(0943) Cunning plan today, good people, is to do a bit more blogging, load a film for later, there are no other good shorts just now … so a bit thin on the ground today. I have a visitor most of the day, shall post more in the late afternoon as per usual. (0957)
15. If you could go on three last trips
… would this be one of them?
14. Time for letter agencies to go?
13. Why are all these people so sick in the head?
12. Widespread mental health issues today
11. Is Stacy right?
(0754) … after which I’ll refer to Wednesday instead. Good morning all, first light up … yep, past the soldtice now. Reasonably on track for today at this end. (0809)
10. Moosh corner
9. Deadbeat of the day
8. Good thing too … orrible bint … nasty piece of work
7. Note where I ticked
6. Numbers of invaders
(0611) Morning all, let’s get this show on the road. Amfortas in his quietus time, O&P’s wife and hisself, IYE’s lurgy, Ripper also remembered today.
5. Steve at 1241
4. Andy has got this “dodgy website” investigation thing going
That’s nice, appreciated, keep your eyes open, readers for this occasional series. Because of the nature of the subject, best I don’t transfer urls, ok.
3. The real issue
2. DAD at 1241
a) [Lots of twisted and soiled underware in Europe.] The United States announced on Tuesday sanctions targeting five European personalities committed to strict regulation of tech, including the former European commissioner, Frenchman Thierry Breton….
b) Broken and defeated, Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission is a sinking ship. This is a Commission that confuses moralistic fervour and emotional manipulation with legal authority and slogan-infested political theatre with actual power.
c) “Dance, pig”: an ongoing investigation to find the author – surely a Briton – of the humiliation of a Jewish child at Roissy airport.
d) El Salvador’s justice system sentences members of a terrible gang to “exemplary sentences”: from 463 to 1,335 years in prison.
e) Happiness is in Pasta.
Italian cuisine has just been awarded the prestigious status of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO….
(0500) This is virtually my Christmas message to all readers, which I’ll also post on X but do a separate one at OoL. Merry Christmas to all our patrons and stumble-upons, even those hostile. With some friends not well, my main concern is them, esp. one mate close to the end … so prayers for them seem important, also for those out there we don’t know, doing it hard … they’re first priority.
Then there is the issue of those I’m close to, to varying degrees, on the sites I am at, inc. X … the main problem is both overreach, being over-friendly to those who might not appreciate it … plus being not friendly enough for those who assumed, rightly, that we were friendlier. One friend sent out a generic Merry Christmas and that was that.
Miffed? Initially but then I thought … most of us have dozens to remember … and they must be remembered … my memory is notiriously bad, I have to work from what’s written down. There is truly no offence intended … also, wishing MC out of the blue can jolt some who’d forgotten me. It’s a fraught thing, Christmas … the potential to offend is high, even in quality of gift. Offence is truly not intended … even genuine enemy out there … let’s call it a Christmas truce, defences still in place. Health here is currently not bad.
Lastly, Merry Christmas to all, may a joyful spirit prevail … best to you and yours. (0513)
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In practical terms, I do have a visitor today, place here needs cleaning up a bit, so do I, there are cards to go out and messages at blogs and on X between now and midday tomorrow, plus chatting with friends and neighbours. Somehow I’ll keep a skeleton blog service running as I know that many of our readers would like that to be happening … hoping this is a welcoming place these next two days … some films, a few items, some politics.