The baby's been sharing today. By which I mean she's been shoving her teether into my mouth. I'm 90% sure this was intended as a quid-pro-quo 'I shared my teether with you; now you have to share the TV remote you just took off me with me'.

Up to Image of the Fendahl.

Frankly I think it's a bit unfair of them to make Monday a double-length day.

Reached the point of Monday where my brain is just going, 'Yeah, but what ordinary first names can be paired with a monster name to get an actual Doctor Who story title?'

Articles on Egyptian pens often state that scribes chewed the ends of their rushes (or sometimes they say reeds - a lot of people haven't looked up the difference) to soften them. I once went down the rabbit hole of tracing the refs back to one early 20th C article that gave no evidence or refs.

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

Checking my emails. I'm getting 'Endor Endor, Rebellion Rebellion' and now have the strangest urge to watch Return of the Jedi.

I mean, dating requests are always better when accompanied by a letter of reference from a local bigwig.

Geen poppenspelers is absolute horses.

This headline confused the shit out of me until I realised it was a Dutch website.

Yeah, episodes 3 and 4 aren't as good. Some real weirdness in it, particularly when the clones dissolve and just leave behind Leela's bracelets, knife and hair. What's the implication of that? That her clothes are part of her but those aren't? That Leela wears a wig?

The baby's been tired and whingey today and looking after her's been full-on. For her grand finale she just projectile vomited all over our bed and then started hooting and laughing delightedly as she drew patterns in it.

Little genre reader in the making.

Today she started by pulling all the Disney-era Star Wars blu-rays out,* then very deliberately went over to the Lucas-era box set which was on a completely different shelf and pulled that out? She's never seen us get any of those out so did she recognise it as having the same logo?

'The Invisible Enemy' in 'surprisingly decent' shocker. First two episodes, at least. Will finish it in a couple of days. Ages since I've seen this one.

Decided one of my chapters needed rewriting, and after working on it all day, I think it's worse.

Loving the autumnal vibes. Can't be long now till Hallowe'en!

I know expectations were different in the ancient world, but 5-6 goats in a house doesn't feel like 'very few'.

Oh Lego, why do you finally produce this now when I have nowhere at all to put it and no way of justifying the cost?

I think I'm becoming allergic to the words 'modality' and 'multimodality', which are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in academic writing despite, as far as I can tell, not actually meaning anything other than 'this works in several ways'.

I think I say this every time I watch Horror of Fang Rock, but Louise Jameson is superb in it. One of my all time favourite Dr Who companion performances in a story that on the face of it doesn't give her much to do. Just doing so much with her expressions.

My top tip for this evening - make sure there isn't a bowl of cold water on the table behind you when you're giving the baby a post-nappy-change hug. You might have forgotten it's there but she can see it and she will want it. Only through vigilance can we stamp out slapstick.

I would like to report a crime: I was eating a delicious juicy apple and my daughter stole it. Attempts to recover the apple were met with fierce growling.

Englishmen know no greater aspiration than to spend 60 years in a dank haven and emerge in excellent condition.

The baby's got The Day Today out of the bookcase again.

Not going to look at the election results, so Happy David Attenborough's 100th Birthday everyone! I'm off now to crouch in a bush and whisper at next door's enormous cat.

I should be working, and yet...

I am at a loss for words.

Yes, except also Gonzo.

And this is why I believe Jason Mantzoukas is the only person alive who could play a plausible Odysseus.

One of those classic parenting days where I didn't have time for a shower and I don't have any clean clothes as I'm lowest priority on the washing machine. Plus the baby sicked up on my shoulder so my general sense of grubbiness is enhanced by the faint but unmistakeable tang of part-digested milk.

Finally got round to starting the Doctor Who Season 15 Collection and eek, the AI doesn't half make it a smeary mess. If this is what it was like *before* the really controversial ones, I don't think I'm going to be getting rid of my DVDs of 13 and 21 any time soon.

Just when I think I've seen the most terrifying, ratty image of the original Starfox puppets, another one shows up. I miss the days when a new IP would be launched with horrific faux-taxidermy.

Bluesky nerds! Can you help me get in touch with someone who works on East Indian languages, specifically in the 18th century?

SHAFT

Not gonna lie: I would be tempted by this.

Retrieved the rest of the building from the loft. This is where we are now - obviously the upper floors are only balanced on rather than properly attached. Some warped components too, that probably need redoing. Still, this is the first time I've seen it at full height and it's an impressive thing.

Today's episode: Napoleon Solo and the Temple of Doom.

My voice is maybe 60% back today. Still ragged and rough, but I can communicate above whisper-level, which is very welcome because after a week that gets really old.

Trying to frame a Jewish man as antisemitic with an antisemitic cartoon does make me wonder if the far right press is about to have a nervous breakdown.

Retrieved the rest of the building from the loft. This is where we are now - obviously the upper floors are only balanced on rather than properly attached. Some warped components too, that probably need redoing. Still, this is the first time I've seen it at full height and it's an impressive thing.

Between the baby and constantly having to tidy everything away for house viewings, this has taken forever, but I've now built the main roof dome for this. Very happy with it - the ornamentation is 3D-printed but the main dome, including the tiles, is cut and assembled from flat plastic sheet.

Nearly a week since I lost my voice now. I've been trying to force myself to speak up a bit even though it hurts because I'm worried the baby thinks I'm being weird and not talking to her any more. But the raspy croak my voice has become made her cry. So sick of this.

That's the west coast mainline for you

Between the baby and constantly having to tidy everything away for house viewings, this has taken forever, but I've now built the main roof dome for this. Very happy with it - the ornamentation is 3D-printed but the main dome, including the tiles, is cut and assembled from flat plastic sheet.

I just remembered that this exists. ARPOOVIAN SHEBBER-SHENTY! 🗿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rO-...

This new #ResidentEvil trailer is amazing!

Generational tweet that might even spawn a school of architecture.

Someone getting into the seasonal spirit on Rebrickable today. Excellent work. rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-259...

Apropos of nothing, I do enjoy the chain of etymology that means the Ferengi are ultimately named after the French. I wonder if Picard knew.