I should post...

Lunar eclipse pretty. Not sticking around to watch the rest, it's waaaaay past my beddy-bye time.

Today I failed to clean and to collect parcels. I did meet people for lunch, which was tasty, and wandered around Camden, and found a silver french horn charm for my bracelet, yay. Also hairyears bought a pretty purple snake pendant on a black velvet ribbon for me. It is pretty! There is some very nice glasswork at that shop, certainly a cut above the usual stuff I see.

I think my black lace-up 'sensible' shoes are not good for me, because I hurt a lot just at the moment, and was more tired than I thought I should be this afternoon, and I haven't worn them for over a week. Possibly it's just the Camden cobbles, though, or fighting off ear stuff. Further experimentation is required. It would be very inconvenient to have to replace these shoes, because they are my go-everywhere shoes for teaching and concerts and walking around and travel and so on; it could prove difficult to get a style that works so well in so many contexts AND is ergonomically satisfactory. I will speak to the osteopath about this on Monday.

Link roundup tomorrow morning, I'm way too tired now. It'll have petitions and articles on swearing and other neat stuff.

Link roundup

The Big Opt-Out - Protect your privacy and campaign to preserve medical confidentiality. (UK)

This device is much cheaper than the one I was looking at before, and doesn't involve any welding or attaching things permanently to the horn, AND it would allow me to play standing up (although then my body would still be supporting the weight of the horn, just in a different place, so I'd have to see how it goes...), so I think I will be buying one at some point.

It's the last day for London: A Life in Maps at the British Library. I don't think I'll make it, perhaps someone will buy the book and I can have a gander.

Petitions, petitions, petitions! Academic salaries (which are pitiful in the UK compared to some places), photography in public places, and an outright ban on swords. WTF? Remind me how these people got elected, again?

Floodmaps - see how much water there will be where you live with a sea level rise of up to 14m. Even if it won't flood your place, remember to think about how displaced populations (refugees) might affect conditions in your area.

ChanceXChange - one item, one credit. Interesting... and might be a good way to get rid of some unwanted stuff.

Naamah's Swearing Workshop. Hooray! Um, probably not safe for work.