After a relaxing Saturday out at Keith's, I did a quick and hectic loop through the UK. The news about Alexander Litvinenko's Polonium poisoning was all over every news station out there. You'd think it was about something important, like Michael Jackson. The only problem with my flippant attitude was that I was briefly staying in the Millennium Hotel in which the Polonium was found. Interestingly enough, the place was packed. Some of the local scuttlebutt centered around speculation that the whole thing was a publicity stunt for the new James Bond movie.
I visited some customers in the west country, driving past Stonehenge on the way. I ended up staying at the Moonfleet Manor in Weymouth. Standing near one of the world's greatest natural harbors (home to famous smugglers and the launching spot for much of D-Day), I am sure I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't arrived after dark and left before sunrise.
One of the events they had set up for me to participate in was a techie debate at the Groucho Club in Soho. They have a strict no-cell-phones rule because of all the celebrities that hang out there. You can imagine how well I fit in. A couple of people commented that they had seen Howard Marks. Never heard of him myself, but he's pretty easily Google-able, and he was coming in while I was waiting for a cab back to the radiated hotel.
Nice to be back home!
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