Had a great time at Guilfest yesterday. Lovely to meet up with friends. Drunk cider, and cocktails, and wine;  took stuff that was probably bad for me. Danced a lot. Spent all my cash.

Tonight:
Witch Hunter's Bible
9pm, National Geographic

A suitably dramatic documentary (endless close-ups of screaming women) about the Malleus Maleficarum, an ancient handbook outlining how to spot, prosecute and dispose of your common-or-garden witch. A nasty piece of work, it provided helpful torture suggestions for those less keen to admit to ( Read more... )

I got this email this morning ( Read more... )

Crystal Palace FC could be lost forever today due to the bank closing it down. Please sign the petition below:

http://www.gopetition.co.uk/petitions/save-crystal-palace-football-club.html

Saw this and thought it might be of interest:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/life-between-the-lines/default.aspx

Dear Secretary of State ( Read more... )

Sorry Jaine - you are too much a famous writer to enter :)

http://www.wbqonline.com/feature.do?featureid=505

"The above data streams inform how we reach overall conclusions as to the state of health of our relationships with schools, which can then be recorded in the summative overview matrix within our SLEF, thus informing the next iteration of enquiry-based development of our cyclical approach."

Why don't they teach academics to write in plain English

I have two copies of The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game by Upstarts. It is a great game, but I don't need two copies ( Read more... )

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20100407/NEWS01/100407027/-1/ESN/VIRGINIA--Occult-crimes-seminar-scheduled