I didn't know you were a Tolkie fan, Mira :)

Yeah, it's a good idea to have such a kit! :) I think it will be Evita issue 10. Also the local Lush Times (should be available in October or November in Finland). That's awful about Vuodatus.net! Would totally destroy a lot of blogs, especially photo blogs! Yikes. How does something like that even happen?

Snap! Regarding the 'impression of mimosa' rather than actual mimosa. I tried this today and the smell on my skin is pleasant but not 'wow' (if I had a daughter I would buy this as her first perfume, perhaps). There is a very dominant synthetic note/accord that I'm trying hard to identify; caramelly-lactonic. My favourite mimosa fragrances are Summer by Kenzo (milky mimosa) and Mimosa Pour Moi. The trouble about mimosa absolute is that it's very expensive. I haven't smelled any fragrance recently that had a lot of it in.

Wow! Instant love. Thank you! :)

Now I've got this Fawlty Towers-image in my head... :D

I think it would have been less Monty Python if the GOH and his interviewer would have had an advance warning (at least it appeared from the audience that they didn't know what the heck was going on when the sweeping commenced...). Don't worry though - it just adds flavour to the experience! :D

Dave: I know what it's like with all this - we start thinking 'where do I know them from?' or get otherwise distracted. I'll wave hi next time :) Sanna - we did seem to have an awfully synchronised schedule, right down to eating and the loos! :D Marjorie, thanks for your comment (your report was also really good). What kind of Smart do you drive?

Thanks for your comment! You've just reminded me that I forgot to provide a link for the next one! (And Nik might end up breaking me out of my every-other-year habit :D ).

Can't.. find... stuff... that was never easy; just about got used to it, now it's even less intuitive. The design interface is awful. Can't find how to preview standard templates that you provide. Not to mention that there aren't enough semi-custom options for standard templates (you have to either have a very "blog circa 1999" template or go to the whole hog with completely custom code. This seems unhelpful too). I would be very happy with: - SIMPLE drop-down lists or other intuitive navigation around the whole site for users - More semi-custom template options without having to have a complex advanced template: 1) insert your own header colour and/or graphic, page background colour and/or graphic, sidebar colour and/or graphic, define typical simple .css colours for font, links and borders (even Twitter can manage this!) 2) add or remove widgets (and position them easily), 3) add or remove typelists (and position them easily on the blog page), 3) have the ability to automatically apply the blog style to the "about me" page, 4) have display options and positioning options for RSS feed, follow me on Twitter, calendar, archives, and other common blog elements.

The comments feature has broken somewhat since switching to the new style: "Recent Comments" on the blog sidebar used to include the name of the commenter. That's now dropped off.