What have I missed?

Yes, another trip to New Zealand has meant yet more frantic catching up, and having had minimal internet access while upside down means I have no idea what’s gone on legal-wise while I was away. Although, as you can see, it was a terrible hardship being there while it snowed (AGAIN) here….

I must dig around post-haste, to see if any of my normal activities have been made illegal while I was away, cos, y’know, apparently, ignorance of the law is no defence. Or something…*sighing, while checking that papercrafting and internet pottering haven’t been outlawed*

Being a proper book geek

Yes, I am going wild, and gallivanting out of my library nest to…a bookshop.
More specifically, an event run by the Edinburgh Bookshop on March 3rd, to celebrate the launch of Alexander McCall Smiths’ new Number One Ladies Detective Agency book, “The Double Comfort Safari Club”.

Although I do like his books, this isn’t an outing for me: it’s actually an important mission on behalf of someone else, who loves his books, but lives on slightly the wrong continent to actually get to meet the author, or have him deface….erm…sign a book for them.
So adventuring I shall go…and I have a spare ticket reserved…anyone wanna join me?

I don’t know why they don’t make this more visible…

….I mean, the Scottish Courts logo doesn’t look at all like a rude hand signal, oh no, not at all.

Of course, the logo / image used on their site is a far nicer “lion with paws full of arcane stuff”, so maybe the “bird” version is an outdated one.

I may have blogged about this before, I may not, who knows, I’m currently functioning (or not) in a sleep deprived daze.
Is it the weekend yet?
Can I go home now?

If all else fails, call the Doctor!

“Knock knock?

Who’s there?
The Doctor?
Doctor who?
You just said it!”
Yup, that pretty much summed up the height of wit and humour in my early childhood…have you heard the one about the two fish in a tank?
Anyway, that minor flashback was triggered by reading this story, about a school library using a lifesize, working (well, apart from the kinda odd internal dimensions and time-travel aspects) replica of Dr Whos Tardis.
It certainly makes it a bit more fun than my school library was – it’s great when departments can work together to make the unexpected happen 🙂