So much news

There is so much news to report. 1vs100 - ick! That has embargoed until after it has been broadcast. Probably a good thing - let it all die down.

Grand Prix performances have been ok - another one tomorrow yay! I am crawling up the ranking steadily and am hopeful a few months away from being promoted to Candidate Master status. Hoorah! No longer to hold a mostly meaningless title that you could get just by turning up to enough events.

And Mastermind - ah yes Mastermind. Still a little way off but close enough to make my tummy do cartwheels.

All will be revealed in due course dear reader(s).

Life sucks

I've just found out that a friend of mine has died suddenly and unexpectedly. He was just 32.

Of all the people I've known in my life I don't think if I've ever known anyone so 'good'. Not holy, not sanctimonious - just a good guy. I never heard a bad word said about him and he would always go out on a limb for you.

His death is so senseless, so perverse that it cannot be anything other than random. Forget Pascal's wager - there ain't nothing out there or this wouldn't have happened.