Well done Kimi, you deserve it...

I'm ill. I hate being ill. Being ill is officially rubbish. In fact, I'm sick of being ill. I've spent considerable time today sneezing at things, which isn't good for me, or for things. Work has been abandoned in favour of being at home, although I did actually manage to stay there until lunchtime, so yay me. Now I'm slightly bored, even with the power of blog to keep me happy. Feel the power of blog. Blog...

I really can't write right now. I was trying to write this really well-constructed argument about conspiracy theorists, but it sounded a lot better in my head while I was hanging up the washing. Damn...

Well done Angry Mr Cyclist Man

Every morning my run to work is fraught with worry as I gamefully decide precisely the right moment to cut across the last couple of metres of bus lane and get into the lane I want for a big roundabout. Seriously, this is a big issue at ten past eight in the morning.

Usually, there will be a few commuters who simply cannot be bothered to wait, and just ignore the rules, driving down the whole length of the bus lane, thereby saving themselves a vital 30 seconds or so. This morning, though, the bus lane was full. Completely.

And because it was full of cars, people began to panic, thinking they wouldn't be able to get across later, and so they joined the back of the big queue. I didn't, because I can actually stay in the right hand lane and get where I want to go, it's just usually a bit slower.

Anyway, you have the scene now - lovely long strip of green tarmac full of things which are neither buses, nor taxis, nor indeed bicycles. Cue Angry Mr Cyclist Man, who, when cut off by a car in the bus lane, proceeds to shout very loudly at the driver of said car. And then proceeds to ride off down the road, kicking the doors of all the cars queueing in the bus lane. Genius.

I smirked to myself, comfortable in the knowledge that, quite simply, I am a better person than these people for not blocking the bus lane. Yay me. And well done Angry Mr Cyclist Man.

"I could care less"
Really, could you? Then how about caring about language and actually realising that what you're saying is wrong. The phrase, please let me remind you, is, "I couldn't care less", suggesting that it would not actually be possible for you to care less about a situation than you currently do. Currently, you do not care at all. If, however, you could care less, then you certainly have some emotional involvement in the situation. I really could care less about this whole situation, because I've bothered to take time out of my hectic schedule to have a go about it. Please, for the love of the English language, get it the f*** right. AAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!

Sir Geoffrey Reed
It's odd to find out that your great grandfather has his own Wikipedia entry. I possibly should have checked out whether this was the case in the past, but I only bothered to do so today. If you have anyone even remotely famous in your past, try Wiki and see if there's something there.

Spitfire Mk. Vc Robert Stanford Tuck, Commander Biggin Hill Wing 1941

More picture fun now, because I said I was going to sleep, and that means I have to start doing ridiculous things, like editing pictures and posting them. Over the weekend we were away in the Lake District having fun with family, and on Monday I had a great opportunity to show off how much of a geek I am by getting excited about the steam trains. Here's the one which took us from Haverthwaite to Windermere. Yay! That really is it, I need to sleep...

I've finally managed to change my profile picture, after many years. Ardent blog enthusiasts will have as little idea as the rest of the world about what's going on in the picture. I am close to sleep now, but I leave you with this thought: it's kangaroo leather. Sleep tight.

Aircraft Pictures (ok, so one of them is a tank...)
Depending how observant you are, you might or might not have noticed the proliferation of photographs of models on the page below. These are all things I have built recently. There are others missing, including a Spitfire and a Subaru Impreza WRC, but I was going with those I have pictures of on the net. Just wanted to post them somewhere. Cheers.