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[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Ballerina (2025) which bears the supplementary description "from the world of John Wick", for it is set in that "cinematic universe" as the cool kids say. I enjoyed this, though it maybe feels not as tautly paced on occasion as the other films from said world, somehow. Still, any film where the Subtitles for Deaf and Hard of Hearing include "(brains squelch)" is good enough for me

And then a rewatch of Mile 22 (2018) which is also replete with guns and explosions as Mark Wahlberg and some other Americans try to exfiltrate the bloke from The Raid out of a thinly disguised Indonesia on behalf of the CIA. It's good, though given they had they guy from The Raid, I think they ought to have let him kick more people in more places - though he did get to do quite a lot of that

And finally S1E3 of Dune: Prophecy entitled Sisterhood Above All (TV Episode 2024).

Just now, I saw two planets rising above the block opposite. I assumed from their brightness that they must be Jupiter and Mars, but it turns out they're Jupiter and Venus! Not often one sees those two so close together

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Today has been a very lazy day with me dozing on the sofa for the most part. I dozed my way through the last episode of Oak Island nut jobs, two episodes of The Sky at Night and some Repair Shop. All good, gentle viewing.

I'm now tired from all that activity so might get an early night

[NickFitz]

I dithered for a while over what to have for tea, plumping in the end for Nando's because it's OK and not too far away

Not sure what happened with the guy's tracking thing, as it showed him stuck at the restaurant for ages, then suddenly updated to show him just about to turn into our drive

I'd guessed something of the kind might be happening so I was ready for action, but it still made for a hasty scuttle downstairs to collect it from him

[NickFitz]

Lunch earlier was a bacon bap (white)

And while keeping an eye on the wildlife stuff on the telly, I've also got some work done on the Mac app I'm writing to help catalogue my Dad's many USB drives and allow me to filter out numerous duplicate and irrelevant files. All I managed today was the bit that lets it respond and update its display when a disk is connected or disconnected. But merely getting that working involves dealing with a lot of the fundamentals of how MacOS handles disks and files, so it was a productive session if only for the amount of documentation I had to read and understand to get there

[xoggoth]

Just back from free lunch with woodland volunteery group. Long walk included. Snore.

[ladymuck]

Morning all (just)

Overcast but dry. A bit of a breeze about. Currently 19 degrees ('feels like' 24) with a high of 25 expected. Barometer up to 1027 mBar.

Sunrise 05:49; Sunset 20:21 BST

I have been up the road to the farmers' market where I bought bread, eggs and a sticky bun. It's the first day in a while where I'm on my own. It's bliss!

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey start out and it's going to be a bit less warm today, with a cool easterly breeze helping. It's 19°C now and only getting as high as 24° for a couple of hours this afternoon, when it'll also brighten up. The barometers are up a bit more at 1017/1025mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday <checks clock>

Awake at 05:30 yet again.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Cool in here at 22.2 deg, 23 in the kitchen, 21 in the leanto.

1018.5 mBar, 30.07 in Hg, 763.9 Torr, 14.77 psi, (up from 1018 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Freecell score: 91%, rinning average: 83%.

Walk (towpath) walked. Quite warm out there. The bike had gone.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: FOOC.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: Digging up Britain: some mediaeval village, followed by Stonehenge.

Scotland Yard: the dead chap found in a culvert. Killed for two gold sovereigns worth £6 in 1953. One is worth £564 today. Fiat currency again.

Maigret: The Mistake (1960). No subtitles on this one. He's attempting to WFH. . Fat chance.

The London Fog of 1952. It occurred to me that one might scrub so2 from the air by passing it through sodium hydroxide in a diy respirator. I wonder if anyone tried it.

12,000 deaths from the above.

Nobody (2021). Well it's on again. . The only good Russian etc.

[NickFitz]

This evening, I watched the first hour of Netflix's documentary about the OceanGate Titan thing. It's very emphatic about the key point that the rich guy responsible was a real dick

And then I finished reading Project Hail Mary, which was excellent. There's a film of it coming out next year starring Ryan Gosling, which should be good if it sticks closely to the book

I remembered to remake the bed earlier too

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: lamb steaks with chips, peas and gravy

Accompanied by the rest of the Trucking Hell I watched half of last week

[NickFitz]

More and bigger clouds here too, though they seem to be politely keeping out of the Sun's way for the most part

I've just been into the bedroom and stripped the bed and left it to air. It's hot in there, so I'll wait until it's cooled down this evening before remaking it

[ladymuck]

A few clouds have appeared. Not enough to cause concern but sufficient to keep things interesting.

It's been quite a pleasant temperature in my little office, which doesn't get direct sunlight. A gentle breeze has wafted in the window every now and then.

I'll be clocking off in about 45 minutes to head on over to the Barbican for a performance of some sort.

[NickFitz]

Ham toastie for lunch

This was crafted using the white loaf that came out so well, which turns out to be ideal for this purpose

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning (just about).

Friday (checks clock).

Dry.

Sunny.

Clear blue sky.

Warmish side of cool in here at 22.1 deg, 23.5 in the kitchen, 21.5 in the leanto.

1019 mBar, 30.09 in Hg, 764.3 Torr, 14.779 psi, (up from 1016 last night), 73% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 8th of February 2020 WTFH was outside 4 pints of Guinness ready for the Calcutta Cup, BR14 popped in later, Brillo popped in, I listed a collection of dead stuff from the walk earlier plus some very live red kites & buzzards, NF popped in, and I had spag bol for tea.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Walk (tow path) walked, abbreviated to account for the earlier trip to Morrisons. Found what looks like a brand new bike heaved into the undergrowth. I'd have taken it to the police station if I could have got across the fence.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: drugs of hallucination.

Freecell score in the unbearable heat of the day: 83%, running average: 83%. Had to stop for coffee halfway because it was going so badly.

Tea: chilli con carne etc.

Entertainment: PM <click every time the Orange Micropenised Moron came on>

Freecell score: 100%, running average: 83%.

Peleliu: WWII best preserved battlefield (2024).

Inside Japan's War (4 or 4).

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny out today, with a few little white fluffy bits hanging around here and there. Going to be a bit warmer too, though not as bad as earlier in the week; already at 24°C, and aiming for 27°. The barometers have jumped up to 1014/1022mB

I received an email from Miele this morning advising me that the delivery date for the washer-dryer has now been changed back to the date I originally selected, so they must have found it a place on a ferry. In fact, there were two emails; the first advised me of that change from the 26th to the 22nd, and the second (sent immediately after) advised me of another change from the 22nd to the 22nd. So it'll probably be the 22nd