a loony...

*thwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwUPP rustle rustle rustle (paper floating around upon Mac's instant materialisation)

mmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMWAH!

*szjjhhhhhhhhhhuhPOP rustle rustle rustle (paper floating around the room upon Mac's instant departure)

It's nice that you work with disadvantaged children, Genevieve. I work with adults with learning disabilities, and have done ever since I was 21. Up until that point, I was a professional musician. Bit of a leap, I know, but I guess that's how life works. I've applied to become a policeman, but the process takes a good few years - I'm already a year into it now!

It sounds as if you have quite a bit on your plate, but I'm very pleased to have made your acquaintance, albeit virtually.

I hope your weekend has gone very splendidly, my lovely friend.

Hi Bethany. When moving to your next, more permanent placement, do bear in mind that there's a house up for sale on my street on the edge of the Peak District here in sunny England. The amenities are excellent, the scenery quite splendid, and the company is second to none (I'll even break out the champagne upon your arrival).

On a serious note, it must be strange not knowing where you're going to be going next. The idea is not unattractive to me. I once upped sticks and moved somewhere where I had no history, knowing nobody. What a liberating experience that was. People got to know the me in the now, rather than the me of my childhood.

I hope this finds you very well, friend of mine. Take care.