A true friend of masking tape

Tonight I have been painting baseboards (or skirtingboards as they are called in the UK).

You start off ok, this is no problem, fresh paint, brush and fresh surface, but then you notice oh I have gone a bit over here.

So you wipe it off with a bit of paper or your finger and carry on.
That was easy, still no problem.

Then it happens again..... oops.

So you you the same piece of paper to wipe it off, except now the paper already has wet paint on it, so it smudges. Thats ok you think I will use my finger.

Now you have wet paint on your finger, so lean across to get another piece of paper to clean you finger. In learning cross, not wanting to knockover the paint can, you bend over an reach, but now your sleeve is in the paint can lid, which you have left open.
Not noticing this as you sit up, you now brush you trousers, now it it you sleeve and trousers.
Awh no you think, and brush it off instictively with your hand, more on the hand.

Determined to carry on you sit down on the floor, paint on the floor.
"How long will this take", it is now on your watch.

Just a good job I am not doing the ceiling!

Be careful, painting is not easy.

Masking tape is a great invention too, allows for much greater margin of error!

Best Paint

Apparently one of the best paints to use (according to the painters) is Benjamin Moore paint. You need less coats to cover a wall....

Nice things to say to someone

A few of people have said some nice things to me and they really had an effect on me.
Thought what a really nice way to say congratulations to someone in a similar situations.

Having a baby: "You will make a great Mum or Dad"
Moving house: "You still got a real bargin there"

Sorry, just had to write them down.

Solar Pictures

These are a couple of photos from the ESA SOHO probe, website.
I thought that they were an incredible demonstration of the power of the sun, a huge seething ball of nuclear energy constantly reacting, and so hot we feel it strongly millions of mile away.

Really impressive.

New Update

Spend a little time updating the template for the page today. Added the new links to the top, and an additional column on the left for the latest views. A little more useful.
Still need to get the Yahoo Pipes newspaper feed working and the favicon.ico to be recognised.

Quick Test

Quick test of the new feedburner link