Obituary: Linda Smith One of the great unrecognised talents of British comedy just died, the… the… there’s no adjective sufficient to describe Linda Smith. Little brother Dov pointed her death out to me and I had a little cry. She was 48, and she only really achieved any proper success in the three years she…

Excellent “Choose Your Own Adventure” photoshopping contest.

bunnyhopping Originally uploaded by Hot Grill. Fantastic dreamlike video forwarded by jonty

Rosanna, the gabbling middle-aged lady behind me: “You know once a dwarf came for an interview at PC Zone. The receptionist sat him down, rang up to them and said ‘we’ve got a thalidomide for you here.’ With it sitting there! How insensitive! What a mong!”

Didn’t have time for a shower this morning, so feeling all claggy. Got pestered by a credit reference person who said they couldn’t establish my existence, anywhere, ever. (We’ve got a new flat still in Ealing, slightly near the broadway, a stepped white building like a ship’s bridge.) I’m having to dig through all my…