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Woo! First paycheck with my new raise in it! Fun! Now to send sme of it off to the Bank of the Black Monks of St. Herod ('Banking with a Smile and a Stab') before the baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells arrives to pay me a visit...

interesting

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3e02c266-c612-11da-99fa-0000779e2340.html

FinTimes article from lasty week about someone moving to the UK after becoming a Diana Gabaldon fanatic. Brooke, lock up your mum! (or send her the article, depending on if you really want to get her out of your hair ;-)

Edit: Ugh, you actually have to give them your CC # if you want to read the full piece. I was hoping ti was one of those "let us have all your marketing info" jobbies. :-p

oh, for heavens' sake

as seen on brits_americans

As a US citizen living in London, Christian Cox says she is shocked at the amount of abuse she receives because of her nationality.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4881474.stm