Life Me Σσ and Αα went to watch Ηη’s sports day where he retained his title as undisputed king of the sack race. The highlight of the day though was when he didn’t bother holding the egg or spoon for the egg and spoon race and just sprinted as fast as he could. The morning ended without any real drama which was a sign of how much all the year 1s have grown up. And Ηη seemed happy with how everything went, so why would I bother pointing out to him that you don’t necessarily ‘win’ the egg and…
Man, I am so tired of being tired.On the plus side I’m finally working on music again. Hopefully I can keep up a more sustainable momentum this time around, because I really do want to finish Misfits sometime this year. But I also don’t want to do my usual multi-month crunch that leaves me even more drained when I’m done with an album.I’ve also been working on the next version of the-protocol-formerly-called-Canimus. At present the tentative rebrand name is “Chorus” although I’m not totally…
Back at work today again. Dull at first but some sun later. Very warm. Car washing. T.K. making 86 to date. A lot of meal in to burn as well as other stuff. Back better.
While researching marimo the python notebook, I came to know about other meaning of this word. Its a japanese algae moss ball and look they are SO CUTE! Work Monorepo got an escalation after I talked with our Head of Engineering about how I was chasing a moving target of people breaking tests and security issues and me having to fix them in monorepo. Also, there was another ticket on regression runs which was facing issues from platform team. Head of Engineering got everyone in call, gave them…
One week at number one on 30th January 1988Casual dismissers of eighties music usually refer to the over-produced “sameyness” of the era. I’ve always been a little bit gobsmacked by that assertion – yes, the MOR and AOR aspects of the decade’s middle period occasionally suffered from a weird, suffocating and dispassionate smoothness, and there was a tendency to either overlook or airbrush guitar sounds in the mainstream, but that was never “it”. Innovation was everywhere. “Rok Da House”, for…
Photos of the Jungle Cruise yield more Snoozles™ than you can shake a stick at. Whatever that means! Issues range from "same old, same old" images, photos with big silhouetted heads, or pictures of a lush jungle (and not much else). This first Snoozle was taken as the naphtha-powered launch approached Schweitzer Falls; I wonder if the photographer knew that he was about to see the Back Side of Water? "This is my favorite part!". It's too bad that the Back Side is a a black hole, devoid of hope…
Oh my. It was an exciting week here in Bowserland. First off, Mommy is away. So there was a miscommunication between Daddy and Oma about who was giving me breakfast. I ended up with 2 breakfasts on the first day of Mommy’s absence. Can the day get any better? I still miss Mommy though… Me, sleeping off my 2 breakfasts. Then, later in the week Oma and me heard a big noise down at the creek. I could hear Oma saying “Don’t be a bear. Don’t be a bear. Don’t be a bear…” in that way of hers. We tried…
I've been swithering for many months about the best way of getting a 45XX Small Prairie tank for the Minffordd fleet.First World problems, and all that, I know...Although outshone in the popular imagination by the Manors, Duekdogs and Collett Goods, they saw a lot of use at the northern end of the Coast line, working from Pwllheli and Portmadoc sheds, and often entrusted with the Cambrian Coast Express.Right now pre-orders are being taken for a brand new version of these go-anywhere ex-GWR…
I’ve fallen ill! Some sort of cold, or the flu, or maybe even COVID. Who knows. Eurgh. That this happened is not a surprise. The stress around moving and around the issues with my rental place has been high, and I’m surprised that I didn’t crash earlier. But as a result, this week’s weeknotes will be more terse than usual. Quick bits Karl Marx came up in a conversation this week, and I was reminded that I used to confuse Karl May and Karl Marx. As a kid, I had a Karl May book that I never…
The World Iran: it looks like the interim peace agreement is completely done and Iran and the US are at full hostilities again. PH: The VP's impeachment trial continues to be boring and full of technicalities. My Week Putting a lot of things off, paying some bills, reflling my meds. Trivia team attended a quiz night last Thursday. We did not do too well. On the upside, I decided to try a new commute to route to Cubao and it worked out well. On The Blog My set recap for Secrets of Strixhaven.…
An Unexpected Type of Beach Read Take pleasure in the mismatch between dangerous tales and leisurely environs. By Emma Sarappo https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/04/adventure-books-recommendations/687006/ Seven Death-Defying Books for the Adventurous Reader
Humdrum transport news You could be reading more interesting transport news today. This is not it. 🚇 A new Central line timetable starts on Monday. It recognises that the line is in a slightly better state than a few years ago when lots of trains were breaking down and they had to reduce the service a bit. It means they can now run 72 trains at peak times, previously 71. It's particularly good news offpeak between White City and Leytonstone which currently sees 21 trains an hour but next week…
Went out with my partner today in our continued quest to get some slaw dogs (slawgs). They were completely sold out of everything so our quest continues. We also checked out a recently opened book store that was super busy, and a hibachi place we've been eyeing for a while. The hibachi was super expensive, but it was good. Def not something to get very often. After all that we went back to my favorite thrift shop and I found a super cute skirt, a cute top, and a kinda button up sleeveless denim…
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The week ran in reverse -- a mission proclaimed before the question that went looking for it, a query that carried its answer before it was cast, and a weekend threshold that returned absolutely nothing because there was nothing left to deliver.
Sunday 19th July 2026 After last time’s review of West Midlands’ Diamond Bus operated route numbered 99, it’s a short hop over the conurbation’s western border into neighbouring Telford & Wrekin land to explore Telford’s circular bus route bearing the same number 99 with an ‘A’ suffix denoting anti-clockwise and ‘C’ for clockwise. It’s the second of two circular routes numbered 99 in this series (the first was in Pontypridd) and it’s the only route of the 25 numbered 99 in Britain operated by…
A couple of weeks ago, my Mum, sister and myself, spent a week on the Isle of Man. We wanted to show my sister some of the places that meant a lot to my Dad, and obviously, one of those was Groudle Glen. We struck luck with the weather the whole week, especially for the glen, as the overnight rain saw everything looking very green in the daytime sunshine. Reaching Sea Lion rocks, I took the opportunity to stand on the same bank Dad and I stood on back in 1993. Then, there wasn't much to see,…
I’m on vacation, dangit. Signed off Tuesday evening. It took a while to actually disconnect – I still found myself absentmindedly loading up Slack on my phone and checking what messages and notifications I’d received. I managed to keep it to only a few times a day, at least, but still not exactly the sort of proper separation from work I was aiming at. It’s now Saturday, four days later, and I’m only really starting to feel disconnected and unwinding now. I’m still wound a little tight, not…
What if i told you that there is a US military weapons manufacture that put Hello Kitty on one of their products? I'd technically be telling the truth. Anyways, I found out that I might be flying to Taiwan on the Eva Air Hello Kitty & Friends plane! A cute Boeing 777...Imagine. Next time It'll be a bedazzled Airbus. I'm going to be glued to the gate window along with all the children. Big smile on my face. How long till they do that on their military drone? So that the other children aren't…
I miss spending time in France during the summer. However, I'm afraid the summers I remember are gone forever because, as you may know, global heating has hit Western Europe and France harder than many other places. Also, each time I return home, it feels less and less like home. It makes sense; in November, I will have left for 15 years.One thing remains timeless, though: I truly feel "back home" when I'm in the medieval villages of the French Southwest, especially those in Périgord and…
Unpopular Opinion: Breakdown is the worst thing that happened to metal and hardcore. My face when I go to a metal gig and the music is as fast as grandma on her walker. I like fast music, music to jump to, to get wild, I blame my whole musical taste on Paranoid by Black Sabbath, the first time I heard the song playing Rock n' Roll Racing as a kid I went nuts, but when I was a kid I also really liked the song Chopis Centis by Mamonas Assassinas (I mentioned them briefly in this rant) and only…
this week was one of those weeks where i felt like i was just going through the motions, living in the moment but feeling a bit out of body. i think it was a mix of the heat, the wildfire smoke, my period, and the windup and down of the world cup. earlier this week i shared what i made in my fourth ceramics class. i have been having a pretty good couple of weeks at the wheel, and i feel like i'm starting to find my voice as told through clay. i've been enrolled in classes consistently, no…
The second part with the free wedding ceremony is now also finished. It was such a nice day, thanks to everyone who was there, helped, and made this day the best day in our lives! Cheers on our love and now also our marriage! 🥂♥️ Interactions & Comments
At this point I am a little bit into seeking out the journaling blogs of everyday people writing about their own experiences and frames of reference. A case in point: Americans seem, for some unfathomable reason, to like their coffee big and weak. Shocked emoji. I was going to say something smart about it being similar to their taste in politics — but that would be uncouth. Here is a taster of one person dying on the hill of caffeinated mediocrity. In other countries, it’s not like that. You’re…
# What an amazing couple of days! It was our 31st wedding anniversary on Wednesday (15th) so we went out for a nice meal. My wife booked a night away on Thursday — we stayed in Pontefract — so didn't have to waste time travelling yesterday, my birthday. We went to Pontefract Castle and did some exploring before checking in. Yesterday we headed for York and had a great time at the Minster. I love the architecture and history, and York Minster has a lot of both to explore. We were having such a…
As I was cleaning up the kitchen, Truman kept his eyes on me, trying to guilt me into giving him some treats. I snapped this photo as he was giving me a look over the counter. Then I gave him a treat. Because I’m gullible and he’s so dang cute.
Power Cat 2026-07-18
