Watching the hydroplanes.

• New Wikipedia by me: Kalima (band), Category:Factory Benelux artists.

• RationalWiki: Isagenix.

• My Wikimedia blog: ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED.

arkady asks the world: "How do you market your skills and sell yourself as an artist? How do you turn talent into earnings? I seriously need to learn." Because basically, we need the fucking money. She has a Facebook page (please like it and each post on it), Twitter, DeviantArt, CafePress. Commissions eagerly accepted!

Spent half the week sick in bed, thus missing Perth friends Wendy Smith and Gareth Jones visiting. Bah!

We now have two 30W 6400K daylight-spectrum bulbs in the lounge. That's 150W equivalent. Bloody hell, they're bright. arkady is finding herself perking up a lot — turns out bright light is good for wakefulness, particularly in this weather at this time of year. Though it's utterly unforgiving for any trace of grime in the room.

I don't need to detail Freda's reaction to the SNOW!!! Or mine. Annoyingly powdery, though; impossible to make anything out of. She enjoyed throwing snowballs at me, of course.

If they'd had the Internet in Biblical times, "don't read the comments" would have been in Leviticus right after the shellfish.