• 17:59 @warrenellis Sadly no, but I’m thinking about going back there. The only alternative is trying to kill the goblin living in the cupboard. #

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• 12:14 @splinister The Wolvie trailer has been taken down. Copyright. #
• 12:36 @splinister As I’m following @marvel on twitter, I’m pretty sure I’ll find out when they do. #
• 13:13 Trying to think of new veggie recipes that don’t have tomatoes, peppers or aubergines in. Bah. #
• 13:25 I love the LGC. Only there could we have a conversation about merkins becoming a practical discussion of the merits of vag visors. #
• 13:25 And it’s a cycling forum. #
• 13:27 I’m actually waiting for the water to heat up so I can give Shackleton a bath. He am be filthy. #
• 15:32 Right. One moderately clean bicycle. Not my usual standards but it’s bloody freezing out there! #
• 16:44 @splinister Yeah, and I haven’t changed my euros back yet. Blast. #

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• 13:42 @splinister No! I shall not! I shall not go there! I have to tidy the flat today. #
• 13:42 Must tidy today or else will not have time to give bike a bath tomorrow and go to gym. #
• 14:04 Right. Coffee time. #

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• 15:08 @splinister Ew! #
• 15:08 Just back from having car asessed. Oh dear 🙁 At least I’m not paying for it. #
• 15:41 @splinister Oh, we could be looking at A LOT of money. New bumper, new towbar, rear floor staved in, struts need replacing… #
• 17:18 @splinister Hmmm. That may swing my inclination to go see it. Have you been? #
• 18:16 @splinister I just managed to find a block of Willie’s Wonky Chocolate which I am going to use in a chill. A rare tomato treat. #
• 18:20 @warrenellis What lubricant would sir prefer? #
• 18:40 @splinister tinyurl.com/3ynbxy #
• 23:01 @andygates Yep. My Deadpool is oh so much better. #

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I’m working from home today as a result of my still-dodgy digestive system making riding to work very tiring (my car is awaiting garage treatment after someone ran into it on Sunday night).

Taking a break from the serious stuff (well, everyone in the office is away for their Christmas meal about now, to which I was supposed to be going but can’t, as the only substances I can keep down are boiled rice and tea/coffee/boiled water) I mosied on over to world outside the dayjob, where, pointed at Alternative Culture mag Coilhouse by a twittering Warren Ellis (of The Authority), I found myself captivated by a strange music video.

The song is called Souvenir de Chine and it’s by a Swiss pair called Larytta. Sounds like it was made on some sort of 70s harmonium, which means it was probably created on a computer and kurreltheraven is already trying to produce something better on his Commodore 64 array. The video is by Körner Union who, from their website, are a couple of acorns short of a squirrel’s winter larder. Or, at least, have the sort of sense of humour that would make Frood grin.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=306MUlh054Y]

Also, my friend Rupert liked it.

• 11:25 Back at work. Not impressed. Head full of what feels suspiciously like wet, scrunched-up spider silk & stomach made of clenched fist. #
• 12:04 @splinister There was sunshine while I was over! #
• 12:05 Currently only able to stomach plain boiled rice and boiled drinks. Don’t know what I’m going to do for lunch as I’m riding today. #
• 12:05 Still. At least I can drink coffee again. Not as much as I’d like… #
• 21:08 It was so cold on the ride home I had to wear three buffs, including my polartec one. Roads frozen. I looked like a microfleece ninja! #

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• 11:35 @andygates That is so awesome. Retweeting for @tragerstreit tinyurl.com/63hglg #
• 13:26 I think my head is going to explode from too much pattern matching while feeling sick. Also I have a fever. #

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• 13:55 @splinister Sorry to hear that. How long has it been since you last saw her? #
• 14:06 @splinister Yeah, I know. It was why I was so ticked off not to be able to get down to London when @kurreltheraven was in the UK. #
• 14:06 So are you doing the con in 2010 then? #
• 17:57 @warrenellis Are you saying that Bruce Lee is the cinematic equivalent of cowbells? I thought that was Christpher Walken. #
• 20:04 @splinister That sounds nice, actually. #
• 20:04 @splinister Still prefer "Jam jam jam jam jam jam bleurgh!" #

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• 15:12 Is wondering WTF is going on with @andygates. #
• 15:18 I’m going to see if miso soup will stay down. #

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Viked from Calum:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUNUuqlG1a0]

This is the inevitable pastiche of the BNP membership leak, or at least the imagined response of its members. I think Munky will like it.

If that’s not enough poking fun at the racist, xenophobic morons for you, go blah a bit with Nelson.

Now excuse me while I curl up under a blanket with a basin within handy reach.