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Dunno about Brigitte Bardot - she hasn't aged at all well, especially compared to her contemporary Sophia Loren.

I've been told I resemble Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Helen Taylor, Goldie Hawn and/or Brigitte Bardot.

It doesn't resolve the other issues in my life, like not having a job and wishing I could move to Bristol.

It's early days yet - it may be a while before I update my Facebook relationship status.

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-71), Theme and Variations for Two Violins

It used to be (perhaps still is) said that the great thing about internet dating was that you could get to know someone through lengthy written correspondence. Unfortunately internet dating has transmogrified into smartphone dating, which means you're lucky to get a message lasting more than one sentence. At least that's been my experience. Correction, was. Not wanting to gloat here - honest! http://www.asd-forum...py/#entry325242 Following my, ahem, alternative Jubilee celebration a deux on Sunday, I have deleted my online dating profiles. I'm aware it's a not uncommon phenomenon for people to try internet dating without any immediate success, only to form a relationship with someone in real ife - the implication being that the internet dating helped them build up their confidence. Probably especially true of someone emerging onto the dating scene after the breakup of a long relationship. However I'm not sure if this scenario applies in my case, as frankly I never thought I gained much from internet dating, certainly not in terms of picking up when someone was interested in me. In fact, if it hadn't been for a mutual friend pointing out the bleedin' obvious to me (and him for that matter!) I doubt things would have progressed very far. For the record, I originally met the lucky guy at an autism activism group last year and added him as a friend on Facebook soon after. Although by some bizarre coincidence, it turns out I had unknowingly messaged him on a dating site around the same time that I met him in real life - I guess he had turned up in my daily matches or something like that.

The Equality Illusion: The truth about women & men today by Kat Banyard

This year's winner hasn't joined the Euro either...Is it purely coincidental that Sweden's Eurovision victory came less than a week after the christening of their future queen? Princess power rocks!!

See my avatar...

I submitted my latest Open University assignment yesterday. And on Sunday, far from the madding crowds watching the flotilla, I kissed someone in the pouring rain on Walthamstow Marshes.

Better on Waterloo Bridge than under London Bridge, I guess.

More recently MH has spoken out against people using The Curious Incident as a text-book. The words after, bolted, door, horse, locking and stable come to mind... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/9311242/Hay-Festival-2012-Mark-Haddon-dont-use-Curious-Incident...-as-an-autism-textbook.html

Spare a thought for these unfortunate people - chances are there were some Aspies among them: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/04/jubilee-pageant-unemployed

Rimsky-Korsakov, Mlada Suite

Lose a million? Nothing new under the sun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lose_A_Million

I wish cucumber wasn't compulsory in Pimms.

Erik Satie, Trois Morceaux en forme de poire, performed by Aldo Ciccolini and Gabriel Tacchino

Erik Satie (1866-1925), Cinq Nocturnes, performed by Aldo Ciccolini

The last time I played computer games was on a ZX Spectrum. My favourites were Cyclone and Full Throttle.

Harmful to Minors: The perils of protecting children from sex by Judith Levine

Owning a property automatically puts one above the maximum savings threshold, which is why I won't be receiving any more benefits come August. This despite the fact that the net income I receive from letting out my Exeter flat comes to £12 a month tops.

PJ Harvey, White Chalk

Swimming in Hampstead Heath's bathing ponds on a day like yesterday.

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840-93), Violin Concerto, performed by Jascha Heifetz

Jan Garbarek (saxophone) and the Hilliard Ensemble, Officium Novum