morning all, fully inspired to write to the list today, i have my office window wide open and am enjoying the fact that me over-riding the central heating system is probably getting on people's nerves...excellent, life's small pleasures. also reassured to read that people in possession of that elusive thing called 'love' still like their inbox to be filled with the chatterings of random strangers (welcome back astrid!)...also jealous to read of glaswegian picnic plans being a wegie myself but one consigned to the wastelands of northern scandinavia...only kidding its actually very nice, especially this time of year, daylight is back in style, hibernation over, mysteriously tanned norwegians flooding the beer gardens...one of lifes BIG mysteries...why do scandinavian people tan so well? answers on a postcard to....blah. i'm just deeply jealous as a genetically cursed scot, but hey, you can't teach sarcasm...worth its weight in gold i'm sure...So anyway, i'm very close to becoming one of those people you read about in the sunday supplements..."joe generic shuns high paid professional career to don backpack and chase vague unformed dream around the planet...says it was the best thing he ever did but he's not so keen now on playing recorder for a living on the royal mile...but still, was the best thing he ever did, no doubt"...anyway, thats gonna be me, for better or worse. it was the perfect day to read the 'friends of heroes' quote on the bottom of rachel's sinister post..so thanks rachel! please drop money in the hat when you walk by next year though...yep, the bearded guy winging about living on the streets and not even getting a tan to show for it...how he used to make a fortune..blah, blah.... On the upside, despite never having had the opportunity to attend a sinister picnic, (did consider an igloo based option some time in january - no more carrying the fridge to the park), i can now just gatecrash a different picnic in a different city in a different country on a different continent every month...and if they don't do sinister picnics in peru then i'll just darn well have one on my own. AND, i'll report back. Ha! take care amigos

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