Apropos of nothing:

I had a great time in Edinburgh at the weekend, primarily with Seth, gingiber,wendles,grahamb and shekhmet, and as much as possible with loads of other friends, including a couple I hadn't seen for some years - Jelly, Andrew Horne and Ecce particularly.

Warren Zevon lives, and apparently has been up to doing a little recording lately.

Mikhail Kalashnikov is getting involved with the umbrella-making business. Apparently he'd rather have invented a lawnmower than a rifle.