TV Shows meme

10 TV Shows to know me:
Doctor Who
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The X-Files
Danger Mouse
The Avengers
Babylon 5
Robin of Sherwood
The Box of Delights
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Poirot

NHS scan result

Had my first NHS mammogram 4 weeks ago. Got the results letter in the post today. Nothing untoward found. They’ll call me back in 3 years or so. Those results came through quicker than I expected. It seems hardly any time since the day of the scan, in Carnoustie, on the opening day of the Senior Open golf championship. Still waiting to get a letter for my very overdue DEXA bone density scan. I haven’t had one since my last one 8 years ago, that confirmed I had full blown osteoporosis. But one NHS thing done and dusted!

Shakespeare and Pratchett

Watching another Glasgow Worldcon panel, "All the Shakespeare: the Bard's Influence on SFF". Terry Pratchett has been mentioned multiple times, including his takes on Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and gender swapping. Which was nice to hear. Both the Canadian chair and the British person on the panel mentioned him during the discussion.

That's also reminded me that I should resume my Pratchett part read. I'm rereading all his Witches books in chronological sequence. Next up is the first Tiffany Aching book.

Scottish cuisine

Enjoying some yum yums for supper - a Scottish delicacy. Rather like Spanish churros, but bigger. Just checked the nutritional numbers, and now gobsmacked that there’s apparently only half the sugar in a single yum yum that you get in a single Mr Kipling mince pie. I knew the latter amount off by heart, because it was an ongoing bone of contention trying to stop my diabetic dad eating loads of them!

One of the Glasgow Worldcon panels that I watched on catchup was "Scot-ish: The Influence of Scotland on Fantasy Worldbuilding". Its wide ranging discussions mentioned lots of Scottish foodstuffs, including shortbread, porridge, haggis, Irn Bru, deep fried Mars Bar, and butteries. Though not the yum yum. Which probably has Dutch origins, but got its current name when it was welcomed in Scotland.