Unintelligent Design

"Tell you what -- if some fanfic writer is so good they manage to amass a million-person audience with their web-distributed free stories using my characters, I am going to consider that evolution in action and hire that bastard. Or, at the very least, urge them to go create their own show. But odds are it ain't gonna happen. And that's okay. We write for different reasons."

(from kungfumonkeyrss)

...this week I will be learning more than I ever wanted to know about Tomato Blight and how to salvage something once it sinks its nasty little fungal wotsits into your crop...

I suspect it's a combination of the wet summer and the relocation due to building work that's caused it. And it looks like all but one of my plants has some degree of infection. Bleah.

Phase I (as recommended by various books) - severe pruning and safe disposal of the affected bits (i.e. do not compost)

Phase II is to get something to spray 'em with to slow any remaining infection and increase the chances of getting a few intact tomatoes...

So, who's going to V-Movie next week...?

Well, ok, that's two slightly different topics, but the online fan reaction to Children of Earth has been interesting, as has the reaction to the latest issue of Marvel Comics' X-Factor...