- Varanus tristus

I had hoped to be posting a pic from the Anthrax gig I just went to - sadly my honesty in asking the door staff if photography was cool was my undoing there. I also considered posting a pic of the alien mass that has been growing on the side of my pinky finger for the last few years. I go into surgery in a few hours to have it hacked mercilessly off. The surgeon tells me it is a giant cell tumour, but I secretly suspect it is a budding mini-me. But no pic of said mass, because the shot I took of it out the front of the Anthrax gig, was boring. So, given due respect of the risks of the anaesthetic I am to go under I thought this pic of a native Australian reptile - who's future is entirely uncertain - was somewhat appropriate. And should I never return from the barbiturate slumber, such a black pic makes a fitting end to this blog. Bwahaha. That's bleak for you. See you all tomorrow.