Wed. Dec 28

Read Weightless Kipper:How to beat the rap by Lt.Monkiesyne:

  .. His name is Bradley.  In the military.  Arrest (they say) is hisstory..

                                                                ...         What was,  is,    always will be.

!Hmm, food for thought, I said to the Doc on returning the piece.

With conversation on Bradley Manning too uncomfortable,

we turned instead to the carefully-murmured coronary of

The Duke of Edinburgh and the carelessly-whispered

(near)tragedy of George Michael - both attended by the Doc,

apparently. Taking a deep breath, the Doc intoned:

Like an episode of  Family Guy, now is his time.

The Doc wouldn't be drawn further.

Wanted to talk more about my 'poetic condition',

and the shoppers shot in the sales. The Doc, however,

jumpered up so as to resemble Uncle Monty in Withnail and I,

growled: Now is not the time.