Enough is enough

Thank you xugglybug (now normally katieastrophe) for pointing me to the way that the current owners of LJ are still determined to be evil.

You can get around their latest attempts (see here for more details) but moving to Dreamwidth has gone from 'I will get around to doing it at some point... oh, look, shiny!' to a 'why am I supporting LJ with my presence?'

So I will be trying to remember to post only as lovingboth in future. Entries there will be copied across to here and I will have a think about what to do about allowing comments here.

I will doubtless be commenting on other people's posts here for a while, but I suggest you have a read about what's been happening here for a while and think about whether you want to stay.

Some offers you can refuse

Tonight, I am off to see the all male 'Pirates of Penzance' which I did not get around to booking in time when it was at the Union Theatre. It's now at Wilton's Music Hall, near Tower Bridge. I was reminded of this by an offer in the Metro (quote 'Metro Offer' at the box office for a discount). Obviously, I said yes to that offer.

Beneath it was an offer from a bookmaker: a £10 bet on Andy Murray winning two grand slam tournaments in 2010 gets £110 back.

Where do I start on why I said 'no' to that? Well, that translates as 10-1 odds (they're including the return of the winning bet in the £110) rather than 11-1. There has already been one grand slam (the Australian) in 2010, and while he got to the final, he lost. So they're offering 10-1 against him winning two of the remaining three. I think the Australian was only his second grand slam final (the first being the US Open a year or so back) and he's not got close to winning either of them. The next one is the French, and his chances of winning that are almost nil as his record on clay is poor compared to the other surfaces.

If anyone wants 11-1 against him winning two this year, I'm happy to take the bet :)