Horses, the Feds and Fiona Bruce

Gambling is a mug's game (unless of course it's the fruities, in which case clearly I will always win and look like a Pub God).

I say this because Serco Theresa had a "horse's mouth" tip on "Essex" in the Cheltenham Festival (which I note was also a tip from Helen off of Helen'n'..., and she claims to know what she's talking about in such matters). Plus, it's called Essex, so it will probably have been drugged up to the eyeballs, turbo charged, and have a massive sound system in its saddle, so should have been a dead cert.
It lost.
As did "Chives", named after my hairdo (thanks, Peter Gordon of 96.4 The Eagle!).
And the other horse I've forgotten the name of already (probably "Donkey", or "Three Legs" or "Shot In The Paddock").

CBS Evening News reported on a station that makes Airport Information Radio look like 1Xtra: WFED 1050. It's a station for government employees - all red tape, all the time. No, really. I've spent the day watching the "Thrift Savings Plan Ticker". And waiting for stories such as:
"For the first time in the history of the Office of Personnel Management, employees are being "RIF'd" because of a lost job competition."
or
"He is no longer head of NASA, but that does not mean former Administrator Sean O'Keefe is no longer reaching for the stars."
See what they've done there? Makes the Bong Game seem a bit stale, eh?

And I saw Fiona Bruce off of the news, in Starbucks. But it was the branch in the BBC Media Centre at White City, so that doesn't really count. She had very nice boots on, which seemed a bit pointless as she's sat behind a desk.

Lunch news for today: Gorgonzola pizza with extra mushroom from Pizza Express, Cowcross Street.

Over on the original pub guide soon: Will and Al go to the Essex University London Pub Reunion, and end up in several before even making it to the reunion. Contains new pubs!