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@thane16  Thank you for asking.  I had new x-rays and everything is healing properly so that is good news. I also got a new purple cast, yay. It will come off Oct. 20th thank goodness.My arm hurts a bit and the cast is heavy and irritating but”  thems the breaks”.

We did do a few quarts of stewed tomatoes and some pint jars of juice so the mi…[Read more]

@thane16

Thank you!

I did actually copy the entire ‘Editorial’! With my humbly submitted commentary. You know my regrettable opinion of the Beeb. Though I do LIKE the Beeb… but…

I still haven’t tackled more than 10 mins of Apples’ ‘Foundation’. I must sound like a curmudgeon, but this IS a very grown up story. They fatally misjudged the t…[Read more]

@winston how are you feeling this week? Has Mr W completed the tomato tins in your absence?  🙂

I was a bit ill in the last couple weeks & a friend visited with several women’s magazines which I originally rolled my eyes at except in a few days I’d read some articles, cooked a few simple recipes (my cooking is sometimes frustratingly repe…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u @whohar

Sounds exciting, PS: Whilst I hadn’t followed this particular link back to the tender process I very much enjoyed your italicised comments. Absolute risk is expected but not too much!
And not too much Dr Who lore either ….And it can be a little expensive but it mustn’t ever look cheap….

Your mention of Salvor Hardin had me…[Read more]

@winston

Apparently it will be the last TN novel. 🙁

I’d love to see Fforde do an episode of Who.

@ps1l0v3y0u

Excellent work sir/madam.

It’s a pretty loose tender really, so it can be interpreted in many ways, which I guess is the Beeb saying “we don’t really know what we want apart from a new Doc and (at least) one Companion”

I just hope it is a fresh team that wins it with some great ideas. Who are looking for willing writers (helloooo,…[Read more]

@whohar   Hello fellow fan! I heard there was a new Thursday Next  novel coming! I have read them all and some more than once over the years but this is the first time I have listened to one. Fforde’s strange and wonderful book world was a surprise that fired my imagination and inspired me to revisit some classics and try some new ones. I wa…[Read more]

@whohar

So. The ‘Editorial’ immediately attracted me, and also had me foxed, which forced me to get Salvor Hardin to dust off his Penguin guide to symbolic logic. And his notes are on the back of this menu.

‘We are commissioning a new flagship series of Doctor Who.’ A WHAT?? Flagship? Does that mean NOT Big Finish?

‘The series should feel conte…[Read more]

The BBC officially put Doctor Who out to tender today.

New series in 2028/29 is the plan.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/news/doctor-who-invitation-to-tender-september-2026/

@winston

 I have a Jasper Fforde on my tablet right now.

Ah -ha ! Another Fforde fan. The last Thursday Next novel is out next month.

@thane16   Thank you for asking. I will admit that I am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I was just getting used to having a knee that was never going to be the same, the “new normal” and even talked about getting back on my bike and then…. Well always keep a tidy work area.

The mister is very helpful again. No good meds for home but I…[Read more]

@winston that’s terrible! The daily frustrations of a broken limb (never mind the pain!) and the general physical discomfort’s nasty. I only hope you have some help around the home (and medication)?

And plenty of audio books (I discovered these myself last year -very slow to that party).

I love The Who! At uni we investigated the film Tommy (fr…[Read more]