If there is one thing I didn’t like about the smartcard thingy my bus tickets live on these days, it was the boring corporate logo on the wallet it came in. So when I saw this, I couldn’t resist

Psychic paper not included

What’s this? Down again? Amazing!

I sort of walked part of the way to work today, which isn’t very impressive. It was trying to rain a bit more (not as much as last night, when cats, dogs and hippos may have been involved), but it was more me feeling rough[1] than the weather that made me stop and get the Metro.

Today’s pictures – yes, I’m letting you have two at once – are of an art installation thingy in Newcastle called the Blue Carpet. Here it is seen from above:

Blue Carpet

Now you’re probably thinking that it doesn’t look very blue, and I’m inclined to agree, though some bits are bluer than others, as you can see here:

Blue Carpet Detail

[1] Lingering traces of the cold or whatever it was I got last week, plus not sleeping too well last night, mutter