Don't turn! Don't turn! Don't turn!

I still have no internet, but couldn't not mark the passing of a legend and so, at great personal inconvenience, I have sought out some wi-fi.

"We shall overcome"

As for what you've missed of my life over the past ten days or so, a few highlights:

• It was toast for breakfast again this morning; second day in a row.
• 'La Fanciulla del West' by Opera North (and, in fairness, also by Puccini) - very good indeed.
• 'Gravity' - not a bad film, and definitely a good length
• An am-dram Agatha Christie - bloody obvious whodunit and why, and possibly the worst Welsh accent of all time
• Lots of Seven Years War action. I think the rules are in good shape, but a Command Indecision card is never good news.
• Lots of boardgame action as well, but most notably Viticulture where, in a game about wine producing, I went for a no-wine strategy and came second, finishing level on Victory Points and only losing on the cash tiebreak.