I'm posting this here because I don't really have anywhere else to post it yet. I might do so later as a note on Facebook, but for now I want to vent my spleen about co-operative games, following a very bad article about games being good for your brain, including, gods forbid, Monopoly. One of the games included was Pandemic, the mention of which ( Read more... )

Harem Scarem's next Friday - need to polish my moves a bit, the duet I'm doing is going well, and should hopefully provide a few laughs too. Costume for this is done, costume for the group dance is almost there. Then I'm catching up with friends on Tuesday 29th, for a grown up Halloween fancy dress bash, for which I'll be dressing as Sadako... THEN ( Read more... )

Normally I wouldn't do this, but Martin and Suzie Cowley are lovely people who work bloody hard, and deserve a break. Lovely people who make alll sorts of fantastic jerky and all sorts of fantastic veggie products. They're great for road trips, camping, historical reenactments, simply pigging out at home, the works. Look, proof!

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Stolen from Rhiannon - thanks, this was intriguing and made me think about my reading habits ( Read more... )

Is it me? Until very recently I was using a different icon. Tonight, however, I find I can no longer use it - the one I've chosen as my default image has since been made inactive and not by me. I'm able to upload more pics, provided I pay for it or select the plus option. That's fair enough - but to take the choice away from me and remove a pic ( Read more... )

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As well as the hafla on Friday, I went to a girls' night in on Saturday, and we had loads of snacks, Pimms, cake and good nosh, great company, and a session of making macrame bracelets, as one of the lasses is very crafty and makes them to sell on Etsy. She'd brought along her beads, and cords, and within a very short while we were busy making our ( Read more... )