Richard, you're still not at 2,000! This is the longest double pillarhood in the history of PT, almost as long as the California election campaign (is it over yet??? )

I'll try a drink of the week. Looks quite deadly, so I may be swinging from the rafters with a parrot on my shoulder - beware!

Here's my Idiot of the Week from the Odd Spot (the theatre, not the ballerina):

"Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre has sacked an ice-cream-loving prima ballerina, saying she is too heavy and too tall for most of her partners to lift. Anastasia Volochkova, who is 169 centimetres tall and weighs 50 kilograms (110lb), has said she could not imagine life without ice-cream. "