Puir wee lamb

She's a sad sight. She had a ticket to see Ed Harcourt at Oran Mor tonight but the poor little sad sack is too knackered for stand up, crowded, noisy fun.

And.

Insult to injury. Vashti Bunyan is on Radcliffe & Maconie. She - Ms. Bunyan - sounds like a lovely woman - but the look on Madame's wan wee face would crack a granite heart. Good job that I'm heartless. She's trying to get me to join her in a game of Mousetrap.

It's board games or knitting. She's been having a look at some of her craft books today and is thinking about attempting some Big Knitting. Something smallish and simple on biggish needles. By coincidence Althea Merback's beautiful wee pieces of miniature knitting got a mention on BoingBoing today. Lovely stuff.

Ah. She's just perked up a bit. The Scaremongers are making her happy. Yes, it is that Simon Armitage.

Just time for some Coulter's Candy before bed. Remember and brush your teeth after! Night night.

for Nomi

discovered via tastesthesame.

Off to celebrate the announcement that our glorious leader - Tiny Blur I believe he's called - is stepping down. Not sure what he's been standing on but it sound like a Good Thing that he's stopping. I'm not much of a political animal but at least his potential replacement Paddington Brown does have the good taste to come from Fife. Always a wise choice. And I do think that it will be comforting to have a bear in power. Even if he does like marmalade and duffle coats. A warm and sticky combination.

So, all this excitement and the promise of a special 48 page commemorative pull-out in the Guardian tomorrow. How will I sleep?

Three before sulking

I was going to start an introduction to my forthcoming study "The menage a trois and the television trio". I was going to make some highly intelligent comparisons between "Jules et Jim" and "Bill and Ben". Were they both influenced by the tensions in the relationships between Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo? I was going to go on to talk about Sooty, Sweep and Sue. Mention the Fimbles. Did Rod, Jane and Freddy prepare the audience for Alfonso Cuarón's film "Y tu mamá también"? But no, she's been out - probably to the pub - and she's tired. "Some of us have work tomorrow" apparently. Humpf. Apparently her comfort is more important than my intellectual growth. I don't know what Tom Paulin would do - write a poem about it? -but I'm going to sulk. Maybe I'll write a poem too. An epic saga of sulk.