Reviewing and the best thing since the last one.
2002-12-03 at 3:43 p.m.

 

I'm applying to become a reviewer. Raaahh. Fear me people. I'm going to hold all your tiny diaries in my giant hand and crush them into smithereens.

Not really. Cos that would be mean.

But it sounds like fun, and as I can't afford to buy Gold Membership this is going to be my way of giving something back. That, or I'm just a voyeur who wants a legitimate reason for spending so much of her time reading about other peoples' lives. Whatever.

I've bought a wicked book for Mr Me for Xmas. I hate Xmas (more on this on a later day) but I lub buying presents for the people I love. Again, look another shining example of how fluffy and squeaky clean I really am, contrary to the last two entries.

Anyway. This present. It's "Schott's Original Miscellany". It's the best thing since the last thing I thought was really cool. It has all these useless facts in it. Like:

Dante's Seven Levels of Hell,

General Secretaries of the UN,

English Monarchs,

The names of Santa's Reindeer,

Info about the planets,

The Solomon Grundy rhyme.

How can you not love that. Ok. Here's the deal. In my diary entries for the days until Xmas there'll be a useless fact from Schotts. Kinda like an advent calendar. That started 2 days late, and has no pictures, or chocolate. Well, you get the vague reference.

So...

Number One.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Masusoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse of Alexandria

So. Now you know. Don't say I never give you anything.