I'm down with posting the inane and irrelevant

Since I'm such a lazy bum my posts can serve double duty.

1. The tail end of summer weather. Mercury was hitting the mid thirties for the latter half of the week in one final hurrah. Everything's just peachy from inside the lab but at home I have to leave the window open or else the mini server farm in my room makes it somewhat uncomfortably hot. Cool weather's better anyway: a new season's worth of stuff in the shops, plus layers - a skinny guy's best friend.

2. Service station counter-top promotional offers. You know, the buy two of a certain candy or confectionary for a reduced price sort of thing. I'm really a sucker for these, I'd say I buy them about a fifth of the time when I go in to buy petrol (a roundabout guess, I don't keep a log). Yes, I know the main reason they're discounting them is because they're approaching the end of their natural lifespans, but its usually not a problem. If I don't scarf them down during the drive home they sit in the car until I get around to it.

3. Where's my security pass? Its been a good two months for me at FSA and I just completed my induction (I'm guessing the pass follows sooner or later). This means I need to sign in as a visitor every morning to get the labs, and that my car is stuck being parked outdoors in the hot, hot sun. Good thing I don't leave children or pets in the car while I'm at lab, pokies style.

Putting these three things together meant that said confectionaries sat in that outdoor parking in those mid thirties temperatures for a good several hours or so. The result? A fused-solid multi-coloured brick of gooey gummi goodness. It had a warm, soft consistency, and stretched like good cheese on pizza, the sort that just keeps going and going (I'm sure our cheese connoisseur would know what I'm talking about). I managed to get a good two bites of the thing by juggling it and the steering wheel (don't try this, its worse than talking on the phone and driving) before a short stop at the lights had it ending up sitting on the floor of my car for the ride home (well past the five second rule unfortunately, so no more eating). Goodbye poor gummy lollies.