Toby Atkin-Wright

Last night kateaw mentioned that she really liked a song called Northern Lights by a prog rock band called Renaissance. It had been a hit back in 1978. I found it on Spotify, and we listened to it a few times. Not bad at all; later I’ll be listening to the album it’s from: A Song for All Seasons.

This morning we rolled out of bed and headed off to Morrisons to have breakfast in the café and then do the weekly shop. qidane joined us as usual, and all four of us had the veggie cooked breakfast — not bad in execution, and very reasonable at just over three quid each. Then we went to the Fairmont for a swim in the pool; the water was quite chilly today. That was followed by lunch at Andrew’s — a veggie Irish stew followed by an “impossible pudding” (a pleasant coconut and condensed milk concoction).

We bought a veggie haggis ready for tea tomorrow. Mmm I like veggie haggis, especially with brown sauce.

Kate is riding a Segway on the Wii Fit Plus at the moment.

Last night kateaw mentioned that she really liked a song called Northern Lights by a prog rock band called Renaissance. It had been a hit back in 1978. I found it on Spotify, and we listened to it a few times. Not bad at all; later I’ll be listening to the album it’s from: A Song for All Seasons.

This morning we rolled out of bed and headed off to Morrisons to have breakfast in the café and then do the weekly shop. qidane joined us as usual, and all four of us had the veggie cooked breakfast — not bad in execution, and very reasonable at just over three quid each. Then we went to the Fairmont for a swim in the pool; the water was quite chilly today. That was followed by lunch at Andrew’s — a veggie Irish stew followed by an “impossible pudding” (a pleasant coconut and condensed milk concoction).

We bought a veggie haggis ready for tea tomorrow. Mmm I like veggie haggis, especially with brown sauce.

Kate is riding a Segway on the Wii Fit Plus at the moment.

I’ve started playing Echo Bazaar, a browser-based RPG set in ‘Fallen London’, an alternative past. There are the usual stats to build up, and ‘storylets’ are unlocked by the stats reaching certain levels. Cards are added to the ‘opportunities’ deck every seven minutes, as is the ability to perform actions. The story lines and artwork are quite appealing, and it used Twitter usernames to handle multiplayer aspects of the game. (It can also post to your Twitter stream, but this isn’t required for the games, and it makes it clear that it won’t post anything without your permission.) It all seems quite fun and appealing so far; I’ll see it it maintains my interest.

Andrew pumped air into Beth’s inflatable Dalek yesterday. It is standing by the dining room table looking at us. It’s about the same height as Beth, and is the “movie” style of Dalek, with big lights on its head and a pincer arm.

A pizza is cooking in the oven for tea tonight.

I’ve started playing Echo Bazaar, a browser-based RPG set in ‘Fallen London’, an alternative past. There are the usual stats to build up, and ‘storylets’ are unlocked by the stats reaching certain levels. Cards are added to the ‘opportunities’ deck every seven minutes, as is the ability to perform actions. The story lines and artwork are quite appealing, and it used Twitter usernames to handle multiplayer aspects of the game. (It can also post to your Twitter stream, but this isn’t required for the games, and it makes it clear that it won’t post anything without your permission.) It all seems quite fun and appealing so far; I’ll see it it maintains my interest.

Andrew pumped air into Beth’s inflatable Dalek yesterday. It is standing by the dining room table looking at us. It’s about the same height as Beth, and is the “movie” style of Dalek, with big lights on its head and a pincer arm.

A pizza is cooking in the oven for tea tonight.