Tristram Shandy...

...by Sterne and Rowson.

Yup. Comic book version of 18th century classic. Very silly. Very fine. Some really quite wonderfully obscene pictures.

The ravens enjoy late birthday presents--especially when they're that good.

Tuesday is Mystery Day

Switched Dinky Delilah on. Little icon indicated new text message. Could we find it? No. Did we consult user instructions to make sure we weren't missing anything? Yes. Few enough people know our mobile number that we could send a message to each of them and find out. We're busy. If it was really important, they'll try again presumably.

Probably just some wrinkle in the system. But mildly irritating not knowing for sure.

Theremin (alternative uses for)

They're very good for googlewhacking.

OK, we know, it's only an alternative use for the word.