Cardinal Points

[anarchist_nomad]

Tis now Thursday, my fourth day back in Merry Old England since returning from Japan on Monday morning. It is most excellent to be back at home in Oxford again, and to see my beloved cheshcat, my adorable kitties, and my darling miss_amaranth.

Since returning home, here is a quick snapshot of what your friendly neighborhood Nomad has been up to:

• On Monday, I went North (about 50 miles) to Stratford-upon-Avon, with cheshcat, where we saw Sir Patrick Stewart play Shylock in an excellent Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Merchant of Venice.
  
  
• On Tuesday, I went South (about 50 miles) to Winchester, where I saw the lovely miss_amaranth perform in a student production.
  
  
• On Wednesday, I went East (about 50 miles) to London, where I spent the day at Imperial College working with RT and PS.
  
  
• On Thursday, today, I will go West (about 75 miles) to Bristol, with both cheshcat and miss_amaranth, where we will see the awesometacular Jonathan Coulton perform in concert with Paul & Storm.

That pretty much covers the four cardinal directions, one per day. Ironically, I have not yet been to the city centre of Oxford, about two miles distant, since my return. I think this says something... though I am not quite sure what. In any case, the oversight will be rectified soon because:

• On Friday, tomorrow, I will stay local, going into Oxford city centre to do some interdisciplinary collaborating with some good people at the University of Oxford.

That is my week in a nutshell, dear friends. What have you been up to?