Five Questions answered

Christina asks five questions very month.

Here's my answers for July.

1. Five items you are most likely to buy at a convenience store.

The co-op near my house sells fresh bread. The one to get is olive bread. It's just bread with olives in, but it's really hard to stop eating it once you start.

They also sell chili relish. You can put it with anything to give it a kick, but I eat it like spicy jam.

I'm struggling to get past two. I don't buy much. Veg, maybe?

2. Tell me about the last book you read. If you read more than one book a week, tell me about either the one that turned out to be terrible or useless, or the one you'd recommend.

I've been reading The Decameron. It's a bit like a medieval Italian version of Arabian Nights. Some people gather to tell stories. I came across it because they're gsthering to escape a plague, which is topical. Most of the stories are interesting. There's a surprising amount of sex. You have to accept their view that people have their place in the world, and if a rich person loses their position, it's a satisfying ending to have them restored to wealth and position.

3. Do you have a favourite postage stamp?

No. I remember once being in Athens, and outside a big post office there was a table where you could write letters and postcards. Inset into the table were little rollers you could run your stamp over to wet the back so you didn't have to lick them.

4. What is your current favourite hobby?

Writing software. I also help out in a youth organisation. There's two things that are a long way apart.

5. Who was the most famous person you shook hands with?

I can't think of any, but I was once nearly run over by Paul McCartney. Not paying attention, I stepped off the pavement by Covent Garden tube station, and he had to stop his Rolls Royce quite suddenly.

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