Nice!

I wish I still drank beer. These days it's strictly come cocoa..

2392 eh?

Yes, the news is mostly distraction. However well-meaning some journals and excellent some journalists may be, the industry is fuelling low morale on the whole. London is definitely powered by laundered

Yes Buddhism teaches a very different attitude to death, separating physical death from the journey of the soul. Nice choice of illustrations and photos.

Aside from cultural conditioning, my interest in alcohol goes back to age 11. I didn't have a lot of boozy adult examples around me, it was just curiosity on my part. I think if you're a certain kind of

I'm very good at stopping, loads of practice :-)

Thanks. I have to write, it's in my blood. Much easier to just keep that particular juice flowing in my veins. Room for one more on top!

A healthy self-critic is necessary for progress. Honest self-appreciation is necessary for balance.

I don't believe it's badly researched, you're too generous. It's what they used to call a 'tissue of lies' - i.e. containing quite deliberate falsehoods.

Moaning always works (but not in the way you imagine... )

Shillings, mmmmmm! Half a crown and a guinea please. I find the whole thing both futuristic and nostalgic, which I guess makes it contemporary, which is better than temporary. Probably.

I think I may have some idea ;-)

Excellent. So your account emerged then!

Going weee weee weee all the way home ;-)

Thanks for the optimism :)

Why, thank you, kind sir