Went to see the Pogues last night. It was a great night with a lively crowd. Never would have thought Pogues fans would have been into drinking so much ;-)

We were thinking about Babyshambles as we arrived, but their singer is even more dysfunctional than Shane, and about Bob Dylan, but Shane's voice is in better shape than Bob's at the moment. They played an hour and a half of classics, including 'Tuesday Morning' during one of Shane's several breaks from the stage. And, of course, Cait duetted with Shane on 'Fairytale of New York' during the final encore. The loudest participation moment was when Shane said he could have been someone and about 5,000 people yelled back at him 'Well so could anyone!' Crowd participation was loud - I don't think I could hear Cait at all during 'I'm a man you don't meet every day'

I also emptied my pockets into the Justice for Kirsty bucket while I was there.

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Blunkett resigns - The Guardian

When I started blogging, one of my main themes was having a go at Blunkett for lying about school selection and weasel words on immigration. I'm sure there's no connection with this, though.

Personally, I think singing Fred Astaire songs is pretty cool.

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Sam just picked up my ecard. Hope she replies to me instead of Brian ;-)

People are making fun of the Scots version of the Scottish Parliament website

I canna see fit wye they could a din it ony better, though.

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For the first time I just received an ecard that wasn't meant for me. Strangely, I'm glad Brian hopes I'm better and is sorry for this morning.

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PS Equally irrationally, I also feel sad when the machine at the gym doesn't say 'great workout!' when I'm finished.

PPS In fact, I received a copy of the 'email you sent' which means Brian put my email address in the box (yes, I can work out who he is)

Over three weeks since I posted, and still not really time to post anything. In brief, though:

1. punkrockkaraoke is great fun
2. Robbie's 40 and doing well
3. thanksgiving was fun
4. Apoa was accosted by a policeman and a truant officer on her way home from the pool one day when her school was closed for the day
5. Lemony Snicket books are fun and shorter than I'd realised
(Kiloh insists I read the first three before the film comes out next week)
6. The Incredibles is great
7. Bessie and Ted are back at home after separately going to hospital - hope they're going to cope OK at home
8. I'm going mad trying to meet multiple deadlines before christmas (what about sending some cards or buying some pressies, though?)
9. I haven't managed to reply to Janelle yet who's interested in busyness on this side of the Atlantic (sorry)
10. Sorry, that'll have to do for now. No time for links or anything.

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