My last official day working for Big Yellow. I've had a great time here over the last 8-9 years. Good luck to all my former colleagues!

(Pic shows some scribbles from a fairly typical day at work, wrestling with two different languages, one human, one not...)

Blue Moon

The meaning of the term blue moon has changed over time. If you think there's a blue moon today, you're using the new meaning. And according to this article, the new meaning came about by mistake...

There's A Blue Moon This Friday - But What Does That Mean?

Incidentally, if you ever get a chance you should look up the traditional English names for the full moons (Moon After Yule, Wolf Moon, Lenten Moon, Harvest Moon, etc.) and see how they compare with Bede's description of the pagan Anglo-Saxon calendar.

Blanton's Bourbon

At Wine and Wallop. I'm drinking this. Yes it does say 64.4%.

Some kind of limited edition Kentuckian single-barrel bourbon. Be careful, the barman said, the first mouthful does burn slightly. He was right. Ah, but the second mouthful though, the second was sublime. I had the impression of an infinite wave of complex hydrocarbon molecules stretching back to the seconds after the big bang and on into eternity. I couldn't tell you what the subsequent mouthfuls tasted like.

New bike mitts

And they're made of crochet!

Hmm, so now there really might be such a thing as road tax.

Budget 2015: Vehicle Excise Duty reform for new cars

Standoff! The Dutch angle seemed appropriate.