Happy birthday, Commodorified!

I went to commodorified's birthday party, and had a great time. Forty-year-old Port and blue cheese. Saw some friends I haven't seen in ages, a few of whom I didn't except to see.

I walked to the party, which turns out to have been a mistake. Now my ankle is hurting annoyingly. Time to ice it, and go to bed.

Complaining loudly for a moment here...

My ankle has gone insane. Totally insane. Over the space of twelve hours I went from walking freely and normally to needing a cane again.

Ugh.

The End of Time...

Christmas is cancelled. Eeeeeeee! Bring it on! Love the shot of the Master shooting and the Doctor and the Doctor striding forward, coat flapping, backlit by flames.

"The End of Time" is less than three weeks away. Three weeks!

Seven Blunders of the World...

Seven Blunders of the World

1. Wealth without work
   
2. Pleasure without conscience
   
3. Knowledge without character
   
4. Commerce without morality
   
5. Science without humanity
   
6. Worship without sacrifice
   
7. Politics without principle
   
   — Mahatma Gandhi
   
   

Torchwood: Bay of the Dead...

Bay of the Dead by Mark Morris. I'd been saving it because it was the last of the Torchwood novels on my bookshelf; but I was desperate for new Torchwood material so I read it all in one fell swoop.

It turns out to be a zombie novel. Now, unlike so many of my friends and acquaintances, I am not charmed by zombies. I avoid zombie stories. Okay, I did watch Shaun of the Dead and maybe even laughed, but zombies just aren't my thing.

So I wouldn't have read this, except it was Torchwood. No complaints, really: it's not my favourite of the Torchwood novels, but I wasn't bored or annoyed, and it had its moments. ( For example... )