NHS again...

When my doctor gave me my prescription before Christmas, I saw that he'd written in a refill. So I go into Boots today to order it... and am told by the confused pharmacist that this just means the surgery will issue a repeat prescription. ?!?! If I've got to go back to the surgery again why bother putting it on the script, surely they'd just need a note in the record that I didn't need another appointment?

(in the US, when they write refills on a prescription, it means the number of times the pharmacist can dispense it again without a new prescription from the doctor.)

So now I have to ring the surgery and arrange to pick up a new prescription. Meh.

Oops.

I appear to have purchased Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts. A day after I purchased 3 new paperbacks. WHY did I go to Books for Cooks thinking I could "just browse"?

I'm circulating my photograph to all London bookstores, asking that they refuse my MasterCard.

I did get 2 new posters though, one showing all different chocolate treats, and one with different kinds of French bread. I decided against the pâtisserie poster: one should live without too much visual temptation.

Grr.

Spodding's mail appears to be dead.... I can see mailing list stuff on the web, and comments here, but I've had no mail in over 12 hours. :-(

movies

good to know Capalert is still around, despite cries of dire financial need... and he's given SpongeBob SquarePants a 62! Ooh, you evil sponge, you!