I
slept much better last night; only waking an hour before the alarm
was due to go off. Over a spot of brekkie I watched another episode
of "Flowers"; a very odd show.
I
quickly had a look-see on-line. Not much had happened overnight.
The
morning's news gave me a wry smile. Not so much news as tittle-tattle
really. Apparently the Quenn found Chinese officials to be very rude
recently. She made a private comment to that effect, and it is all
over the tabloids. Simularly the Prime Minister's private
comments about corruption in Nigeria and Afganistan have
been made public.
Interestingly
no one is actually claiming that anything said by the Queen or the
Prime Minister is factually wrong...
I've
no dealings with the Chinese or the Afgans, but I distinctly remember
a Nigerian chap with whom I worked telling me he thought the British
system of working was odd in that managers in the UK (generally)
didn't openly invite bribes for favours in the workplace.
I
stopped off at Morrisons on the way to work to get some sausage
rolls. We'd planned to have a picnic at work this lunchtime. Everyone
had brought in all sorts of goodies to scoff. We had quite a feast
piled up in the rest room this morning, and we all spent the morning
glancing out of the window. The early torrential rain eventually
subsided into a mere downpour. By mid day the rain had abated, but
the ground outside was saturated so we had a picnic lunch inside.
We
had far too much to eat; I spent much of the afternoon with something
of a stomach ache.
I
came home to find the postman had been. I've received a few copies of
the book in which a couple of my stories were published. These ones
are for family; my mum will actually like it, the fruits of my loins
will pretend to like it, and "er indoors TM"
is already using her copy to prop up a wonky table.
I
must admit I'm a little disappointed that this book hasn't been the
earth-shattering success for which I'd hoped. You can get it on
paperback or in e-format from Amazon by
clicking here. I'll even sign it for you. Twice...
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