Just back from communicator  's poetry gig. Unfortunately I had to leave half way through, but I can happily say that I thought Communicator's contribution was really wonderful. And I wasn't the only one. At the end of her first poem (won't spoil by saying which one as I'm sure she'll post about it all) there was a warm, appreciative, involuntary 'mmm' from the audience before the applause...

Gacked from cdybedahl and communicator Your result for The Doctor Who Companion Test... Leela You are Leela. Violent and instinctive, you are a difficult companion to "tame," if you will. You don't trust things that you don't understand, and you don't act nicely towards things you don't trust. Actually, you don't act nicely to very much at all, but we're working on that...

Spent the weekend in Coventry visiting friends with steverogerson and Joshua. We stayed in the redemption hotel. As usual our room was not what we had booked, but we managed to upgrade to a room with a jaccuzzi. Spent most of the time at communicator 's house. It was lovely to meet her and her family. Everyone was very patient and loving with Joshua which gave me a lovely...

I spent a pleasant weekend in Coventry with tracey_jane , Joshua, altariel , sugol , kaylpso_v , Guy, katlinel , glitterboy1 and of course communicator , who was our host. We actually stayed overnight at the redemption_con hotel, in one of the rooms with a jacuzzi, which Tracey and I obviously tried out. I did have a moment of regret...

Fractured multiple artist , originally uploaded by abrinsky . Detail from Wing Mirror by Lorsen Camps ( www.lorsen.co.uk ) on display at the Beauty in the Disregard exhibition at the Old Gallery Leamington Spa. With permission of the artist. communicator has written about the exhibition here .

Had a really jolly evening last night. communicator  and I joined a couple of pals to go to an exhibition called Beauty in the Disregarded at the Community Arts Workshop in Leamington. I lived in Leam for some years, and am embarrassed to say I've never actually set foot in the building. There's great charm in the idea that an exhibition about beauty in the disregarded should be housed in...

I've just finished reading Derren Brown's book, Tricks of the Mind . I'm quite impressed. (Background: I'm really not a fan of stage hypnotism, and that's what I thought DB was. Recently, I'd seen posts on boing boing and Gaiman's blog that hinted there was more to him, so while off work With The Lurgy, I watched Something Wicked This Way Comes , a recording of his live show, on the tellybox....

communicator was talking about the clash between left and right ideologies - where left-wing ideologies hold society to blame, and right-wing ideologies blame the individual, and left me wondering... View Poll: #1243921

Food meme via communicator . 1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions. 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Strike out any items that you would never consider eating. 4) Optional extra: Post a comment at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results. I've also chosen to put a great big x by the things I REALLY didn't like... 1. Venison 2. Nettle...

Title: The Lady and the Temp Author: altariel Fandoms: Vorkosiverse/ Doctor Who Rating: G Word Count: 1500 Prompt: Cordelia and the Doctor. Disclaimer: Most of the humans belong to Lois. Technically the Doctor belongs to the BBC, but because of the unique way that is funded, he’s ours really. Summary: A riot of remarkable redheads. *** It was the song of freedom,...