I had an extraordinary bad dream last night.

I dreamt I had found a Toyota MR2 of this type -

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So, things that have happened.

Singing with raketje last week, getting a little tipsy (DAMN YOU, college port) and earning some money for the privilege.
Seeing crazyscot and rustica off the next day. And collecting Ross's rather snazzy laser colour printer ( Read more... )

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-patrick-leigh-fermor-soldier-scholar-and-celebrated-travel-writer-hailed-as-the-best-of-his-time-2296162.htmlRead more... )

A parcel arrived in the post for my birthday from miss_next.

It contained a St Custard's scarf (researched by petermorwood, three bags of 1950s sweets (bullseyes, rhubarb and custard and gobstoppers) and ...
... a tin of radio malt.

Coo ur gosh wizz.

Thank you both.

Which isn't so far away.

Mastermind filming tomorrow.

Separately, RIP Edward "Dr. John Watson" Hardwicke.

Recently - Reasonably successful Mozart Requiem on Sunday (with Purcell in G minor; was the alto soloist in both). Colleague from work came and liked it. Lovely comment from one old guv in the audience: "there are countertenors and countertenors, but you, my friend, are something special ( Read more... )

OK, kids. Will be in Manchester on 19 May 2011, participating in the Mastermind heats. First specialist subject - aircraft of WWII.

http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/03/cage-match-2011-takeshi-kovacs-versus-jon-snow.html

Go Jon Snow!

... for Mastermind on the 8th of March. I passed the phone audition.