Hot on the heels of the revelation that carrots are posing topless in local supermarkets, I've had a few surprises today. Well, surprises in my little life may not measure up to the standards of others, but overall it's been a better day than anticipated.

First of all when I crawled out of bed this morning and signed into WDC I was delighted to receive a site burpday greeting for EIGHT years of service. Where the hell did all that time go? But you know, it reminded me I still love this site for its personal touches and the comments on my last mad blog confirmed people here get me on the whole. Not so much in other places but hey ho, that's life. Maybe like mould I take time to grow on people.

Then off we went to the supermarket. The eleventh commandment - thou shalt shop on Mondays goes back even further than my WDC membership. I carefully perused all the carrots, but am relieved to report I did not come across one with no top. There were peeled ones, scrubbed ones, ones with headgear on and innocent baby ones, but thankfully not a topless one in sight. My sister obviously shops at far sleazier supermarkets than I.

It was in the supermarket I discovered Robbie Williams latest album, released today at a snip of a price. I came away clutching my hero's latest batch of songs and know it will be played continuously until I know every word. I just love the song about to be released as his latest single, but when I saw the associated video, I just about bust a gut. (My first attempt at embedding a YouTube clip - bear with me) If you have time to see it through you'll realise how much he and I have in common. Singing vegetables and carrots rule the day.