nice to see that vimes uses* the disorganiser finally, even if it is called the gooseberry and the green translucent imp alerts you with the william tell overture.**

this imp is a little more endearing than previous ones. cogito ergo sum! i think, therefore i do sums! very little of that bingely-bongely bing, ay em pee em business! although still insert name here, because vimes threw away the registration card. one bit i particularly enjoyed was its new feature, integrated bluenose messenger service i.e. runs really quickly with a message to the nearest clacks tower. vimes: and do you come back? imp: absolutely! vimes: thank you, no.

i won't say anything more shall i?*** not until the people at home have finished it. i'll make that a generous two weeks. as you can see, unlike su-lin, i do give ample spoiler notices. :P

*for a given value of. he lets the imp out, gives it a pencil and lets him do the watch accounts.

** it could be a number of other popular tunes too, but the first thing that came to mind on reading "duddle dum duddle dum duddle dum!" was actually the charge of the light brigade i think i'm safer with the william tell.

***only that i really liked thud, although it doesn't come near to replacing night watch as my favourite vimes book. it was good, and oh, vimes is lovely.