It was back in the mid-nineties that I discovered I was short-sighted. It was when I was at a Star Trek convention with my cousin Samantha.

That’s right, you read correctly, a Star Trek convention.

I discovered that I had poor vision when we were sat in a hot, sweaty conference room with a few hundred fellow Trekkies at the Leicester Holiday Inn. We were sat listening to various luminaries giving entertaining talks about their time in the Star Trek universe. The charming George ‘Mr. Sulu’ Takei was present, as was the rather witty Max Grodénchik (Deep Space Nine’s half-wit Ferengi ‘Rom’) who had managed to win the audience’s adulation with a comedic re-enactment of Ferengi mating rituals.

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The World of Me will relaunch in January 2010. Don’t go away…

A big hairy spider has made the mother of all webs outside my front door!

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It’s managed to create this masterpiece in the space between my neighbour’s porch and the tree in my garden, a distance covering a good metre and a half. I’ve already knocked the web down once (accidentally I must add) only to find it rebuilt the very next morning. I’m going to admit defeat to Mr. Spider and let his wonderful web stay where it is.

Nature is ace isn’t it?

The Noodles of the Gods

Before I update the World of Me with a huge report from this year’s RAFTA Project, I would just like to add that Shin Cup Noodles are possibly one of the best noodle-in-a-cup-based foodstuffs in the world. Ever.

Another year, another RAFTA project. Bums on seats people, that’s what we need…

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