Poem of the day

Well kinda.

The CIX clapham_jct conference is running a competition for best Spring-in-London themed haiku. The prize is to be claimed at their meet on Friday. I believe I stand to win a pickled egg, with this:

Thrush coughs sooty phlegm
Emphysema and rose blight
Spring's come to the Smoke

In other news, I did not in fact go to Sweden, because I am a muppet and I missed my plane. It's been a good weekend nonetheless; The Ton, back at the 'Flo; Fri night drinks with infrequent visitors whotheheckami and doja35, amongst others; the Electric Ballroom for the last-but-2 proper Full Tilt¹ with nils; Saturday spent giving away unwanted stuff to d_floorlandmine and drpete and mmcpoland, then an evening of real ale with the latter pair; followed by the usual Sunday evening drinkies.

Really very pleasant, and even with losing my extortionate £1.04 return ticket² to Västerås, with all that beer, I've saved a small fortune.

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¹ Not a goth club, honest, 'cos I've given up that sort of thing. It's a special instance of the class "rock club", really it is.

² OK. Plus tax. Still only £20 though.

Skeptics in the Pub

is tomorrow, for a change.

"The state of the skeptical community in the US" - David Koepsell

Dr. Koepsell is the Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism. He earned his Law degree and and Doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to practicing law for eight years, he continues to be an adjunct Assistant Professor of Philosophy, specializing in Legal Philosophy, Ontology and Ethics. His dissertation, entitled The Ontology of Cyberspace: Law, Philosophy, and the Future of Intellectual Property, was published by Open Court in 2000. He continues to write and publish articles and books on law, philosophy, and ethics.

The address of the pub is:

    The Old Kings Head
    Kings Head Yard
    45 Borough High Street
    London SE1 1NA

    Tel. (020) 7407 1550

Full info here.