Brown, Foxes and L-Izzards

So yesterday I'm walking home from work. Only 22:10, so not that late at night but dark already. As I'm walking down the big hill towards the street I live on I see what looks like a dog up ahead. Then as I get closer I realise from the pointy nose and bushy tail that it's actually an urban fox! Cool. I've only ever seen a fox once before. So this fox is in my path and I'm walking towards it and I notice it's paying me no attention. It's looking at something. So I turn and follow its gaze and there's another fox! Right across the street. These two foxes are looking at one another, almost like they're communicating. And I'm still walking towards the first one. I didn't want to get too close because I have no idea if foxes bite or not so I kinda gave it a little space. It noticed me coming eventually and gave me a glance but then I was past it and walking on. :) Nice. Just thought I'd share that with you.

I'd also like to give a big 'Well Done!' to Eddie Izzard who recently completed 46 marathons in 51 consecutive days to raise a whopping £200'000 for charity. I know he's downplaying the enormity of what he's achieved (such modesty sir) but we are all very impressed and extremely proud of you. ^^ Not many people can claim to be a top notch, tri-lingual stand up comedian, part-time action transvestite and epic marathon runner! :)

And finally, another well done to Dan Brown for pissing off literary critics around the globe by writing another successful novel. :D Way to strike a blow for the so-called 'mundane' writer. It's amusing seeing the critics pan his 'bland style of prose' and his 'empty characters' only to begrudgingly point out his global success and fantastic storytelling ability. As I've always said, it's not always important to waste pages and pages describing trees when you can weave an incredible and gripping yarn! Plot is the core of writing and whilst I can appreciate that most writers put in a lot of effort on their descriptive prose I still don't see it as a necessity. The DaVinci Code got people reading who would otherwise shun books and that can only be a good thing. His work is accessible and he should be congratulated on getting people into a reading frenzy. Congratulations. :) Sit back and let the millions roll in.