There has to come a point at which you say ‘this is the line beyond which I won’t care’. As a human being it is not possible to care about absolutely everything on this earth, much as I might want to. That way madness lies. I give money to charities, I write letters to politicians, … Read More

Tuesday night I went down to London with Weasel for a tasting of Yamanashi wines at the Japanese Embassy. Yamanashi was the region I lived in when I lived in Japan and until you’ve tasted Yamanashi grown fruit you don’t know what fruit is. Seriously, the peaches are about three times the size and more … Read More

I’m not going to make it something that happens often but I will do it regularly I think. Had people (far too many because I wasn’t really keeping track) come round to play Talisman and other stuffs. In the end it was mostly an epic game of Talisman, which Goat won, for anyone who is … Read More

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My mouth really is an expression of NHS dentistry. Once, when I was young I had a nice NHS Dentist to whom I delivered The Independent on Sundays and the Guardian on Saturdays (I am terrified that I haven’t had that paper round for over ten years and I can still tell you what went … Read More

It’s ok, I’m fine and the ‘crash’ such as it was took place at incredibly slow speeds and ended with me cracking a headlight cover against a brick wall. There was actually time enough for me to realise I wasn’t turning (but rather was continueing towards a wall) and brake, try cadence braking, change down … Read More

The Jellicle had his birthday today, I failed at giving him the most amazing present in the world ever but am determined to make up for this by being A WONDERFUL GIRLFRIEND TM for the rest of the year. We watched Serial Experiments Lain, well I worked and finalised bits of a game I’m running … Read More

Well everyone’s saying it’s going to be a good year and I’m feeling pretty good. So I’m hoping so too! Last night’s party was chilled out and relaxed, I like the afternoon of people dropping by to say hello and once again a whole lot of people dropped in that I wouldn’t normally see. Course … Read More

I like to leave this to the very end of the year. Despite the Christmas question, it always seems like if I do it too early it doesn’t encompass the whole year, in any case: 1.What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Bought a house. Resigned from a job. Play-tested a … Read More

I should of course mention after the last musing that I am expecting tomorrow to be a vastly civilised affair. The amount of drivers, teetotals and people avoiding alcohol does mean that virgin coctails will be much in evidence tomorrow. It should be quite the refined houseparty.