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Well something happened to my post from last night. And I wasn't bothered to redo it then... but ta-da; here is some of yesterday.

Yesterday was just a jobs day; went into Chermside; bought 2 CDs (for me) and a book for my brother-in-law. I got Handel (Water music and royal fireworks music) and Tchaikovsky - 1812; capricco italien; marche slave. I think that I've heard all of it before; but they were cheap; so I got my own copy. The liner notes for the Tchaikovsky CD are interesting - apparently he was homosexual; unhappy; neurotic and torn by self doubt.... You learn somehting every day... Also watched bits of "The Sting" (made in the early 1970's) on late TV. The poker scene in the train carraige is the best... very funny stuff.

The morning dissapeared through reading - a book about "sensible share investment" (borrowed). The dog's usual 5.30 trip to the dog park was brought forward to earlier in the afternoon so that I could go orienteering - yay - fun. It was down on the SE side of town, a Street-O. I haven't been orienteering since mid december (last year), back in Canberra. Considering that I've had just one (or two????) other jog between then and today; I've pulled up reasonbly well; and am happy with how I went. It was nice and cool and damp - it's been raining a bit here... nice.

One thing that Canberra doesn't get a lot of is heavy traffic - the Riverside Expressway wasn't really express - it probably should be called Riverside Lethargicway (??) (yes, I know that's not a real word). But the traffic is probably nothing for Brisbanians....