Got pointed in the direction of this blog entry where the blogger has scanned in pages from womens magazines from days gone by - - A Hole in the Head, one of the articles mentions 'he lost his leg in a boiler accident', presumably something which could happen on any given saturday night in the Bigg Market in Newcastle. As the blogger says, they are kind of tragic. Seeing the photograph of the lady with the collection of ceramic toothpick holders reminds me of the '70s where no home was complete without a thimble collection.

Life goes on. Weirdly, so does autumn as the temperature leaps back from hovering around zero to 10-15 degrees, a record for this part of Sweden. One of the many local free rags (other than metro, we have City and .SE) was extolling us to throw away our gloves and get out sunbathing. Yeah, right.

Reading: Eats shoots and leaves (grammar rant), Hellblazer, Transmetropolitan, Fables and other assorted comic book goodies from the local library.