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Codric's Post-Millennium Blues
The excesses of the Festive Season drive me to a fit of conscience that I should lead a simpler, healthier and more humble life so as to better serve my readers over the next 1000 years or so. In that cause I give up the opportunities of the Great River of Fire and the splendours of the Millennium Dome and repair with my good lady to Les Trois Vallees for some simple living and inward contemplation in the clean mountain air. To my consternation however we find ourselves surrounded by revellers who seem to think that we should join them in a never-ending rampage of gastronomic and vinicular adventures as well as in the unnatural exercise of 'skiing'. Not even my plea of chronic melancholia is accepted and I find myself the victim of a society that seeks a continuum of thrills and spills rather than the solitary peacefulness of the confirmed hermit. So once again I see a millennium in with a sore head and bloated stomach. Next time I shall be careful to select a chalet that caters solely for those of a Trappist disposition.
Our researches on the New Man continue and we are getting closer in our understanding of some of the enabling technologies. A new paper outlines our current thinking.
The resurgence of Ottoman cricket continues apace, with an array of international challenges to the Sultans XI being received. Pat Kemple's Amerind team is somewhat of an unknown force, at least outside of North America, while there is some concern that the inclusion of a six-armed god in Mark Tully's Indian team might breach ICC regulations, particularly if assigned to a specialist fielding position. David Butler is putting up a Greek team which, although of impeccable credentials is perhaps somewhat long in the tooth for the modern game. However the prospects for the four-empire series look increasingly exciting. A word of caution however: any resurgence of sledging on the scale of the notorious Bayezid I and Timour the Lame clash cannot be tolerated this time round.
My technical people tell me that we are involved in a project to exploit the converging technologies of
In the last edition of this column we reported on Bill Broadfoot's Birthday Booze Cruise which was to be his farewell performance or Living Wake. Like most farewells it was followed by a series of guest re-appearances, but finally the clock struck and Bill duly departed this world. It is the poorer for it.
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Hoping for a Healthy Start
Time for a New Species?
Ottoman Cricket News
The W-People are coming
Time runs out for Bill