Tattoo of drums from the other room

Overheard from two rooms away: "It's official! R. is no longer listed as single!"

This is how we transmit news: either at the speed of light over a world-spanning interconnected series of tubes, or by shouting across the apartment.


This post's theme word: canard, "an unfounded rumor." Yes, it means "duck" in French, but it also means "hoax;" in Old French, caner means "to quack."

Christmas photos

I've posted them on facebook. This one summarizes the whole vacation:
Chocolate.


This post's theme word: ineluctable, "impossible to avoid." Meals comprising only chocolate-based foods were ineluctable.