Little bit of politics - whoshouldyouvotefor.com tells you, um, who you should vote for, based on your answers to a questionnaire:

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

Although I expected to be told Lib Dem (and the site is written by a Lib Dem apparently hmmm), I don't think that's how I WILL be voting. It's all very tricky though. Principles vs likelihood of actually forming a government vs local concerns vs decent candidates... sigh.

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Book 36: Jimmy Corrigan The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
Ah, my favourite kind of comic book: all loneliness, failure, disappointment, confusion and dysfunctionality. Highly recommended...

Book 37: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
A slim volume compared to e.g. Kavalier and Clay, and a slight oddity unless you have a greater familiarity with the works of Arthur Conan Doyle than I do, perhaps? The 'final solution' of the title is an allusion both to Nazism (the plot hinges on secret German war codes memorised by a parrot) and to the fact that the novel sees an aged Sherlock Holmes - though he's never named as such - engaged in possibly the last case of his life. I enjoyed it (especially the beekeeping) but I just kept fearing I was missing something.

13:11

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