Sorry folks, I was just starting to write tonight's bike and my needy friend rang - do I have to say more?

I recently reread this series and actually enjoyed it, forgetting half the stuff that was in it.

Sorry I've been distracted by my fridge turning up its compressor or whatever happens to deceased cooling units. I had to dash out an order a new one as well as cough up the readies to pay for it.

A girl can't have too many shoes can she? In my case that also applies to bikes and books, the latter outnumbering the former by about 400:1 and I have ten bikes so do your own calculation.

Since the death and resurrection of BC, my stories have received more hits but fewer kudos.

'Apologies for not posting today but I got stuck in North Wales in various traffic holdups and didn't get home in time to post.

With only ten more episodes to go to the 2000 I feel it incumbent upon me to ask the readers if they want me to continue this saga for a bit longer, assuming the indulgence of Erin and her pixies, in

Sorry folks, got watching part 1 of Labyrinth by Kate Mosse and the night just disappeared. Part 2 is tomorrow but I shall try to do Bike early or late.

The penultimate chapter of Whatever next is now up on Maddy's site.

Ever experienced this feeling?

It seems that today I've been posting stuff here for 5 years and 52 weeks - doesn't tempus simply just fugit?

This study of facebook users 'likes' tells researchers far more than the disclosers intended. Be very careful what you place in the public domain.

I've always been a believer that much of the trouble we find ourselves in is influenced if not created by us.

A quick check on my account confirmed my suspicions.

Sorry, my evening has been used up dealing with stupid phone calls. I'm going to bed before I brain one of the cats who are playing up as well.

A new book on 'Fanny' and 'Stella' two young men who were arrested for being dressed as women created a sensation in Victorian England.

The surgery went well and she seems to be more awake than I expected. My ex has been to see her and confirmed it.

My daughter is in hospital and goes down for surgery tomorrow morning. Her tumour is in C1/C2 so right at the top of her spine.

From today's Guardian, under the title, Voices of the trans community.

See what you think - will there always be prejudice? I suspect so.

My daughter has finally had an MRI scan. The good news - she doesn't have MS.

So the post Christmas/New Year period is over and we all return to normal - um, not quite.

From Susanne Moore, read it carefully and see what you think.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/09/dont-car...

I have spent most of the evening trying to buy something on line and I still haven't succeeded, it seems my card numbers don't upload to the site.

I'm still not well, didn't get to the Hobbit last night and have spent most of today in bed. I assume this is a cold but one with teeth! I've got joint pain but no temperature.

For my fellow addicts, here's today's.

http://www.gocomics.com/skinhorse/2012/12/26

Drag Queen Olympics in Amsterdam

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/dec/21/drag-queen...

My daughter hasn't been well for weeks, when the symptoms began to include muscle weakness and coordination problems my ex and I decided to speed up the referral to a consultant by going privately.

It seems those lovely people, the Taliban, have murdered three polio vaccination workers in Pakistan, who were running innoculation programmes.

to the families of the children killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook school in Newton, Connecticut earlier today.

so too tired to think about writing, besides, you had two from me yesterday.

Hopefully, Bike will be back tomorrow.

Angharad