In honour of McCoy, sweet companion for two years...

Poor McCoy passed away in my hands over the last half-hour. He'd reached quite a venerable age for a dwarf hamster (2 and a half). I heard a very sad sound from his cage and went to see what was up, and the poor little fellow was curling up and his breathing was slowing. I held him, gave him water and he managed one last sunflower seed - before closing his eyes and his breathing stopped altogether. He's been a faithful companion for a long time, I miss him already. :-(

Hopefully, heaven is one hamster richer tonight.

I forgot I modified Grub a while back!

Says it all about the state of my PC right now, though...

Engaged!

So, I finally popped the question to Mel yesterday - and she said yes! It's late, so I won't expound much on he topic right now - I'll try and post a proper update (along with emails/calls to just about everyone I know) tomorrow.
In the meantime, here are some pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/herberticus/MyEngagement