Echoes of Flavio's Ghost Dreaming

Possibly a couple of lessons today. Yes, on a bank holiday. Well, if they want them -that's not a bad thing, given the long period of financial difficulties I'd had in the last few years, etc. Now I need to find some playing, as well, I'm getting very rusty and it is difficult to keep the practice routine if there is no pressure to do so. This is not a New Year resolution!

Went for dinner with Sam, bathory66 and their friends last night. The conversation started with some remark about music and then went on into the depths of how and why you teach music and indeed want to make music, a bit like the meaning of life sort of discussion really. Good, though, and a good evening.

Was good to see you at the Slime .. albeit briefly...

from this story in New Scientist magazine:

"The Pentagon considered developing a host of non-lethal chemical weapons .... (snip) ... most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an "aphrodisiac" chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale, according to the proposal..."