Tomorrow I head to Bangkok where I will partake of a small dose of death. On Monday they will scan my neck and check the uptake of radioactivity, and then give me the required dose to deliver a knockout blow to my thyroid. I am taking my camera but not sure they will let me photograph anything (or maybe the radioactivity will wipe my sensor); but I am hoping to be able to provide full coverage of this exciting event.

Or maybe I will just sleep. Feeling increasingly crap and depressed as the thyroid rages unchecked, and will probably feel this way for a while yet. Do not expect the same volume of posts.

She who must be obeyed has been her usual supportive self. Today she did some research on what might be good for me to eat in this condition. I was suggesting donuts, but she proclaimed donuts to be on the list of prohibited foods. After a bit more research she decided there was actually nothing I could eat; so we went and had some therapeutic cake.

I suppose I would be sad if my eyes were clogged with cobwebs and I had the most appalling acne.

Some time ago I wrote a little piece, penned the day before Apple introduced the first iPad.

I bought one before they were officially introduced to Thailand, so it cost me more than it should, and so I limited myself to a 16GB version. This was swiftly used up with applications, leaving no room for me to use it for an original justification; showing people my photos so they would go “ooh!” and buy them from me.

Most of the roads in Pattaya are littered with assorted stall holders. Presumably there is some sort of system whereby their places are allocated and they pay for the privilege. The other evening the police were on beach road, relieving stall holders of cash. The magic trick stand man seemed a little nervous.

If you have a digital camera, you will need to look at your photos on a computer. You might want to organise them, make them look better, build a slideshow, build a web page, design a book, perhaps even print them. You can do all of that with Adobe Lightroom 4.

Forget about the bloat that is Photoshop, or any of the other junk that purports to offer a comprehensive, easy to use solution; Lightroom is by far the best tool on the market.

Some time ago, I told you loads of things you didn’t want to know about my thyroid. If you can’t be arsed to follow the link, let me summarise: I am going to kill it.

Up until a week ago, I was keeping my raging thyroid in check with a daily pill. But then I stopped taking the pill and my thyroid has burst back into angry life.

Aha, I’m back and I’m going to fuck you up!

Or just a massage?