All of Russell Hoban's novels were about Russell Hoban 😉

Watching DVDs.

Thank you, yes, same here...

That is depressing. I can’t imagine how hard it can be for you. My parents live 100+ miles away though are doing ok by all accounts. I do worry about how things will work out though.

I think probably “thanks for letting me know, have a nice Christmas” while looking tight-lipped at her.

I would buy a tea-towl of this. Before you block me (on the basis of the pun alone, ne’er mind the crass suggestion) I should say I have a tea-towel of a Francis Bacon painting I bought at the National Portrait Gallery, which is very odd but also cool.

I do have one, but for the office I never go to. I’m going to have to start wearing it…

Ah memories of my sons, who were about 9 and 7 at that time, doing this several times a day 😁

I mean what sort of planet are we on when that is even a paragraph in a news report about potentially a declaration of war on a sovereign nation