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Who's up for a game?  I'm going to call it the Starbucks Name Chain (hopefully, nobody else has come up with this yet!). The rules are really simple: Go to Starbucks and buy a drink of your choice, as you normally would Give them your name when asked  If the name on the cup does not match yours - and experience suggests this is highly likely - adopt this as your new name! Change your name on social media (completely optional, especially if the platform complains!) Next time you go to Starbucks, use your new name! How long does it take for you to get back to your real name?   Currently, I am living as Roger... [UPDATE] I thought it would be a fun idea to change my name on Facebook to reflect the Starbucks name change.  I thought wrong.  Apparently, Facebook will lock you in to your name change for 60 days before you can make any further changes.  This puts a dampener on any fun and means, regardless of any further name changes by Starbucks,...

From barely one second into the new year*, I have been planning on spending money on all kinds of goodies in 2008, ranging from a new TomTom to a new phone ** to a new TV . However, as with all of my best-laid plans, it appears that other forces are at work here and trying hard to postpone the fun side of things by adding up lots of little costs for me ... which makes a change as I usually have a huge bill for something or other round about this time of year! I've already mentioned that my washer-dryer has gone tits up again and, luckily, extended the warranty the week before Christmas (how's that for timing?!). Well, in addition to that, the bathroom fan that my Dad and I replaced a couple of years ago, has also decided it was a bit fed up of the daily spin and started smouldering in its little corner of the ceiling. As it is attached to the light switch, this has meant digging out a handful of candles from the back of the cupboard so that I don't have to bathe in the da...

Its Friday, its hometime, its funtime!!