The funniest thing was of course that, as usual, Mrs Red wasn’t listening, maintaining an expression of ineffable boredom throughout the whole speech. Asked about it later she said that she hadn’t been listening to me, and that she never does. Which is just another one of the reasons why she’s such a star.

We just did a count-up of the wine and beer consumed. Given the number of drivers/non-drinkers, and people like me who drank beer because wine in too great a quantity has unfortunate results, there will have been some pretty sore-headed people on Sunday morning. I don’t think people were drinking out of boredom. I hope not. Didn’t sound like it.

Not that it has anything to do with the topic at hand, but I had to give a speech at our graduation convocation and the ancient nun from the Physics Dept. (who comprised a whole battalion of aunts in her own venerable person) told me it was the best such speech she’d ever heard. She could have stopped there, but she added “…so nice and short.” Still cracks me up.

Though I say it myself my speech was a great success, without notes, just a quick riff on Kingsley Amis’s observation that “women are so much nicer than men - no wonder we like them” and it got very high praise from the battalion of aunts. So yes, an excellent event.

Forgot my bloody shoes, though. Dad has them now. Mom said she’d mail them to me but yeah, THAT won’t take ANY time at ALL, nooooo.