Hornless B

Some Vikings invaded the local park the other week. They were very friendly though there was a bit of pursuit with spears going on at times. We did get a rebate on our Danegeld though, in the form of some freshly-minted sliver pennies as you can see below.



They seem to have gone away now which is useful as they were beginning to confuse the dog walkers who thought they might be a Draconian response to the fouling problem.

The new notebook has been broken open and with it I have defined a new system for notes and decided on keeping it neater. First up is this article ABOUT CAPS - YOU MUST READ IT. I'm not sure that anyone should lose their job for using all CAPS but a quiet word (possibly in italics) might be in order. And loosely connected to notebooks is my daughter's purchase of a perfectly formed facsimile of The Journal of Impossible Things - the dream diary of John Smith from the Human Nature episode of Doctor Who. Because it came with a sonic screwdriver pen, I was convinced that this would be a throw-away cash-in but it turns out to have 72 printed pages of rough notes in terrible handwriting, interleaved with charcoal drawings of many of the things from the recent series. Fantastic value! I can only hope that whoever created it has been well paid - this really is like a window between the real world and the Whoniverse.

Daughter has also bought and constructed a half-scale cardboard Dalek which is currently creating further restrictions to entering her room by being stuck to the door.