5.45 am

Tim: oooooOOOOOWWWW! ooooOOOOOWWWWW!!!!

Frank: rrrrgggglllll, fuck off kid.

Spent yesterday in a state of jetlag-induced collapse. Thank heavens the mix of fatigue, aches, depression, and agitation didn't strike at the start of the trip; the Airtel would've been littered with corpses, some of them mine. It's normal for jetlag to fuck up your brain chemistry and hormones, but holy cow, I wasn't prepared for this. Hopefully it's behind me now so I can slither out to the PO Box, library, pet store, etc etc. It's Monday, so life officially begins again today.

Loosely inspired by the historical meal we enjoyed at Richie Tavern in Charlottesville, I made a rather decent bean and carrot soup for dinner last night, with lots of bottled smoke flavour in place of the ham hocks. I dumped in some leftover rice from the freezer and we had stuffed olives (just the supermarket variety) and low-fat cheese on the side. Tonight I plan to continue depopulating the oceans via baked fish with some sort of vegetable. We're having a low-fat week as penitence for our American excesses.

Let's see, that's the cats, food, and a whinge about my health - this entry is complete.

Calypso Break in "Live and Let Die"

I do wish I knew why, when I begin to type in the "Event" box for the first time for each posting, LJ refreshes the screen and erases my subject heading.

*ahem* What I was going to point out was that the calypso break in the middle of Sir Paul 'n' Wings' "Live and Let Die" is the ancestor of similar breaks in at least three further songs: "Let It Run" by Jeff Lynne from the "Electric Dreams" OST (which of course also contains references to a number of other songs); "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush; and "Jesus He Knows Me" by Genesis. if you spot any more, let me know so I can add them to my collection.

Our Situation

Well, Frank just rimmed Tim, so I guess relations are improving there.