So Greenland, yeah? Why's it, you know, called Greenland? According to Tinka (who is unfortunately halfway to Denmark right now...), the name was Erik the Red's attempt at a bit of marketing - he knew Greenland was, frankly, a bit shit, but figured calling it Greenland was a sure-fire way of getting people over there. On the other side of the coin, he called Iceland that because it was pretty happening and he didn't want just anyone settling there. Smart bastard. And I always thought "the Red" bit of his name was due to his beard, not that he was a kind of viking forerunner of Alistair Campbell.

Anyhow, like I said, the flat's a fair bit emptier tonight, and I'm watching Doctor Who repeats...

*spoilers*

It was a little annoying if you've never seen the older series before, I'd have thought.

Was that a Buffy reference on the blackboard Tinka spotted (Relocate to Sunnydale)?

Um, what's the deal with teaching children to eat right? "Bananas are good for you" was the message last time round, now it's "chips are bad for you because evil aliens have put some weird oil all over them". Whatever happened to good old-fashioned jelly babies?

*end spoilers*

...to fill up the annoying silences. I'm also tempted to brush up on my Star Wars' Risk strategies to make sure I don't get completely gubbed next time.

I'm kinda stumped as to how I'm going to occupy my evenings properly for the next few days - work's going to take a lot out of me and I'm going to be stuck when it comes to opportunities for visiting galleries, museums, parks, castles and the like. Any suggestions?

Having said that, I now have another couple of books - I think that's eight purchased now, including Brewer's (trust me, I really did need that one).

OK, back to working out a way to take Dagobah without getting my arse kicked.

Dave xx

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