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I’m tired, miserable and slightly hungover but the The Surrealist Compliment Generator still made me smile…

Have just had a very pleasant break in the New Forest which is a very lovely part of England. I’m tempted to create a list of “top five places to ship fat Americans who want the whole Great Britain experience”. So far: New Forest, London, Edinburgh and the Lake District.

Anyway, lots and lots of photos of ponies and trees have been taken. Hopefully some of them will look okay when they’re cropped, manipulated, folded, mutated, spindled and generally sorted out. And when they’re ready you will be the first to know!

Had a wander down from London Bridge over the last long weekend, where I took this classic postcard shot of Tower Bridge (okay, the postcards are usually when you’ve got better weather but hey):

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The bridge between Canary Wharf and West India Quay

Went to a rather good party last night at Barry’s place in Guildford - good fun, and met up with the people that I only seem to bump into at these things - like Ling, who is a really cool guy and not as psychotic as he looks in this photo:

Also had my first experience of Barry DJing on his decks:

All very impressive. Would like to become superstar DJ also but am sadly lacking in a) equipment, b) time and c) talent…

As many feline-afflicted geeks know, a cat will go mad for a laser pointer. However, someone all the way back in 1993 was sufficiently motivated to patent the idea: United States Patent: 5,443,036

The amazing British Museum was the afternoon’s distraction on Sunday. We covered about another 5% of it in the couple of hours we spent wandering around…

The great spectacle however is the roof of the great court, which elegantly joins the outer walls of the quad to the inner cylinder of the old British Library.

Went on a brief trip to Tate Modern recently, where we were relatively impressed to see that the quality of the street entertainment seems to be radically improving! Most impressive is the “why didn’t I think of that” idea of playing the violin while balancing on a (not-so) tightrope:

If you’re not aware, Zero 7 are the purveyors of the ultimate in chilled out not-quite-jazz melodies. Quite good fun to listen to, which is why I got some tickets to see them live.

The gig was pretty good although it’s never going to be terribly exciting what with the relaxing music and all. But I really like Brixton Academy as it’s a venue with a quality setup and a curvy floor…