06MAY06

!FLORADAY...and except for a few spots of rain around one o-clock the weather was very good...hot and sunny in the afternoon...blue skies through until nine o-clock...a quietish day at the flat...with the exception of the two three year olds running around keeping trackers on their toes...eight members of the extended family over four generations...

?MATHEMATICS...took over when everybody went their different ways after the mid-day dance had passed our grandstand view...two to the pub...four to the fair and boating lake playground...two of the oldest home to rest...i had a brief wine induced nap...hoovered up the sev scattered by the kids...and then set about resolving the sturm-liouville systems normal form and invariant...which took a few sides of paper and perseverance...it was easy to lose a dash or gain one in the differential equations...but now all sorted...block four exercise 11.1 done and dusted...

!READING...have run out of beckett...temporarily bookless...not counting joyce/finnegans wake...where i found the quote of the day...

and this...joke...a sprig of blue speedwell...just a spell of floralora...so you-ll mind your veronique

...wow...the zeitgeist connected my blog nom de plume with choice joyce...oh and by the way...the punctuation in the quote is mine...jj-s is more conventional...

!TOMORROW...is a big day on the sports calendar...will they...wont they...spurs above the ars...depends upon the whammers...and...a clue from the guardian crossword...

waiting the call...mostly...made it...(5 8)

?CARPE DIEM...we shall have to wait till about 17.hours...fingers crossed...bX