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I can't seem to stay interested enough to watch anything right through to the last episode at the moment. I watch so far, then just lose interest.
Latest casualties have been Mindhunters at episode 6 and American Gods at episode 7. I struggled on as long as I could.

I'm actually using Baxter's Beef Consomme. Apparently this drink can be consumed hot or over ice...

Bought all the makings of Bloody Mary and Bullshot (and by extension, Bloodshot), this weekend. I'm going to stay in and have a taste-off.

Latest volume of Grandville on the way, signed by the legendary Bryan Talbot.

Another couple of episodes of Discovery, and two things I thought were quite funny.
A character saying "That is so fucking cool".
The fact that the crew's workout gear says DISCO across the front.
Still don't know how they are going to explain the Klingon's re-design though.

I've been thinking about getting a little scooter for commuting on. Was thinking along the lines of a Honda Cub or an imported Mobylette. Then I started looking at electric things, which are mostly very plasticky fragile looking.
Then I found this, which I love, but £8000 is a bit on the steep side!
https://www.velorution.com/urban/electric/meijs-motorman-electric-motorbike.html
I'm sure the combined talents of the forum could come up with something similar for way cheaper...

Modern air quality is "too clean", says Trump's new science guy.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358640-epa-names-industry-state-officials-to-advisory-boards

Cant believe this hasn't been posted here yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmKStqugMc

^Brand new StarTrek ship can travel instantly anywhere in the galaxy using magic space mushroom spores, but the only way to navigate is by torturing a gigantic tardigrade.
Oh yes, and no member of any subsequent starfleet crew ever mentions it again.
I would love to have been at that particular script meeting.
Maybe the series will culminate in a huge accident which kills all the inter dimensional space mushrooms, but the only side effect will be that the Klingons will sprout hair.

Am only sticking with it to see if they explain how the Klingons have completely altered their appearance.

My MacBook is randomly sleeping and waking. Sometimes I can't seem to wake it up, and I have to leave it for ten minutes or so. Other times it sleeps then wakes for a few seconds, not even long enough to put my password in, before the screen goes black again.
It's very annoying, anyone else having this problem?
Any suggestions?

I've been hearing odd bangs from the communal hallway in the last week or so, and I had put it down to kids fucking about with the letterbox or something.
However, today I woke up to no power, all fuses blown and water pissing down the wall (over the fuse board) from the shower of the flat upstairs.
Contractors called. Leak fixed, everything dried off and fuses replaced. Email from freeholders telling me everything is fixed.
So I go home and flip the switch back on, cue enormous bang, a shower of sparks and a hallway full of smoke.
It's been shorting out inside the fuse box for at least a week, hence the banging noises, but worryingly its taken this long to actually blow a fuse, and after the big bang and the sparks the fuses are all intact.

I drove into the meet up with that bike!

Not specifically Norton women, but there were some very elegantly attired ladies (and gentlemen) about.
Photographer was http://www.fabioaffuso.com, will be in touch...

DGR. Disappointed with it this year.
The meeting point was a bit soulless, but more importantly it was too far out of town at the Olympic Park (and not well signposted). The distance meant that the natural flow of traffic had split everyone up by the time we got to the first big landmark of Tower Bridge, and it might as well have been a normal commute. I went over the bridge as normal, filtering up the middle in single file with a little group of bikes. Considering the organisers said there were at least 1200 bikes at the start, there didn't seem to be any atmosphere.
This was my third one and I'm not sure I'll bother again. The previous two have been brilliant, riding three or four abreast in a huge swarm of bikes, but today was underwhelming and just like riding in traffic on any ordinary day. Given that today's weather was fantastic, it would have been much better spent out on some real roads out of town.
To top it all off, I got to embankment and decided I'd had enough, I couldn't see the point of fighting through the traffic to Stratford, only to turn around and come home again. I thought I'd have a five minute breather before heading home, then found that three blown fuses and a flat battery made it impossible to start the bike again.
Waited 2 hours for SOS recovery. Not their fault, but annoying, and a crappy end to a disappointing ride.
I did get headhunted by a proper photographer because of my suit though, so it wasn't all bad.

I don't think the set-off is until 11, you've got time for a bit of a lie-in.

is bloody miles away though
The first one I did started in the carpark behind dirty burger on kentish town road, much more convenient.

Yup

Shin of beef from The Ginger Pig.
Marinated for 36 hours in a bottle of good wine.
Simmered for 6 hours with a bunch of stuff,
Fuck.
Ing.
Hell.

Especially the third track, which starts at 5:25. Totally fucking bonkers.

or the whole album of electronic noodle jazz funk strangeness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2547h4gbvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWRAYzYPrRk&feature=youtu.be

I have never gone full kilt, but I do have a pair of trews in MacNaughton Hunting, which go mightily well with a dinner jacket. I suppose I will bow to the inevitable and get a kilt at some stage.
If you are after any kind of kilt or accessories in London, I heartily recommend kilts4all, who are really friendly and a few minutes walk from King's Cross.
http://www.kilts4all.com/index.html

Are mumps always plural?
Can you get only one mump?

Lunch at the German Gymnasium again today. Always good.