I am currently COMPLETELY addicted to the BBC Quiz Show – "QI " with Stephen Fry as the quiz master.

Mr Fry is currently rocketing to the top of my Englishmen-I -must -meet- when -I-get- to -London list; close to Mr Izzard (although I am not revealing in which direction) and [...]

This is a new thing I am going to try for a few weeks to see if I like it – namely my favourite web cam views and other vistas (not the operating system).

Currently I am very interested in the UK, not at least because I am planning a holiday there in [...]

I was in Sydney on the weekend and ran into P, who I had been dating for a while. He is a wonderful man, and its a little sad that things ended.

But they did end and for what are, more or less, positive reasons for both of us.

He is no more perfect for [...]

Oh stop me – floral buckshot. It's Cupid 2007

I do so love flashy ways to tell someone I care – and this is definately going to feature at some point or other. What better way to get the message across than with a romantic tool that is also able to lay down [...]

Sunday afternoon.

Beer

Sunshine

People Watching

Seven Dials in London

PERFECT 

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I defy any world leader to be as funny for charity. Whatever you might say about Tony Blair, I cant see Dubya or Little Jonny Howard doing anything this imaginative.

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Have I ever mentioned my enourmous weakness for Scottish accents?

Its probably because of my childhood clarinet teacher, Mrs Badcrumble – who was Scottish and over 800 years old. Why this relates me to be getting aroused by a gaelic brough† I REALLY can't tell you.

But there you have it. 

† not an Italian [...]

I have been quiet for a long time, haven't I?

First it was dating someone. Then it was not dating him any more that was occupying my time.

And now writing is no longer a habit. Work and training are also occupying a lot of my time and attention.

But writing is something [...]

Now I was just reminded of this from my days in China.

There is a custom all over the world to take the new expat employee out for lunch on their first day and make them eat truly disgusting local delicacies – all in the name of fun. Using my seafood allergy yet again as [...]

Heard of the the Svalbard International Seed Vault?

Well those cunning Scandanavians are up to some good trying to save biodiversity on the planet. Dubbed the "doomsday vault," it will house samples of every variety of crop seed available in every country in the world. The vault's purpose is safeguard agricultural biodiversity in the [...]