I couldn't find my keys, so after checking coat pockets, table tops etc, I looked down the side of the chair. No keys, but nearly £5 in change.

I then found the keys in a jacket pocket.

The lake at work is still frozen over ... only now it has a thin layer of water on top of the ice. You can see gulls apparently walking on water.

The taxi driver drew my attention to a car with Russian plates earlier today. He then spotted that it was right hand drive.

I wish I had a taxi firm's clock. They can stretch 5 minutes out so that it takes half an hour.

Our email system is playing silly buggers. I have just received an out of office reply from someone in this building, saying he will be out until Friday 10 December. However, the last email I sent him was several days ago, and he had already replied to that email.

ETA: "The Hobbit Movie Deviates from Official Tolkien Book." Well, who'd have thunk it?
http://www.citystatetimes.com/1434/the-hobbit-movie-deviates-from-official-tolkien-book/