That was a mixed kind of day but full of shock and surprises. The first shock is that my colleague in the quiz team was ill. He rarely gets ill. He and myself have similar tastes in music, but our knowledge of other things are divergent, so we complement each other and we usually have Sue to have us out for the mumsie side of things ( Read more... )

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What makes a party for you? Is it the drinks, the food, the music, the people or something else entirely different?

Have you ever made scones from scratch? What flavour were they?

What would your current spirit animal be

Another productive day of covert shopping.

Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells completed.

The last being a snack of pretzels and a quarter side of chicken, lemon and herb coated with peri peri chips.

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Kang Han "Greek Lessons" (Penguin)


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Tom Watson "Metronome" (Blooomsbury)


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Once again, I find that some quizzes are more entertaining than others. The Chase on ITV 2 is very good, and the radio series called Brain Of Britain is excellent. I did well on both today. The latter used to be on the radio on Mondays. It is now on a Sunday and yet I keep forgetting they changed the day.