Divers purfuits

Twin Peeks at Woolloomooloo, the venue alluded to in the preceding entry, turned out to be hilarious, outrageous fun. I'll give you one example - when you ask for cracked pepper on your (quite decent) entree or main, the gorgeous, near-nekkid waitress grinds her bum in your lap as she grinds the canister over your plate. Find out the rest of it for yourselves :-)

Also fun, though unlikely to attract hordes of extended-lunching, besuited businessfolk for a boozy Friday afternoon, is "Age Of Fable" (www.ageoffable.net). It's basically a huge online version of a "Fighting Fantasy" gamebook, with more advanced and fully customisable characters, random encounters, loads of bad puns, an eclectic array of fantasy images, and a bastard difficulty level (I'm yet to see a "happy" ending) that's counterbalanced by its scope and quirky charm.

My "A/O/F" death count would be significantly higher had I not, on a midnight whim, installed game platform Steam and DLed "Duels Of The Planeswalkers" for the bargain price of US$9.99. Crap on a crumpet, this thing is addictive! I was glued to the mouse/monitor until 5am solving all of the "Magic: The Puzzling"-type challenges, duelling and defeating the first eight rival planeswalkers, unlocking new cards for my decks and accumulating various other Poindexterish achievements.

Before I descend into "D/O/T/P" dependence again, have you heard about the mysterious demise of Edgar Allan Poe? They were discussing it on the Big Finish July podcast and I thought it was fascinating - off his chops in the street, wearing clothes that weren't his own and, for no obvious reason, repeatedly calling out the name "Reynolds". Wiki it here - http://bit.ly/1gCHve


Reading: "Creatures Of The Pool" (2010) by Ramsey Campbell
Listening: "Head Of The Hawk" (2009) by Bluejuice