Last Week

Last Saturday I was up early and did my shopping in the morning, so when my mum, sister, and niece arrived at 1:30 we then spent 2 hours clearing the loft. We managed to shift about 80% of the remaining stuff down. A large percentage of the stuff was sent to the dump, a lot of the rest went to charity shops. the rest is stacked in the back bedroom.

On Sunday my sister returned, with my brother-in-law in the afternoon and in half an hour we finished off emptying the loft.

On Monday all the floorboards were pulled up, and the old loft insulation was made accessible. Once the new replacement insulation has been installed I'll have to buy more flooring and pay someone to fit it. I'll also need to replace the ladder.

On Wednesday it was Science Museum Lates night. I managed to get to 3 presentation, Music and Maths: How to be Temperamental, Music and the Mind, and finally Project Eardrum a science and music comedy show. It had a lot of audience and I got pulled up for the last part. When we had to use a straw as a wind instrument, with it pitch going up as bits were cut off. I also made a kazoo out of a clothes peg and 2 rubber bands, in a workshop run all night. I left at 9:40 and caught the 10:02 from Victoria.

Morphy Richards were very fast in replacing my broken slow cooker. A replacement arrived on Wednesday, I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Yesterday I managed to break my right thumbnail right off, It's still a bit bloody...

Last Week

Last Saturday I was up early and did my shopping in the morning, so when my mum, sister, and niece arrived at 1:30 we then spent 2 hours clearing the loft. We managed to shift about 80% of the remaining stuff down. A large percentage of the stuff was sent to the dump, a lot of the rest went to charity shops. the rest is stacked in the back bedroom.

On Sunday my sister returned, with my brother-in-law in the afternoon and in half an hour we finished off emptying the loft.

On Monday all the floorboards were pulled up, and the old loft insulation was made accessible. Once the new replacement insulation has been installed I'll have to buy more flooring and pay someone to fit it. I'll also need to replace the ladder.

On Wednesday it was Science Museum Lates night. I managed to get to 3 presentation, Music and Maths: How to be Temperamental, Music and the Mind, and finally Project Eardrum a science and music comedy show. It had a lot of audience and I got pulled up for the last part. When we had to use a straw as a wind instrument, with it pitch going up as bits were cut off. I also made a kazoo out of a clothes peg and 2 rubber bands, in a workshop run all night. I left at 9:40 and caught the 10:02 from Victoria.

Morphy Richards were very fast in replacing my broken slow cooker. A replacement arrived on Wednesday, I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Yesterday I managed to break my right thumbnail right off, It's still a bit bloody...

Picocon 27

Sat 27th
Up early caught 8:34 to Victoria, then District line to South Kensington. Victoria and Circle lines shut.

Got to Imperial College by 10:00 and paid £10 fee. Official opening at 10:20 was followed by a talk (3 things about writing - drive, gumption and luck - needed to get published) by Jaine Fenn.

Following this Amanda Hemingway, who was feeling a bit fragile, read and then talked to the audience for an hour finishing with a poem.

For the first time Picocon had an author signing and sale of new books (at 99p off cover price). I bought 2! Then off to Sandwich World for lunch. This was followed by the annual Destruction of Dodgy Merchandise. The Obi-Wan Kenobi Transformer raised £120!

First in the afternoon Alastair Reynolds on From Barsoom to Pandora. with a Powerpoint slide show.

Then Q&A The Science in Your Fiction. Past guests Julia McKenna and Pat Cadigan joined this years GoHs for discussion.

The final event in the Lecture Theatre was silly games; that is, Just a Minute followed by one round of Mornington Cresent.

Back to the Quad for a test of Newton's 3rd Law - fish fight! Since it was starting to get dark, and I was feeling tired I left at 5:40 and got the 6:17 home.

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Picocon 27

Sat 27th
Up early caught 8:34 to Victoria, then District line to South Kensington. Victoria and Circle lines shut.

Got to Imperial College by 10:00 and paid £10 fee. Official opening at 10:20 was followed by a talk (3 things about writing - drive, gumption and luck - needed to get published) by Jaine Fenn.

Following this Amanda Hemingway, who was feeling a bit fragile, read and then talked to the audience for an hour finishing with a poem.

For the first time Picocon had an author signing and sale of new books (at 99p off cover price). I bought 2! Then off to Sandwich World for lunch. This was followed by the annual Destruction of Dodgy Merchandise. The Obi-Wan Kenobi Transformer raised £120!

First in the afternoon Alastair Reynolds on From Barsoom to Pandora. with a Powerpoint slide show.

Then Q&A The Science in Your Fiction. Past guests Julia McKenna and Pat Cadigan joined this years GoHs for discussion.

The final event in the Lecture Theatre was silly games; that is, Just a Minute followed by one round of Mornington Cresent.

Back to the Quad for a test of Newton's 3rd Law - fish fight! Since it was starting to get dark, and I was feeling tired I left at 5:40 and got the 6:17 home.

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