johnlawrenceaspden

Imagine living in a place where you could see the stars at night.

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Not that that particularly helps…

This, and block the meme subs explicitly.

Oh God, yes! I’m old enough to remember when people thought it was important to have quiet and privacy to think.

I used to love my job. All my life I’ve loved programming, and I used to love being able to solve other people’s problems for them by doing the thing I love.

The open-plan curse killed it for me. For years I’ve done as little paid work as I can get away with because I hate trying to think in an open-plan horror so much. It’s like having my brain in a blender.

I still program, and think, a lot, but I only do it for other people when I need the money.

Wakarimasen, Toronaga-san!

It’s wonderful! There was a terrific BBC TV series when I was a boy which inspired me to read the book, which is even better.

Clavell wrote several other books, all great, but Shogun is the masterpiece.