The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Firework bastards.

Daily Reckless album of the year:

Bonaparte’s eyes glowing brighter than the fairy lights. He’s going to be 11 next year and is a special boy.

Enjoying Karl Ove struggling with new years.

The Boss on the Boss.

Who the f*ck is Roland from marketing? youtu.be/PC4249OqUZU?...

House is cold again now the visitors have gone.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

They didn’t have one called ‘Long Shadows’ #Iykyk

I’ve been obsessed with finding out what that meant for years! Now get him to do bippity boppity hat.

Scippio is very interested in meeting the kitten - sitting outside her door a lot. So I did. They touched noses. Gambetti clearly nervous but not panicked. Then Scipper noticed the kitten food so I ended the meeting. This her wake up routine ->

Got my phone out to snap Scippio cleaning Bonaparte’s head. Before I could press the button it went a sideways. That’s a defensive paw raised btw. Bonney launched an unprovoked

Daughter’s kitten coming to stay for Xmas. That’ll be £60 in pets at home then.

One pill makes you larger

Happy Latha na Geamhraidh na Grian to those who celebrate

In retrospect I shouldn’t have laughed at Flux of Pink Indians as much as I did.

There was a single decoration on our tree. (We have lights and a star) Scippy wandered over, plucked it off and pounced

You know what - and it might be the pints in the local - I’m feeling Christmassy. And you @fierymark.bsky.social youtu.be/a8qE6WQmNus?...

One last one for the road (my apologies as this thread has gone on far too long)...

Absolutely brilliant politics across the pond. Let’s try releasing only *some* of the files. That’s bound to quiet things down

It’s too bloody dark to read. Some buggers got my reading table

Things are going great over at X, The Everything App

Unexpected critical cheese crisis!

Worth a watch. Hope Thomas Showler’s descendants are grateful for their ancestor’s antics

I once to cycled To the real Hobart Paving. It’s in Faygate. youtu.be/pNPAkVcnlfA?...

Dreamt I was in Frank Zappa’s band. He’s furious because I shaved my mustache off.

Snuggles with glowing lamps Bonaparte

We had to wear Xmas jumpers to our work do. I wore my fisherman’s sweater. What could be more xmassy than a drunk Norweigan trawlerman?

So last year’s Brighton Xmas lights said ‘here we go again’. Wondering if they’re gonna top that this year. ‘Another bloody year’ was my vote.

Hickory Dickory dock

Best gig of the year? #Gig #Bestof2025 i’m saying The Liminanas at Chalk Brighton. Closely followed by Chuck Prophet in of all places Hassocks. Followed closely by many others. What’s yours?

#Chichester has your city been taken over by ultra slow zombies? I nearly went Jason Bourne trying to get past the numpty massive.

Great lunch with old pals. Slow train journey home. But on the upside Mrs F is going to collect me from Unbarred

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Current mood. youtu.be/sx-PsmFFH0o?...

Tickets for #StEtienne! Sound track to my marriage. First compilation I made had OLCBYH on it. Number of times one of us has said ‘would you like some sweets, William’. And of course Mario’s Cafe

Off to see the old guard Vapid Response Unit. We were the fourth emergency service. On the scene 24 hours later to say ‘sorry’

If I put one of my sweaters down carelessly then one of them will find best bed yet. This evening it’s Bonaparte.

Little known fact: just before Jim died he’d wired #TheDoors with the next project - a Xmas album. youtu.be/IJDGee6T7p8?...

I see you’re an anti-Semite now Bobby Gillespie.

Has anyone thought of telling thingo that a child has been born in Bethlehem Pa who will one day be king?just to see what happen?

Watching True Detective and having to explain that when it comes to fire arms, ‘Centre of mass’ is not your bottom.

Picture of the staff who operate this Bluesky account

Zomg. He’s sitting on my knee. All it takes is a lovely fluffy blanket

Just had an epic Sunday chicken. Dog and cats loved theirs too. Thanks Mrs F

Imma gonna reply to every question from now on by saying ‘Bernard Manning’. What would you like us to have for Shbday dinner, dear? BErnard Manning! The Black & White Minstrel Show!

sarkozy’s prison diaries. “…which he claims to have written with a ballpoint pen on a small plywood table in a cell measuring just 12 square metres.” Bet he had more trouble smuggling that table out than even Solzhenitsyn did - But then a Russian gulag inmate would pick a better substrate

The scent of pine will go very well with this afternoon’s plan