Welcome back. I let this thing go to pot -- forgot to renew the URL and the webspace and have just managed to get my act together. Apologies to anyone foolish (kind enough) to think I'd get my act together at all. I'm pleased you read this occasionally. This site's a work in progress so don't be too critical yet. Amused myself today reading through three years of archives. It's lovely to have a look back sometimes.

Last few months: Birthday at a hysterical, drunken murder mystery party in Norfolk. Weekend in Baroque Vienna experiencing the oddity of Oktoberfest in a gay bar. Braved renting a car and drove to Devon to celebrate Thanksgiving in a country house (baked a turkey and didn't poison anyone.) Trip to California for Christmas and lovely days lounging in my mom's flat. Home for New Year's and back at work.

Robert's moved to London for a semester in bucolic Runnymeade. Already I'm worn out from the bars, big dinners, and boozing but that should quiet down soon.