Okay, so I'm still flogging this dead horse. I can't work out whether I'm a lot busier than I used to be, or lazier, or whether I simply can't write anymore. But I will see this through. I might get 2012 finished before 2013 is over.

( My adventures in Los Angeles, mainly... )

Okay, so at the current rate I'll be lucky to get 2012 covered by the end of 2013. But I'm determined to do this thing.

What's more, this entry is going to be *massive*, so I'll do it behind a cut.

( Olympics, friends, old Doctor Who episodes etc. etc. )

Man, this entry has been hard to write. I don't know why - July wasn't a particularly difficult month. It was pretty aces, all in all.

( Boozes, Thatcher, the Torch etc. )

So there was the Diamond Jubilee.

( Jubilee, Saint Etienne, Northern Ireland... )

May began as April ended, with a return trip to the the Cluny Bank Hotel, one of the finest hotels I've ever stayed in.

( Scotland, Mayors and Presidents )

In April, The gideondefoe-penned The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists finally made it to the screen.

( Pirates, Orbital and photography )

( A small pictorial addendum to my last post. )

Was actually quite amazed to discover how little I did in March.

( A party, ideal Holmes and the T-WOG$ )

So February, and I'm apparently leaving the house a bit more often. In January this had happened, and I was out at Pizza Express in early Feb when I heard a woman at the next table compare the Costa Concordia captain to Zapp Brannigan.

( Oramics, design, booze, Brighton, Brick Lane, Q The 80s and other good stuff )

The year began with a terrific storm. ( A storm, girls rock, Meades and a dragon )