Ring of fire

Alas it looks as though Tomasz will be away from our screens a little longer: Judging by his Twitter, he was due to jet off on his holidays. If did that now, he'd get clogged up with sulphur and ash-- and we don't want that happening.

Instead he's having a "home-cation"... there's one for Suzie Dent-- she did declare "staycation" as one the words of 2009. She'll be uttering Tomasz's coinage on Countdown before we know it {i}

Anybody blessed with nice sunsets? They have been nice round my way, but a bit lacklustre sadly-- seen better ones. I doubt The Schaf would be interested in my pictures of slightly peachy-coloured sun setting over the dreaming towerblocks of Nottingham.

However if you do have an impressive sunset pic, they are welcome on his Fbk page or via website. Who needs a vivid sunset, when Tomasz is out of this world!



{i} Although I haven't watched said programme since Ricko left us. I still shed a tear when I hear the words tangelo or leotard. And I can't drive through Wetwang anymore (bang go my day-trips to Great Driffield)

Dusty dusk

A most curious day Schaffanatics... Tomasz was due on today, but did not materialise on the BBC airwaves. However a Tweet posted by the good man himself, informs us: "Had a real fun and good photoshoot today! :-D".

I suspect it may be for Attitude, since Dr Christian {i} was tweeting about a photoshoot he did with said magazine yesterday ("not wearing many clothes"). Could be for Cosmo, on their regular Everyman shoots {iii}. Or perhaps the rumoured calendar (if that's an in-joke, I have a feeling it will become a self-fulfilling prophesy!)

Of course the big news today is not the barely distinguishable (or distinguished) party leaders tentatively toughing it out on the telly tonight; but of volcanic ash ejected from Eyjafjallajokull {ii}. The dust, currently drifting 20,000ft in the atmosphere, ought to produce a dramatic sunset and/or sunrise over the coming hours-- the 'cinematic effect'.

A delve into the archives: Tomasz getting a tickly cough on last year's vernal equinox. He needs something soothing to swallow, poor luv


^With thanks to Terratec

{i} Mr Jesson of Embarrasing Bodies/getting male sports teams to strip naked for tenuous reasons fame-- also writes health column in Attitude.
{ii} Easy for you to say.
{iii} A charity that promotes prostate cancer awareness. Cosmopolitan get celebs to disrobe, to raise money for the charity.