Bow Ties

Greetings. This week's task as you may well know was to learn how to tie a bow tie (with ease). The 'with ease' part is an ambiguous term but the proof of my newly acquired skill can be seen at the end so you can judge for yourselves. Either way, I am now fully equipped to attend formal events the way they should be attended.

I've been reasonably busy this week with various bits and bobs. First of all, Gun Hill Riffs wowed audiences again with our latest gig. More accurately, we played a short acoustic set to a sparse audience made up of  mostly 14 year old children at a hard rock club in Reading, in which someone had recently been stabbed. It was reasonable fun. We will move onto bigger and better things however, the next billed gig being at Southill Park in Bracknell again on the 8th November. Come along if you feel like it!

Secondly, I have made my first tentative steps towards learning the wonderful language of Spanish. Those who have even a slight knowledge of the Spanish language however, are discouraged from comments designed to elicit examples of my learning. It is early days and phrases such as 'Go on, say something in Spanish then' will not be allowed until I have given such behavior my blessing. In all honesty, I have so far only read the introduction to my 'Learn Spanish' book and nothing else.

More thoughts on my world record attempt. I am soon going to be donning my jedi outfit for a fancy dress party and it has been suggested that a good world record to beat (or indeed set) would be to wear the costume for as long as possible. We're talking at least a week. How feasible this would be I don't know but I think it's worth giving Guinness a ring to see if they're up for it. I'll keep you posted.

So that's me for this week. My task for the next week will be to learn my times tables properly  and up to a high number. My mathematical deftness is sadly lacking and I think it's about time I put it right. Until then, the following should act as a nice tie in.

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