2011 — 17 January: Monday
Having just heard a variant1 of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" I'm reminded of the amazing story in The Word about the late-in-life riches that Dave Atkins experienced when Madonna covered one of his songs ("Sepheryn") turning it into "Ray of Light" over two decades after he'd quit the business. "Add a word. Take a third" is the saying, it seems.
The current heaviness of the rain is ruling out any chance of an early start to our planned walk. It's 08:46 and far too moist out there just now. [Pause] Today's walk will now occur tomorrow.
Pottering and pondering
I've been looking at SQLite.
Exploiting the merest sliver of blue sky, I've just whizzed out on a brief supplies run and will now venture out again, slightly further afield. It's a good way of attacking the mild depression that the weather seems to induce at this time of year. (Well, that's my excuse — but I am retired, you know!) It's 11:49 and counting.
And I'm back, wallet undamaged, just in time for a spot of lunch. It's 13:02 and kindly stayed dry for me to, and from, the End of the Hedge.
Hot stuff
I'm using the grill on my new gas cooker for the first time this year. And for, perhaps, the third time in its short life so far :-)
Somewhat later
Back from a welcome cuppa at Brambridge with my obliging neighbour. I promised to post this link for him — Portable apps, heh? I was also quite taken by the iPad I inspected in "Best Buy" though, just as interesting, is the range of competitors now circling and snapping at it. There's a neat graphic here illustrating the terrain. And now I've just heard that poor Steve Jobs is taking more time out to deal with his pancreatic cancer.
As I listen to...
... another podcasted dollop of Kermode and Mayo (I've just heard Colin Farrell talking wittily about "In Bruges" when he should have been promoting "London Boulevard") I've been browsing the list of Golden Globe winners and was delighted to see that Claire Danes won one for her incredible portrayal of Temple Grandin. Yea!
About to call it a day having refreshed2 the video lists here.