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Maneki Neko tattoo

  Maneki Neko tattoo 
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Mister Steve Byrne  gave me a new tattoo this weekend. You can see him there in the background.  It's a Maneki Neko, literally "beckoning cat" but more commonly called the "lucky cat", a common Japanese sculpture, often found in stores or other commercial establishments.  Generally it's believed the right paw raised brings money and the left hand raised brings customers, or people.  I have loved these cats for years, and when my cat Pearl died I decided to get a tattoo of a Maneki Neko with a pearl necklace to remember her by.
Photo by Julie.

Facebook is not just a waste of time

Apparently, Facebook has more users in the UK than anywhere else.  London is the largest network on the site, with over 800 thousand members.  It does seem like all my myspace buddies are jumping ship.  I heartily applaud this - myspace has, after all, pretty much turned into a music marketing pest site.  And yes I guess Southern is just as guilty (if not quite as adept) as the next label/band/DJ/promoter/etc. 

Anyway, I was chuffed as punch to read a great article about how to rationalise spending office-time on the 'Book.   Apparently there are dozens of fabulous productivity tools available as Facebook apps!

I will be test driving some of these over the next few weeks.