So I was in the Ibis hotel around midnight with some stray Malboros waiting for a minicab to deliver me elsewhere. This would be the beginning of a story except for the fact that all the major events preceeded it. So it became a lonely night... I've just been reading some of your posts about the picnic, which made me smile; now little words on the screen are people, and what a crowd! Hehe, one of the nicest bunches of people ever, all shining in the rain; shivering outside the pub, so far from home, the music starting to play; the warm feeling rising like dawn under the skin: see how I'm getting all mushy now? Evidently the 'bank holiday' was not one on my own workplace's calendar, so there was some hungover laughing-off of my unexpected absence yesterday. Building Control were on strike, cutting short a few calls. And, to the person with the leg that needs to get better, may you recover quickly. And, to the person with the hand that is slowly getting better: no worries; you're a darling. Make that carreer happen! And visit the National Portrait Gallery by Trafalgar Square: there is this fantastic electronic portrait of a neuroscientist down in the basement: entry is free; then go up the escalator to see the portraits of Queen Liz 1's prime courtier: the expression on his face is priceless and the paint is so glossy. 500 year's worth of cool. 3 years of red underwear. 500 more years to you all. #:) Gordon (Rousseau) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ August 27th Sinister Third Birthday Red Underwear Day ++++++ ++++++ ++++++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+