I am totally sick...close to death by sneezing. In such cases I always remember that Steven King novel...I forgot which one it was...(The Stand maybe?) where everybody dies of an awful cold. Read it and you will know how I feel at the moment. Life sucks.

When I was watching TV before I noticed something - maybe it was beginning feverish hallucinations: Ronan Keating is turning into Phil Collins. Not only does he look like him but also adapted the same "kick me in the face because my singing will make you physically ill" gestures.

Then I decided to read The Player of Games that Paul recommended. Really liked it, too (apart from the fact that SF authors always like to give their characters awkward sounding names which I hate..but I got used to them towards the end). The only downside to this ist the myriads of books Iain Banks wrote which I will want to purchase now. Thank you, Paul, for my financial ruin.