And death and pestilence is upon the land.

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• "There is very little that sums up the record of the U.S. Congress in the Bush years better than a half-mad boy-addict put in charge of a federal commission on child exploitation."

• I thought this UnNews piece on Hans Reiser would definitely get me a ticket to Hell, then I saw this.

I am having my first ever day off ill in this job, having caught redcountess' cold. eyeliner297 has come over and is being utterly wonderful in taking care of us and running errands and showing off her extremely shiny new laptop.

We hope to leave for Wales on Sunday, though it may be Monday. Funeral is Wednesday. We'll set out for Whitby on Thursday, probably stopping back in London before going on to Whitby, as it seems that's actually faster than the direct-looking diagonal route from Wales to Whitby.