Bits and pieces

Corporate entities must be desperate.

I was in a major chain store this morning and saw - after rubbing my eyes and checking again - Christmas lights for sale. Yep, a reindeer and sled neon light set.

It couldn't be a post-Christmas sale thing, it's Ju-ly, but I can see people buying them anyway. It just kinda sucks all the joy out shopping pre-season. And yes, some might think, 'ha! Christmas in July!' Or not. Me, I just sneered and moved on.

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And did buy myself some dragons. A nice couple of Knights. They almost look as if they could replace the knights in my Imperial Dragon chess set, except they're the wrong colour.

I also picked up a CD. Will Martin's debut album A New World. He's a New Zealander, but I shan't hold that against him. He does a fabulous version of Over the Hills and Far Away. If you've seen the Sharpe series, you'll know the song. He also sings So Far Away, a song that Amici Forever do on their album Defined, which is, to me, the ultimate soldier's song; well, that's how I hear it.

Hmm... anyway, back to Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr...