"Well, I'm back," he said.

[liadnan]

Happy New Year, somewhat belatedly. Had a very good Christmas and quiet New Year with parents. Small children not too annoying and didn't last long, only had one shouting match (with my mother, about the relationships of characters in The Archers and whose memory was more rubbish), lots of good presents, including a bottle of spectacularly good and, I suspect, seriously expensive Scotch from my brother and his wife, and the catalogue to the Lloyd-Webber exhibition from Kate. Oh and a tax demand from Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inland Revenue chiz chiz.

I don't really have time to comment on the 240 or so posts by the lot of youse since I last looked in. Actually, that isn't quite true as it seems no one wants to play tonight, but I'm buggered if I'm going to spend Friday evening sitting in an internet cafe.

I have various things to write about myself, including conclusions on Jackson's Lord of the Rings; board games with specific reference to Cluedo; pheasant; and madeira; but I shall save them up otherwise I shall run out of topics with which to bore you by March.

Comments

Hello !

[dr-lovely.livejournal.com]

It is nice to have you back Marcus. I've had nothing to read for ages. Are you all having a party at Jules' tomorrow ?

Re: Hello !

[liadnan]

So it seems. We tried to convince Adele to drive us but she wasn't having any of it. Rob isn't coming because he's worried about his Year End or something.

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

Hulllllllo.

I'm rather put out I don't have anything about pheasant and madeira to read about. It's been frightfully dull 'round these parts and that all sounds at least marginally interesting.

So don't go saving too long. All the relevant details will go missing.

[liadnan]

Patience, patience. All good things come to those who wait, the same is true of bad things.

[fairymelusine.livejournal.com]

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Whining, on the other hand, I excel at.

Be warned.

[greyarea.livejournal.com]

You had a row about the *archers*? Rowing presumes knowledge, to me - are you a fan?

[liadnan]

On and off. It's the only soap I bother to keep track of. I occasionally listen to the Sunday omnibus, and Radio 4 is pretty much permanently on when I'm at parents' (no TV you see). Having said that, mum actually gave up listening properly years ago.

The horrific truth I discovered last night, in the course of the entire tower of books in my room falling down and my rediscovery of the Guide to the Archers, is that she was actually right.

[greyarea.livejournal.com]

Marvellous. Will you be admitting this to her?

[liadnan]

Can I have notice of that question?