And then you can return to work with reinvigorated resentment. Sorry to hear about your predicament, though.

It’s been rather hot and I needed to get some painting done. That was not ideal. Otherwise good.

What about you?

I have four installed units, which have plenty of cooling power to keep the house nice and cool. On sunny summer days our solar panels produce excess electricity anyway, so cooling the house comes free.

Investing in air conditioning was one of the better decisions of my past self.

Isn’t this just another one to the pile of his war crimes? It’s remarkable how Boris Johnson somehow managed to be even shittier than the war criminal Blair.

Harassment is a criminal offence in the UK. No NDA will survive a legal challenge when it comes to a crime. Of course, the psychological pressure of an NDA will stop many victims on their tracks, so from that point of view this hopefully helps.

Rhod Gilbert on toothbrush is worth watching if you haven’t seen it yet.

I’m sure they had great time too.

I bought access to the stream of the Black Sabbath’s Back to the Beginning concert, hooked it to my audio system, cranked volume to 11, and opened a cold beer (well, a good few). That was an amazing concert!

It was nice that they had Bill Ward on drums and played their last ever live performance with the original lineup.

What this country really needs is proportional representation.

Who would’ve thought you enjoy french fries. But honestly, I didn’t even know pattered chips were a thing.

I’d still go with the earlier proposal: a lunch with Prince Andrew in Pizza Express in woking.

Great advice on dealing with pulling on lead. We got a rescue as second dog year and a half ago. He had clearly not been trained at all and was pulling on walks. My wife, who is the knowledgable dog trainer in our house, got it sorted in just few walks doing what you described.

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Last week was rather warm, but good. Now I’ve got covid. Boo.

What about you?

Somehow work has felt like a heavy slog over the past few weeks. It’s not just me as several people at work have said the same.

Our dogs on the other hand provide a welcome balance. Saturday was grooming day, which do ourselves. It took us four hours for the two dogs to give them haircut and another hour today to tidy up the bits we obviously missed.

Which is what they announced in the spending review today: £39b over ten years to social housing. I was not expecting that, but I definitely welcome it. How about getting the planning system sorted and a major increase in skilled labourers happen next? Tomorrow is fine.

Blimey, until your comment I had not realised I joined just a few days after the instance was created.

I’ve only just recovered from last night. Went to bed silly late (9.15 pm) and needed to sleep well into the morning to balance it out (8 am).

Strong and stable. Or was that the other lot?

All we know is, he’s called the Emperor.