Last night

Last night’s Hearth was a bit of a trial. We’d been lined up to do the talk at it for a while, but we hadn’t counted on my being in recovery from a cold which has left me with a hoarse voice (which keeps fading) and Jean developing a sore throat, too. To make matters worse, Pauline (the one who runs the Hearth, not the Druid one) also came down with a throat infection yesterday and couldn’t come at all, so we had to do everything. And then when we were there I discovered that the old back injury which had been troublesome at the weekend was going to be absolute bloody agony. Fortunately, one end of the room has a sort of wooden screen affair by the door, so by grabbing hold of that and holding on to the back of a chair I could stand while we did the talk — or rather, the discussion, since we figured that would be a good way to shift the load from our voices. It covered much the same ground as we’d been planning to talk about, with some inevitable diversions.

The turnout was a bit lower than usual — it was pissing down — but three newcomers were there for the first time, and they seemed to enjoy it.

If I can handle sitting for that length of time, I’m going to try to watch A Very Social Secretary, shown last night on More4’s first night of broadcasting. I like the looks of this new channel, and the way they’re using “Adult Entertainment” to describe it — i.e. entertainment for adults, not porn. It’s good that they’re going to be showing Father Ted again.

I think some people are a bit pissed off that it’s going to be the only place The West Wing is shown, though.