After a particularly hellish couple of weeks, working 15 hour days, bombarded by deadlines, students, colleagues, copious amounts of admin., spirit-sapping commuter traffic, and seemingly infinite emails, texts, mobile phone calls, and correspondence, I look out today at a clear, crisp morning from my back deck and ponder my day off.

In fact, there is very little to ponder. I am a straight razor user, and a member of SRP! I am going to shave, read the always interesting discussions in the forums, chat with my mates online, and generally wrap myself in the warm camaraderie of men and women who share my love of straight razors and everything related to it!

The world moves fast, and it is easy to get caught up in its currents and eddies. Thank God for those of us that have the strength to swim against the tide and have found our little sheltered cove!

Cheers to you all!!

James.