I've never been a huge new year fan, but even by my standards this is not a very new yeary new year. We'd all kind of expected to get off a bit early from work, but in the event we were all still sitting there at 6pm, doing incredibly not-urgent work. Miserable buggers. And I'm working tomorrow too, so have reluctantly turned down the many, many ( Read more... )

Sadly, Leonora's cake tasted of nothing ( Read more... )

But I'm worried ( Read more... )

Good news! Alan Johnston has been freed. :)

Also, the return of the Samuel Pepys weather report, from this day in 1664:

Then up and spent the evening walking with my wife talking, and it thundering and lightning all the evening, and this yeare have had the most of thunder and lightning they say of any in man's memory...In marginally better mood ( Read more... )

We turn for today's post to Samuel Pepys, from the year 1663.

Up, and it snowing this morning a little, which from the mildness of the winter and the weather beginning to be hot and the summer to come on apace, is a little strange to us.

Sound somewhat familiar, UK peeps?

Blimey. I never realised Robert Louis Stevenson was so slashy!

Also: Samuel Johnson had Tourette's? Huh. You learn something new etc etc.

This drive-by posting brought to you by BBC4 and a tired brain.

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Christmas card from shrinetolust!!! Thank you, lovely! :)

I am tired of the winter. It goes on too long.

pepysdiary went to the pub last night and "had a very fine dinner, good musique, and a great deal of wine. We staid here very late, at last Sir W. Pen and I home together, he so overcome with wine that he could hardly go; I was forced to lead him through the ( Read more... )

I just friended Samuel Pepys. I wonder whether he'll friend me back?

Right. On with stuff.

Do read Touching Base by novanumbernine. It's creepily good.

It's our work Christmas Thing on Monday *shudders*. There is a horrific rumour going round that they might make us play party games. Apparently they're worried that we didn't have enough fun last year. Hm. Best way of remedying that might be not to make us sit in a room full of farmers, I'd have ( Read more... )