Everything counts in large amounts.

• Don't go to Dubai. Online petition here. Further reading: 1, 2, 3, 4. Please spread this around.

• Darwinian daily diary.

Last night I had a marvellous date with the breathtakingly beautiful and wonderful spikeylady, where we went down the Waterfront in Streatham with a pile of other poly bi perverts. The pub specialises in girly cocktails, which everyone else got smashed on, and has no real beer (though I can cope with Staropramen) but does great pizzas. Then back to her place to sit up talking rubbish for ages. I thoroughly approve of Jessamy in every way.

Today Freda greeted me with much clinging. Apparently she'd been looking at the door all evening waiting for me to say goodnight to her. BAD DADDY. Guilt. Guilt. I bounced her in the air lots this afternoon, which she liked. And is actually giving me rippling biceps.

Tonight is pubbing for jezebel_z's birthday, but Freda is way too fractious and teething to leave to arkady alone. So I'm writing here and not tidying the pit, ahem.