Gas prices going up, electricity the same. Foodstuffs dearer by the minute. Value of my tiny flat eroding quicker than an iceberg in the equatorial sun. Company share price nose-diving. What would make me happy though is an actual live reader leaving a bona fide comment. Someone out there prove to me you're reading what I write. A sign, a visible sign.

My mood has n't been helped either finding out that Kate Bush turned fifty this week. What happened to my youth ? Where'd it go ?