Bars and Family

Well, that was an _excellent_ evening...three bars, one brother, a lover, a friend and someone. Further updates won't be until tomorrow for reasons which will become obvious.

But my bro knows I'm poly and didn't seem to care as long as we were all happy! which is great!

Dan H. Can you tell I'm still somewhat drunk?

Peculiar Happening

I've always thought of them as "DMBS" moments. From the phrase, "I was so shocked, I nearly Dropped My Bacon Sandwich" on the principle that there are few events shocking enough to actually warrant wasting food.

I've had three in my life; the first when two of my friends came out to me as lesbians in Brighton (and no, I don't know them any more, lost contact) and the second when I discovered that polyamory was alive and well and living in Manchester. And the third was last night.

SaintMary, Darren, my brother Andy and I were sat in the bar at the Lowry last night. It seemed like the right place to be at the time. We were chatting about this and that, the usual nonsense, when the Rt. Hon. Michael Howard MP (1) appeared at the top of the staircase and proceeded to head to the restaurant. Now, Andy works in Whitehall, and so seeing MPs is not a biggie for him. But Mr Howard has now displaced John De Lancie as the Second Most Famous Person I've Seen Up Close(2) and I don't mind admitting I was rather taken aback.

I'm now aware he was in Manchester promoting the Tory European Election manifesto this morning. But I didn't want to tell all and sundry where he was roostin^H^H^H sleeping that night for my aforementioned obvious reasons...

1: Leader of the Conservative Party and hence the Opposition in the House of Commons
2: Pterry. Who else?