That came around quickly…!

I wrote a thing reflecting on my move from email app powerhouse Superhuman to the more quirky Hey!

What???

Clearly my day’s got off to a cracking start!

Not a bad view from the office today!

£1 for this lot! Thanks, Caffé Nero, Octopus and Three!

Ed Balls

Went for a (fast(er!)) run. This fell off. Oops. #T1D

I “gave” ChatGPT £50 and told it I would invest it however it suggested. I told it I wanted it to make me the most money as quickly as possible. It reckons that in five years time it will have turned my £50 into £5,782,266,993,424.89! 🤣

Marrocco’s in Hove hitting the zeitgeist head on with this tasty Dubai chocolate ice cream. Gorgeous afternoon for it too!

Still enchanted by the touring production of “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe” I saw last week, I’ve written a quick review on my blog. (NB Don’t read if you’re the actor who portrayed Aslan - sorry…!)

I’m not a fan of April Fool’s Day, particularly on social media. Those lovely algorithms keep sticking painfully awful, unfunny ‘jokes’ in my feed for days after the 1st. I will admit, though, that this one has tickled me this morning!

I discovered this song recently (in the closing credits of a TV show). I had never heard of the song or Mia Martini before but now I can’t stop listening it. Such a beautiful melody, and richly layered arrangement. And what a voice!

Ah, the halcyon days when a bit of waterboarding was the worst crime of a US president… (This tweet has randomly resurfaced because two of you lot have ‘liked’ it).

A second post now up on my boat blog, this one about Goshawk’s new home at Mistley Marine, and in praise of Paul, the absolute legend who has worked hard on our behalf over the winter to get Goshawk ready for the season.

Couple of new posts on my boat blog today (better late than never!). Firstly, one on the ongoing saga of Goshawk of Møn’s engine…

Pizza Express for lunch, a 7 mile run, AND 100% Time In Range with an average blood glucose of 6.2 mmol. Feel like I’ve won today! #T1D

Meant to do a four mile run. Got lost. Did seven miles… I’m actually impressed I managed to run that far as it’s the furthest I’ve done for a while! Didn’t even need to stop to re-glucose (#T1D), just to check the map!

This was absolutely superb. I honestly have never seen anything like it before. Absolutely exquisite. Stunning. Magical. Beautiful. I couldn’t recommend this more highly.

Eagerly awaiting the start of “The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking!

Wordle 1,370 6/6 🟨⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Hate it when this happens…!

I really dislike how every time I do so much as breathe I get asked to do a survey about my experience. Usually I ignore these but as a Nespresso aficionado I opted to do their survey. It is astonishingly bad with some ludicrous questions. I didn’t make it to the end.

I love conversations with my daughter: “daddy, who was the woman on the bus?” “Do you mean Rosa Parks, lovely?” “Yes, daddy. Why did she go to prison?” Cue brief explanation about the bus boycott. “Daddy, I can touch my hair!” as daughter shows me she can touch the bottom of her hair down her back…!

After many years of heavy use, particularly during COVID lockdowns, our treadmill died yesterday… 😢 I’ve now done a couple of sessions on @clairemchale.co.uk’s fixed wheel bike thingy instead, and - oh my goodness - it burns!

Back in the day I had a Pebble watch which I bought through Kickstarter and absolutely loved. I’m so excited to see these brilliant watches make a come back. Unfortunately I now love my Apple Watch Ultra 2 so am unlikely to buy one myself but I wish them all the success in the world.

Hurrah! After many months I have finally managed to consolidate all of my Biblical writing from across the net and elsewhere into a single section of my website. There’s quite a lot there! Do take a look:

I’ve been trying out Notion Mail for a few days now and all is can say is… meh. I don’t think it’s any threat to Superhuman or Hey!

Willoughby’s helping me do some work in my website…

Just got an email from Samsung. They seem to think it’s 2023…!

My ApplePod just called me something like J2NTHCR…

There’s a random guy in our boatyard, Paul (no idea what his surname is) who keeps doing all the little maintenance jobs on my boat that I’ve been meaning to do for ages, all without being asked! AND he fixed my engine for about 1/10 of the price of the usual company I use. Result!

Wordle 1,361 3/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yes, these are definitely getting easier. Less than 30 seconds today…!

I’ve dumped, sorry, carefully uploaded, dozens of my Bible reflections to my website over the last few weeks. All of these have been elsewhere on the net, I’m just consolidating. New content soon (hopefully!). site.sim.onl

Wordle 1,360 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’m sure these are getting easier…!

I’m sure I get more emails about opting out of Mothers’ Day emails than I do emails about Mothers’ Day.

I wonder which side Trump is on? #ukraine

Willoughby (one of my kittens) just managed to turn the television on then took himself over to the sofa and made himself comfortable!

This has to be shared today! A timely clip from one of the greatest children's TV shows ever made. #pancakeday #itspancakeday #itspppppppppancakeday www.youtube.com/watch?v=v48H...

If you know, you know!

He only went and won it! One of my former pupils is an Oscar winner!

I have a proposal. All UK drivers should have their licences temporarily suspended until they have passed a short test on how to use indicators, especially at roundabouts. Anything else you would add to the test?

Just discovered the Flashes app, an Instagram-style app for Bluesky (@flashes.blue). I’ve now set up a new Bluesky account to share pics at (would you believe it!) @pics.sim.onl. If you like cats and boats you may enjoy it. If you don’t, at least there won’t be so many on my main profile!

Our new kittens, Willoughby and Montgomery.

Sad to read about the demise of Skype. Before @clairemchale.co.uk and I were married, she lived in Belfast and I lived in Sussex. In order to avoid massive phone bills I bought us both a 3 Skypephone, which gave us free minutes over the Skype network. Skype played a large part in our relationship!

I think my Clubcard Price rants might be deflection, as I’m seething with rage at the scenes from the White House this evening…

Well who’d have thought it. £7 is not the “regular” price; it’s the rip off price to make Tesco Scamcard prices seem like a good deal, which they’re not. This is still £1 cheaper at my local, independent (and usually expensive) chemist’s shop. I despite this unfair, dishonest pricing strategy.

My regular Colgate toothpaste has gone up from £2.50 to £7 at Tesco. Must be a Clubcard deal coming up. Never mind, it’s still £2.50 at my local, independent Chemist! #clubcardprices #scamcardprices

While listening to Apple Music, ‘Something Good’ from The Sound of Music came on, one of my favourite songs from one of my favorite films. It struck me that the idea of fleeing from the Nazis, as portrayed in the film, might feel more politically sensitive or controversial today than it once did.

And now an Oscar! One of my former pupils has just been nominated for an OSCAR!

He didn’t win it, sadly, but he has now been nominated for a BAFTA!