I tried to be on the balcony but after three minutes the neighbours began to smoke below. That's one downside to living in a block of flats. I don't like children's screaming but it's tolerable ( Read more... )

*The Christmas cactus has big buds. They are dark pink in colour. Perhaps it's an Easter cactus after all ( Read more... )

At least I can listen to Pet Shop Boys. And Márc Almond. Is this just a gay phase???

I played Civilization yesterday and I will today as well. It's a game in progress... I'm not doing terribly well -- in fact I have the least cities the least civilization cards -- but it's still a good game ( Read more... )