Weighed in this morning and realized that, as Mr wol complained last week, that I can only read the new scales when it is a big number. New scales and old scales disagree too which be a bugger. Will have to get Mr Wol to check my figures but I think I have lost another 3 pounds but maybe only 2. In a Cafe Paradiso week and an otherwise not terribly ( Read more... )

Radio 4's '28 acts in 28 minutes' comedy programme had a gemn of a one minute poem from Roger McGough today. This is how I transcribed it as best I could.
( cut for length - lots of short lines )

For anyone who is a fan of the absurd may I recommend going to the BBC Radio 4 site and streaming last night's edition of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue off the Listen Again section and paying close attention to the 'one song to the tune of another' round which was particularly fine this week. I am especially fond of 'Killing Me Softly' sung to the ( Read more... )

When I came back I promised you meaty posts and have since blogged on birds, sniffles, clowns and bras - and can ( Read more... )