well all the debates on prisons today neatly coincided with my seminar on 18th and 19th century imprisonment. perhaps it was the topicality of the subject that made the first years so talkative this afternoon or perhaps it was just becasue - for once - the reading was fairly straightforward and they understood it. most seem to think we are too soft on criminals and that bringing back the tough regime of pentonville circa 1842 would act as a suitable deterrent. none wanted to reintroduce capital punishment but they advocated chemical castration for paedophiles and rapists - what do people out in the blogosphere think? Id be very interested to find out.

cooking dinner for the globe trotters since they didn't make it out last night - fish pie for em and him, veggie shepherd's pie for her.

still feeling good today despite a mild allergic attack - no muppetter for the weekend but still plenty to occupy myself and curry tomorrow night for the tall one's bidet. see you all later