Friends

(Although as Holdfast, my dining companion, pointed out, being a psychiatrist really only qualifies you to ask "so, how do you feel about having fainted?")

And yes, she was just fine.

Finch, Jason. "Revisiting Maldon and the 'Homecoming'." Amon Hen 198 (2006): 15-17.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Guillermo-del-Toro-Talks-to-Dragons-10439.html

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00018850.html

adaese

Why does my medicine come in packets of 4, 5 or 10 sachets? Small packets (containing, say, 5 sachets) and large packets (10) I can understand; but why 4?

And why does it say you should consult your pharmacist if you suffer from " ...; kidney or liver problems; non-cirrhotic liver disease; ... " (a) Is non-cirrhotic liver disease not covered by "liver problems"? (b) Is cirrhotic liver disease not a "liver problem"?

Things I never expected to see, #281: a panelist on Never Mind the Buzzcocks wearing a tweed three-piece suit. Even I don't have a tweed three-piece suit. (My father does, though. Several. In fact, he probably has some four-piece suits).

Have you read Dianna Wynne Jones' The Game? Did you enjoy it? Did you get all the references?

There should be a word for picking up a milk bottle, only to find you've put your thumb on a slug. "Yuck" just doesn't hack it.

Please comment here and post a blank one on your own journal.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What sign are you? (original question was for zodiac but I find that kind of boring, so any kind of sign!)
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) Is your career path what you expected?
27) Where's your favorite place to hang out?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

parrot_knight

Peter Mandelson is back in the Cabinet for the third, yes, count them, third time! I guess I shouldn't have packed away my "Bring Back Mandy" mug so prematurely. I was thinking nostalgically of the days when bringing back Mandy seemed like a possibility. How little I knew...

Also, we are told by the BBC that Margaret Beckett (see icon) will also be returning, possibly as "cabinet enforcer." Is it wrong that I love that image?

British politics suddenly got exciting again. My two favorite people. :)

ETA: Says Martin Kettle: "Perhaps not since the fleet sent out the message that Winston Churchill was back as first lord of the admiralty in 1939 has there been a more remarkable political return from exile than this."

ETA 2: Housing? Surely not. What's the point of bringing her back in and then giving her Housing? The Guardian has a short article on the mystery over Margaret Beckett. I can't help wondering if she's holding out for a peerage for Leo or something like that.