xkcd

Dunno whether or not this is within forum rules but I've got this ad on craigslist. If anyone in the UK is interested please get in touch. Of course, if this sort of thing's out of bounds let me know.

Can't pin it down to one specific book but I've got a batch of desert island/burning house books. In no order: Albert Camus' The Fall, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five, Douglas Adams' H2G2, Philip Dick's Valis and Chuck Palahnuik's Survivor collectively represent a loose of approximation of my ow...

Currently reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and a couple of DSP textbooks.

Growing up as a callow youth in an area with a lot of squaddies we used to have this thing called the Pernod kid challenge. I'll leave the details to imagination. I like to think I've moved on since then. Anyway, if I see Morgan's spiced behind a bar I'll automatically order a rum & coke on refl...

Made okonomiyaki this morning (well, just now technically) using a house mate's leftover batter, another house mate's leftover spuds and my own leftover bubble. Friday night was more interesting; made a phall (I've something of an itch for putting holes in my tongue). No strict recipes but rather a ...

Worst beer that I, in my snobby CAMRA way, consider actual beer, I've ever encountered? Camerons Roaring Lion which tasted of catpiss. If I'm eating spicy food like a good phall or anything Mexican then I'm usually fine with crappy macro lagers.

Last one was Peter Brotzmann's Full Blast trio, with Ken Vandermark guesting. Next one will be either The Haters or Jailbreak (Heather Leigh & Chris Corsano) depending on which one sells out first.

Dream Theatre's Majesty Demos (Cry for Freedom at exact time of posting). Before that I was listening to the Claymore soundtrack and before that I was listening to number station recordings.

From a pure literature standpoint, I'm currently two lining One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Erica Wagner's Rainbow. That's ignoring all the research papers and textbooks I've been mainlining recently.

My standard gotos tend to be bog standard builder's tea in a mug or Earl Grey, although I'll happily hunt down a good green or something oriental. I usually insist on lemon with EG which is a little snobby, I suppose.