There's an auction of Dr Who gear at Bonhams, stirring up childhood recollections.

ME: 'They've got Nyssa's plum velvet outfit. I wanted to be Nyssa when I grew up.
WORKMATE: I wanted to marry Nyssa. She was my perfect woman ( Read more... )

I've decorated/unpacked and I'm really happy with my room. I go into small ecstasies at every minor amendment, and send links and pics to friends and relatives ( Read more... )

A friend has recently built himself a woodshed. Every good woodshed needs Something Nasty in it, so I'm going to make him one. I'm not sure how best to do it. It needs to survive rain and ideally frost, although it's fine if it looks worse as the years wear on. Ideas so far ( Read more... )

I've an unexpected enthusiasm for minor DIY! I've installed blinds, raised the bed by 30cm to store the comics archive, and put fitted storage into an alcove. I like sawing, drilling, standing back from things and going 'yep', and laying hands on a structure I have created and giving it a good shake to demonstrate its solidity ( Read more... )

I'm just posting to say that I'm not posting. It would be a reasonable assumption that, having created a nascent friendslist, I was now scribbling like fury through a series of carefully delineated filters ('Sex' 'Politics' 'Real Life Friends' 'Unreal Unliving Friends' 'Actually interesting stuff'). But I haven't. Making a (slightly arbitrary) list ( Read more... )

London: Vigil this evening in Trafalgar Square, to mark/protest the rising levels of homophobic hate crime in the capital. 7-9pm.
I'll be holding a pumpkin with 'proud' carved in it, if you want to say hello - I hope that doesn't seem frivolous, it seemed the easiest way of illuminating a message.

Seeking to keep myself fit over the Winter, I signed up for a long run in February. The entry fee was cheaper than a month at the gym, and goes to one of my favourite charities ( Read more... )

Apologies for not replying or posting recently; I am under a few kinds of weather, but improving. So many thanks for everyone's suggestions on the last post.I missed Celebrate Bisexuality Day and National Poetry Day, I may not get to any events for Black History Month, and I can't find anyone to receive my glad tidings for Coming Out Day ( Read more... )

This is a bit feeble, but (I hope) not actively annoying ( Read more... )

To balance my last post, a description of two recent purchases.

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