One of our staff had a strange experience the other week. He teaches English at a private language school in Tallinn and, as a way of facilitating written homework had given his gmail addy to the group early on in the course, in January. OK so far but he hadn't counted on getting an email from one of the students professing her undying affection for him and the fact that she'd seen him in a dream..twice.

Great, you might think, but not really. We're into unrequited territory here- well it's definitely unrequited on the PMC's part. It's that old truism which nevertheless happens to be true - why can't it be the fit ones that send you these messages?!

Nonetheless there is nothing worse than unrequited affections - take the worst method of execution, hanging drawing and quartering or whatever it may be, and that's no where near as bad as unrequited love, at least the execution has the release of death at the end of it! We know this from having been on the other side of the fence, but it's also true that the recipient can feel bad too, with feelings of guilt and anxiety.

So, lesson learned, don't give out email addresses to students so readily or if doing so

Comedy Estonia Gets Izzard Seal Of Approval

Following from the previous post on the upcoming Dylan Moran gig in Tallinn (tickets to which are almost certainly sold out, even with an extra date slotted in, though I've got mine!), there has been an endorsement on on less a Facebook page than Eddie Izzard's. It's a compliment with a sting in the tail though - he's congratulating Dylan for being the 'first English speaking comic to play Tallinn'; evidently Louis Zezeran, Stewart Johnson, Keiu Kriit, Andrei Tuch and other Estonians who deliver their act in the most amazing English do not count!

Nonetheless all publicity is good publicity, I can recommend a good English teacher for the regular Comedy Estonia troupe in the meantime..