maudlin

Oh, really.

"The problem is that we think the opposite of funny

is serious. It is not. In fact, the opposite of funny is

not funny, and the opposite of serious is not serious."

-excerpt from Terry Pratchett's

Carnegie Medal acceptance speech

.

The thrill of entering a bookshop can be so severely dimmed by the disappointment of realising that there isn't much there you particularly want to read - but hey, why not give some new stuff a shot? :D

the return of...

...the Internet. Thank heavens for that.

A fluke shot during a walk near Westminster Abbey last year.

"Think of it as a dance routine where you not only want
to lead, but you also really want to kill your partner."