You have no idea how long I’ve been itching to write this post. The idea for it came into my head… oh, about 6 months ago, when it looked very likely that I was going to achieve what everyone’s told me not to: Go from the Couch to running a Marathon in less than a [...]

I haven’t felt inspired to post much recently, largely because work’s been kindof crazy, but given that it’s April Fools Day I’m going to come out of my hole long enough to do my traditional “April Fools Day” collection. The rules? Simple: If you come across a good April fools day joke, post it in [...]

Having left my car at the embassy (I had serious balance issues) Karl was nice enough to give me a ride to my place, where I happily crashed for… a total of 5 hours, at which time my internal clock reminded me why I hated it. Fine- still a bit tipsy, working on a hangover, the first thing I did was rehydrate as fast as possible, which seems to have mitigated the worst of it. Happy that I wasn’t feeling as crappy as I did before, I head off via public transportation to go collect my car in chilly, but sunny weather. As I finally got off the bus on Wightman and headed towards my car, I reached for my keys…