Polyvinyl Pyrrolidone

This was thrown into sharp relief last night when I stood too close to a mantlepiece candle at a party last night and my hair caught fire.

The first I knew of it was a wild buzzing coming from the back of my head. My initial thought was that a cicada or locust or (I’m clearly not much of an entomologist) similar critter had landed on me. Thankfully, the chums I was talking to by the fireplace realised that I was not, in fact, dealing with an arthropod interloper, but a follicular conflagration, and exercised a measure of haste in dealing with the burning PVP.

A lesson learnt. Or something.

Cruciverbalism

A crossword in the upcoming Farrago, compiled by Jelly Hands (A.K.A. Gillian Terzis) and me.

Click the image to get lexical.

Enjoy.

Revenge of the Nerds

I'm strangely obsessed with watching South Korean Professional Starcraft matches at the moment.

Is it the mystifying need for the sedentary 'athletes' to wear big-name sportswear brand tracksuits? Is it the fact that it's so irresistably Revenge of the Nerds that these guys have made a lucrative career (pun; intended) from Starcraft and are now improbable pin-up boys? Is it the fact that I'm an inveterate geek?

I'm going for a 'yes' to all of the above.