We had two people to stay on Sat night - jabberworks and Mark Stafford - which made for a fun sociable time at breakfast before we headed out back to the East Oxford Community Centre. For some reason Mark had given Sarah some fruit - a mango, kiwi, and coconut - so I had fun opening up the coconut with me trusty hammer, with both of us having first struggled ( Read more... )

Stormin'.

The convention started for me on the Friday, with the departure for London and the retrieval of main guest Carla Speed McNeil and husband Michael from the entrails of Heathrow (with a diversion through to Brentford to pick up mzdt on the way). Much coffee and fidgetting later, the CSM staggered out of the double doors looking panda-like from ( Read more... )

Meant to take these photos and post 'em yesterday, but never mind.


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Spotted on a wanky car advert -- something like 'Handjob also included'.

Spotted on the really annoying PG Tips advert (the one that seems to rubbish fair trade tea in favour of 'freeing the tea' using a pyramidal tea bag): 'Free the people not the tea'.

Good old Cowley Road.