For those hunting more literary revelations, Ida has posted my latest contribution to her company - The Greatest Album in the World: Not A Tribute - here. I'll probably repost it here for those of you too lazy to have a look but I will leave it a week or so. Fight the good fight and all that...

Whilst not beautiful in the classical sense of the word, today my Saab is thoroughly gorgeous because in spite of almost reaching the grand old age of 200,000 miles, she passed her MOT with nothing to report bar a bit of wear on the front brakes. Given the way I drive sometimes, this is not a big surprise. This will be celebrated by giving her a wash - inside and out, and if she's really lucky, a full tank of petrol. Maybe next month, I'll even go so far as to have her serviced.

So what have we established about Saab vs Audi? Despite my love of the four-ringed one, this old Saab is proving better on every turn. Harder. Faster. More resilient - and yes, more expensive (if that was possible!) but still probably the best £500 I ever spent on a car in my life.

Eleanor sent me this link to what she described as "possibly the worst headline ever" - personally I was more disappointed that it didn't go on to say, that all bankers were to be driven into a tree at speed. Maybe you have to log in to read that part of the story.

Then, she sent me this. We already have to hide 2 giant rabbits, 4 Guinea Pigs and a fish in the house - and those are the ones I know about. I'm sure there are others. Anyway, I'm sure nobody would notice her. She'd be very well behaved. Maybe it's time to look for a pet friendly house.

To wrap up a good days posting, if you're following this blog at it's source, I think I need to address these sidebars which need a bit more direction than they currently have.

Le Fin.