In a university study in China, a morbidly obese man was put on a diet ( Read more... )

So, no sooner does Toro gets his knee repaired (at least the shaft of his femur reattached to that knobbly end of it that is the upper half of the knee joint) than we get a call.

From the care home my mother now lives at.

She's had a fall, and been taken down to the Lister to check her knees. By the time that was done, it was getting late, so she ( Read more... )

Following yesterday's post, an update on Toro ( Read more... )

We really don't know how he did it, but Crystalpaws Neko Totoro - or Toro to us - broke himself last night ( Read more... )

This morning, on the verge beside the road that James I & VI rode on the way to become King in London, and down which Constantine the Great came on the way to the Imperial Throne in Rome, was ... a speed camera van ( Read more... )

Since Semagic has just reminded me ('reminded'? that implies I knew it and forgot it. OK, 'informed'): happy birthday today to khrister and songster.

On one of the days during PhoenixCon this year, which was at the Irish Writers' Centre, we went down to a restaurant in the basement for lunch.

The food was expensive, but good, and it was tricky getting a seat.

Checking back, I suspect that we were in Chapter One, which has had a Michelin star for the last few years. That would explain it all.

We've done it before. We've woken up in the Royal Marine hotel in Dún Laoghaire (though we may have been still calling it Dunleary back then), had breakfast, got in the car and driven down to Kinsale, and had dinner there.

This time, we had drinks in the bar of the Royal Marine afterwards.

( ... )

Once upon a time, we would attend the Irish National SF Conventions, the Octocons. And perhaps we will do so again. But we will never forget our first one, for two reasons.

Firstly, on walking in to the convention and asking to register, we were recognised by the person behind the registration desk, despite the fact that bellinghwoman had never set foot in ( Read more... )

We're back from Ireland. It was an excellent time in general, but one particular point is worthy of mention at this point ( Read more... )