![]() Now that things have cooled down, maybe I’ll be able to get some sleep. In any case here ’tis for your edification and enjoyment. The current version is revision 4, but I’m already thinking I need to add the Men of Iron, and know exactly what screenshot to use. Oh, and over the weekend when I was supposed to be getting other stuff done I did an update of my Warhammer 40,000 according to the Simpsons bit of nonsense. Although maybe if I spend money on it it’ll actually motivate me to finish it. And for a model that – if history is any judge – I’ll never get finished. I rather suspect I may have to buy one on eBay which while not massively expensive is still a bit of an investment for a tiny piece of metal. I’ve scoured the internet for photos (there ain’t many) and have managed to get a design together for every part of it except the back. I’ve also become obsessed with building a 40k scale model of the epic Siegfried Light Tank. But it’s nice to know that it’s somewhat exclusive. I hopped online to check out the value and it’s worth about $100 in good nick – not that mine is in particularly good nick, and I wouldn’t consider selling it anyway. This caused me to dig out my copy of the poem – purchased on a whim from Elizabeth’s bookstore in Subiaco in its old location out the back of the markets in around 1990 – and discovering that it’s one of only 1,995 collector copies of the Centennial Edition, published in 1981. “But at first sight, the crew, were not pleased by the view, which consisted of chasms and crags…” It’s very good but I’ve listened to it far too many times over the last week, to the point that I’m mentally throwing around casting choices and mumbling fragments of verse under my breath. ![]() The heatwave lead to sleep deprivation which lead to an odd obsession with Mike Batt’s musical version of The Hunting of the Snark. Not that it’s technically summer here until the end of the week. Barely survived the first heatwave of summer. ![]()
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