Dusty shit...

Jesus, look at all the dust and cobwebs in here! What is this place? Looks completely deserted by the look of it. Can't have been anyone here in years.

Hang on... what's this sign here? Just let me rub the dust off it...

"STUCKS LOG"? Eh? That doesn't make any sense... ah, hang on, there's some more letters under here... yep, that's better.

"STARBUCKS BLOG". Nope, still doesn't make any sense.

And what's that over there? Eugh... I think that used to be some kind of fish in a bowl. Bit crispy now though.

Ah well, the batteries in this torch are running out. No way I'm staying here in the dark on my own. It's creepy. Maybe I'll come back with a search party.

Blogger -> Google

Erm ... I fear I may have slightly messed things up here on the Starbucks Blog. I've just been offered the chance by Blogger to upgrade my blog to the latest version ... which also means switching to a Google login account, as oppose to the one I use for Blogger.com...

They're only offering the upgrade to a small percentage of users at the moment - so I didn't want to pass up the oppertunity...

What I conveniently forgot was that the Starbucks Blog - being run from my account - would get upgraded too. Ooops.

Now, you can see that nothing has visually changed here - but under the hood things are (apparently) very different. So, next time you log in to post or add comments, you may be asked to upgrade your Blogger account. That would be my fault. Sorry.

(On the plus side, those of us who are using the RSS feeds to monitor the starbucks blog may find the 'Comments' feed useful.)

Anyway. Merry Christmas y'all,

Oli.

Merry Christmas

Since none of us have posted here in ages, I thought I'd break the silence by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, and all that.

Oh, and drink lots of coffee -- just so I can't be accused of posting off topic!

CostaClaire has requested instructions for posting to this blog over the holidays, so look out for some (no doubt) dodgy posts over the next few days.

All the best,

OliT.

Hang on! I'm over here!

No, I haven't dropped off the face of the planet... it's just police training college taking its toll on my social life.

I've been getting home at about 6pm, working on preparation for the next day (pre-reads, powerpoint presentations, learning diaries yada yada yada...), having tea and going to bed at 10pm! No time to send emails or post to blogs... Tell you what, it's not like that proper job I used to do where I got five hours of doss time every day. When I get bored of this silly police lark, I think I'll come back so that I can start being properly productive again.

Did manage to talk to Cardigan-wearer Thomas when I was on the train the other night. The moral of the story is that if you want to converse, between 5 and 6pm is the optimum time!

Anyway, on to more important issues. I've given up trying to spend my daily £10 allowance - I can't do it. Even with breakfast, mid-morning muffins, lunch and afternoon cake (all swilled round with lashings of hot caffeinated beverage) I can't quite make it to ten quid. So I've stopped trying.

But the lemon drizzle cake is just to die for (hmmm, did that sound a bit gay?). I might send you some in the post if you're lucky. Not sure what condition it'll be in when it arrives, but it's the thought that counts.

How goes it at the mausoleum?