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Wheee, a long-overdue update as to what’s happening on my shelf at work!

First, back in February, the pirates from the advent calendar descended from the roof of the fire house and joined the crew of the big damn boat:

Next, in March, some devilish manta rays decided to fly over the new department store, along with a big red spaceship, just in time for the last of the white winter here in Frankfurt:

And finally, just two weeks ago, 16 new LEGO men decided to hold some sort of parade:

And that’s all for now.

Because back in 1993, I wrote sequels to books by long-dead authors; megasad.com/morlocks.

The train has changed into a boat:

Up too long. But if any of you remember Vids, with the bizarre bits between reviews (and Bits too, why not), and reading everything on a site you just finally found, into the early hours of the morning, you’re inside Zero Idea‘s summer 1997… http://www.dogsizedcat.com/

I was in Australia for most of November, saw and did many mighty things, but until I write all that, here’s a cute video:

My first real-live platypus; hoo-hah.

My desk at work has had some pretty additions recently, seasonal too:

Tomorrow I go to Australia for a few weeks but when I come back there shall be a pirate advent calendar, the fire brigade’s roof is going to be even more pumping than the green grocer’s next door!

This is very wooj:

You can get your very own the same place I did, Club Nintendo.  So wooj!

On the weekend I visited Köln with Thomas and Ana and Claire, went to gamescom on Saturday and was shown a bit of the city by Kathrin on Sunday.

And so, on Saturday night there were moths chasing light, birds munching moths, all spinning round and around Kölner Dom. With the sound turned down low, it’s very pretty:

I recently bought the Emerald Night train from the LEGO Store here in Frankfurt, have set it up on my desk at work. I’ve also been reading The Three Musketeers…

In case it wasn’t immediately obvious, the train is (from engine to carriage) Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the dog is d’Artagnan himself. And the building in the background was the “exclusive” model I got at the aforementioned Store’s grand opening, is totally the Convent of Carmes Deschaux… Only with extra windows?