How is May going for you? It was going pretty well until this morning and now it’s p*ssing it down and gone really cold. But on a personal level, it’s been pretty good up to now.

What was your biggest/proudest hobby moment so far? I recently won a painting contest with my animatronic “Little Alice” miniature that paid (in part) for a new guitar. (a Harley Benson HB-35+ in red if you’re interested). That was pretty cool. And last year I won a golden button for my app-controlled cyberpunk police scene from Titan Forge miniatures. I don’t think accolades get bigger than that, do they?

Which hobby moment would you rather not have happened? I’ve repainted the wall in the room we now call Nick’s “art studio” three times and the streak of nuln oil running down it still shows through. I’d much rather have never spilled a full pot (one of those tall ones) *and not noticed for two days*. We built the extension on the house ourselves and the indelible stain on the wall kind of sullies all our hard work!

Here’s your music for this week. It feels appropriate.

@crazyredcoat – when I lived in Wales, my local was often frequented by Bill Innes who one week brought his brother Neil to run the pub quiz. An entire three hours on which chemicals make up the volatile compounds in various forms of nitro-glycerine and the lyrics to folk songs inspired by 16th century poems. It was the one time we had the same chance of winning as the team of three ex-professors and a retired civil servant (every pub quiz has one hyper-competitive team doesn’t it?)