I did figure it wasn't the Pan African Medical Journal

You must be feeling better to be fiendish enough to use a simple direct reference to confuse me :P

Right thanx but now can you explain the PAMJ? Is this code or am I thick? :)

Public Address Medical Journal. It's a subcultural reference, so don't worry too much. I got it immediately, but that's because I read a lot of academic public-health literature.

Public Address Medical Journal?

I can usually figure out what the title refers to but I'm being dense today, could you give me a clue, because I don't seem to have one?

Hah, I cunningly tricked you by not using a cultural reference or three layers of meaning. It's just that all through my…

But can you play the violin?
You know, I haven't tested that. So I bet I can.

And so long as you don't try, you will be right.

One question – I can usually figure out what the title refers to but I'm being dense today, could you give me…

And simply wonderful to hear that you have your sight improved.

And also great to hear that

yesterday I bought shoes and they were pretty

and you know that we need to see the pictures :).

I can't really explain…

and then scroll down until you see Emma's cover

And if you scroll down a bit further, you can also pre-order The Reserve Bank Annual, which I heartily recommend, especially if your mental state has been a bit boringly level lately.

www.publicaddressbooks.com

... and then scroll down until you see Emma's cover.

You can also view the table of contents and first chapter by clicking on 'Read more' and then…

Keep the evening of Friday, November 27 free.

Done. Joy.

Hooray for vim. And what are your thoughts about booklaunching? Enquiring minds demand to know.

In Wellington? Keep the evening of Friday, November 27 free. More details soon.

+1 for the "vegetarian lesbians" imagery.

My first thought on being confronted with the phrase ‘vegetarian lesbians’ was filthy.

As it ought to be. Glad things are heading back in the right directions. :-)

Hospital, it turns out, is not such a bad place to be when you really need to be in hospital.

Hey sister,
it's a journey back eh? Recouperation is a trip in itself. You go girl :)

How exactly is this unusual behaviour?

Ratio of cocktails to beer.

Though at the time we were both English students

For a given value of 'student' – for me, anyway. Pretty sure most of my degree was in Bastard Gin or 500.

You're an engineer, right?

Performance Voice.

Though at the time we were both English students.

Like having twenty-odd cocktails between two people, then drinking four jugs of beer so we could get the fifth one free...?

You're an engineer, right?

How exactly is this unusual behaviour?

Whether or not I can drink in a way to terrify cities remains to be seen

Like having twenty-odd cocktails between two people, then drinking four jugs of beer so we could get the fifth one free...?

But (don't you hate pricks who say that) sometime in the future you will wake up and realise that you truely back to normal
It will take some time, I am just glad you writing seems to have your normal..........vim

But can you DRINK? I guess I will test that out tomorrow.

Yes, I can drink. That was tested pretty early on in the piece. Whether or not I can drink in a way to terrify cities remains to be seen, but yeah, Chch? Jo is incoming.

And thank you…

The difference between my visual field results for June and October is so profound it looks like magic –

Oh far out, best wishes and congratulations on being Adric-free.

Adric – like Hamish, it's the sort of name that's more adjective than noun.

I still look like the aftermath of a Barbie haircut

Sorry, having two daughters who wield a mean pair of scissors, this description made me snort my coffee. Glad to hear the recuperation gathers pace.

Arohanui.

Thinking about how happy you can be for someone you don't even know, I would like to extend warm wishes in all directions to those who are reading that have recently overcome any of the crazy shit that life throws at us.

But can you play the violin?

You know, I haven't tested that. So I bet I can.