Woke (if you can call it that) up at 05.00 to get stuff together.  Apparently my being pale and wan was noted and suspected to be hangover but I know the goat in red wine stew was too rich for little old me.  Coffee did it's trick and I was much more accepting of food and the universe.  We own a fondue set (which will be broken out when we start ( Read more... )

It's very nice out here.  
Sleep elusive but successfully tracked down once the fan went on.
Local firewater is like grappa but a little more grape in it.
Wine obscenely cheap and good quality.
Food is impressive - just don't ask for English food.
Back later.

I've somehow managed to tear a shoulder muscle one day before going on holiday.  Gah!

In other news...

...a shocking discovery that scientists don't know how a taser actually works.  Here comes the science.  Or not.
...CCTV has caught sperm whales stealing cod off fishing lines.  Now that's a camera too far surely?

Things are moving at a steady pace.  Yesterday absintheskiss  bought me a metric xenoload of Dark Heresy books.  Bye bye productivity!  Here's a terrible confession - I feel intimidated by the amount of stuff that's in these books.  FFS, I could probably quote old World of Darkness canon backwards and forewards at you until your head spun but this stuff is ( Read more... )