Bereft of inspiration for today’s mindnumbingly boring post, I give you… Mini rants:

• How on earth can I possibly know by webinfiltration of my brain that Ewen MacGregor is Iago in a new production of Othello and not know who is playing the title role¹?
• Does Wendy Alexander really think she can detract us from the dodgy donations by calling for a review into Holyrood’s financial accountability? (Or if you’re anti-independence or pro-Labour, you might instead be ranting about why she’s being targeted on the Donorgate affair…)
• What’s the weird metal thing on the mouse’s heid? It had better be vernier callipers or some such.
  
• Should MSM give loonies the attention they crave? I guess there’s a small amount of interest in Mitt Romney due to his Welsh significant other, but to highlight some loony’s criticism of her is bigging up a minor issue.
• And my final bitter rant. Why are American passport photos a different size from everywhere else in the world? And why do we always come out looking especially ugly in them?

Incidentally, if anyone foody is reading this, I could do with some suggestions of a simple (REALLY simple) recipe for a tart/cake that I can make for a work X-word party this Sunday. I’ve done variations on shortbread for far too long when stumped for time. And it’s a bit late for a fruitcake, although I’m tempted by Delia’s super-fast fruitcake recipe. But I’d have to start tonight. And I can’t because I’m going to see Evelyn Glennie in concert at the Royce Hall…