Today's Wordcount so Far 10 min drinking tea, staring at torrential rain out window. Not summer. 15 min as cat hostage after she settles on lap 2 seconds before I was going to get up. 1 min listening to BBC radio news. Mutter "Wanker" turn off. 30 min debating pros and cons of Tom Holt's portable door vs, #Dnd bag of holding, vs Fantastic Beasts suitcase vs Tardis. Tardis wins but we agree it has inconvenient time lord element attached to it and would restrict our travel to either the UK and space and almost nowhere else. #books #bookstodon

Anyone else ever have a day where you need your brain to work at full capacity, because you've got a "to do" list the length of a ski slope, and instead all it wants to do is play back an ancient advertising jingle and think about cake?

Topic: The best food from your neck of the woods. :blobsmilehappyeyes: Wondering if people would be interested in sharing the thing they always recommend people try in their area? It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive or even exclusive to your area. It's just got to be the thing your area does well. This isn't for book research, just out of pure curiosity because we've got so many awesome people here. (No need to share your specific location at all!) To kick it off: If you're in Mauritius, try the piment with your food. (It's a delicious local chili condiment.) If you're in Florence, try a Bollito instead of a panini. (It's boiled meat in a bun, pure street food) If you're in Istanbul, you've got to have the full Turkish breakfast at least once... Kadikoy or Beyoglu are great locations for this. If you're in the village I'm currently in near the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, they do one of the best fish and chips I've ever had at the local pub. No frills. Mushy peas on the side. 2 for 1 deal on Friday. There's a Dunkin Donuts just near Gettysburg PA that does some of the best chain-store coffee I've ever tasted. (I still smile remembering that coffee.) #food #coffee #tea #culture

*Gasp* We've just had an egregious contravention of the "No Astrophysics Facts Before George's Second Cup Of Tea" Ruling of 2008. I now have no choice but to break the "No Gruesome History Facts About Corpses or Entrails While Tony's Eating Breakfast" accord of 2010. It is ON! I already have my notes about cemetery conditions in London in the Georgian era ready to go. Corpses piled up against the outside of kitchen windows are about to be unleashed!😎