Hello As usual I am in a rush but in danger of relaxing too much: I have a flight to catch. Welcome to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Court-NAY. Anyone going to the picnic in Greenwich? I shall be wearing my favourite 'out of town in town' moleskin trousers, old-man shoes and a tattered jacket. And red underwear, of course, in tribute to honey's third birthday party, even if honey might not be around in person.... aw. Maybe can be persuaded or maybe I'm not up to date. I suggest anyone wishing to test their theories of genetic cloning should check into #philosophy for a bit to do it live: quite good fun once you get past the interminable references to books one has perhaps never read, or even heard of. Hehe, I can't resist: my stick is thrown in the direction of progress aligning with optimism and hope: there's too much misery in the world to be conservative, and I refer not to existential *ennui* but to simple lack of health, food and water for our nice fellow human beings. Life is a flexible concept, after all, and I would prefer to see happy grown-ups with a future than DNA any time. For anyone who doesn't know already, the highly respected Scots man of letters and images, Mister Alasdair Gray, Sir, is going to do the illustrations for a book of Belle and Sebastian song lyrics. After spending the best part of fifteen years compiling his momentous historic tome *The Book of Prefaces* the great man is currently up some step ladders in a wee road just close to Glasgow University repainting a mural he did ages ago, up the stairs of *The Ubiquitous Chip* (a recommended restaurant, complete with indoor wintergarden) 'indoor wintergarden' is tautologous, by the way... Now I have to put this junky pile of clothes into a bag in about, say, five minutes See yas all later in one way or another, Gordon (Rousseau) P.S. I've been experimenting with side-on smiley faces: :) simple loveable #:D muzzy fringe bloke @;{} PUNKA girlie etc..... (:x kissing person P.P.S. Wish me some of your speed, certain person #:D an' I'll be right with you +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+