I have a GP appointment - it was at 9:50... still waiting. They could have called me when they were ready - it only takes five minutes for me to get to the surgery.

Currently reading a couple of histories of ARPA - I think my view of ARPA was coloured by D/ARPANET - they were absolutely batshit and pretty evil!!

Hmmm - the BBC wiped Terry Nation's 'Caves of Steel' adaptation with Peter Cushing in...this makes me very sad.

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits - RuneQuest Glorantha - Harlem Unbound - Cthulhu - Cthulhu Dark - Rivers of London Oh - and have a fifth for fun... - Pendragon Yeah - I was ChaosiumCon - what do you expect!!

Top ten cheering up things 1. Biscuit - all of them 2. Crisps - pickled onion monster munch 3. Tea - Yorkshire 4. Coffee - Latte 5. Beer - Landlord 6. Meal - H's Ham and Leek pasta 7. Snack - Brownies 8. Wine - Monastrell 9. Takeaway - Dishoom (Indian) 10. Activity - companiable reading

Yep - You there....Keep Fucking Off...

I declare today 'Oh Just Fuck Off and Keep Fucking Off Until You Get There!!' Day!!

Surely every month is 'Wanker Month' these days....

Initially I thought this was about being a middle-aged gamer....which would still have been interesting mind you!!

Just read the Dungeon Crawler Carl books - well the published ones - read them over the last week. I've mostly enjoyed them, they are a nice take on gaming, especially MMOs but they are a bit variable in quality. One of the problems is and I wish some authors would learn! Longer is not better!!

We had a lovely anniversary yesterday - went to our favourite little Spanish place for lunch...ate too much - but the food is fantastic. The deep fried Cthulhu including tentacles is yummy and the 'Heritage' tomato salad - is one of my favs Then a nice walk in the sun - finishing with gelato.

Hmmm - the number of shy Arsenal fans who are now coming out of the closet.

34 years ago, a young building surveyor took on a fixer-upper as a project - the project is still ongoing but seems to be progressing. I'm obviously the fixer-upper, just in case you were wondering!

Who broke the UK's thermostat? Can we reset it to pleasant, please!!??

In the office today - it has aircon - it's quite pleasant. However - still would rather be playing RPGs like the weekend. Had a such a good time at Chaosium Con - meeting up with pals - old and new. Playing some great games - it was a great weekend.

Vintage baby, vintage...this is an amazing resource... virtualosmuseum.org

So terribly sad to hear reports that we’ve lost Michael Keating. What a loss, and what a wonderful man. He’ll be hugely missed. Thoughts are with his family and friends. RIP Michael, and thank you xx

Today is a Jeff Minter Day

There's been an increase in sales of Adult Diapers near the Labour Party HQ, Bridget Phillipson ordered all toilets to be labelled 'Cock' or 'Cunt'...and no-one can decide which they are!

Okay - I'm all for living a long healthy and happy life - but at times it does feel that people want to suck all the fun and enjoyment out of it.... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

We live in strange times or at least different times - and perhaps we are the cause of many of our woes. Our addiction to 'free' content fuelled the growth of the ad-funded internet - and then our addiction to 'free services' and so it continues. What are you willing to give up to get something

The difference between me and H; she needed a new iPad, so I ordered her one...it arrived on Monday...it is still sat unopened and unconfigured!!

I'm feeling very proud - I didn't reply to a twattish email...I slept on it and then complained to their boss about the twattish email!! I didn't escalate the war of words - I just escalated!! And now I've caused a shit-show!!

Well! You're trapped in the last show you watched... where are you? Seems like I'm in Paris....and Nico has competition!!

ChaosiumCon this week - looking forward to catching up with people, playing a bit of Cthulhu, Pendragon and obviously some Runequest....

Not a massive surprise....

🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Eco-Socialist Economic: collectivist Social: progressive Sovereignty: cosmopolitan Military: centrist Authority: libertarian Constitutional: leaning reformist Take the quiz: quiz.jmoxley.co.uk

Just finished Vaseem Khan's 'Quantum of Menace' - a spin off from Bond - Q has been cut adrift from MI6, he receives a letter from a recently dead friend that casts doubt into his suicide. Q returns to his hometown, to deal with ghosts from his past and uncover the truth about his friend's death.

Mr Tumble!! Mr Tumble!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand another one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That explains @kehaar.bsky.social's look for the game on Tuesday!!

Credit To The Nation - Teenage Sensation [UK, Hip Hop/Rap] (1993) https://redd.it/5kwt2d https://youtu.be/xTLten_2ke0

Today on my morning walk, I saw someone topping up their reusable coffee cup with the contents of a ready-mixed cocktail can. I'm not saying that they were a teacher - but they were heading towards a school and had that look!! 'Fuck...I've got that Year 9 group....I'm going to need a drink!!'

Still bringing us sunshine! Today we remember the great Eric Morecambe OBE (1926-84) who was born on this day in 1926. Together with Ernie Wise, he achieved national fame and the duo kept us laughing for decades... and we are still laughing at the comedy brilliance they left behind for us to enjoy.

Okay - training is going really well...because it's blocked out my diary - I've managed to get some work done. I'll use the Teams summary later.... I've managed to identify a whole bunch of savings whilst supposedly training. I can snooze for the rest of the year!!

'SHUT-UP Brain....Muppet Cthulhu is not a good idea..What - no Fraggle Cthulhu neither - Muppets stranded on a mysterious island in the middle of a storm...discover an abandoned lighthouse! They find a diary...the last entry is scrawled - if we are the puppets, who is our master, no - don't wake him

Just a reminder: I'd really appreciate it if you backed The Lovecraft Investigations' new series on BackerKit. It's a brilliant project, by a small creator, and I'm doing a stretch goal. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

Although we don't elect a Prime-Minister but a party - it feels like winning an election is a kiss of death for a party-leader.

Although the AWS Non-Profit day (no, not AWS not making money - it's a day for charities who use AWS) was really good - can I say that AWS Connect Talent - which is an AI Interviewing Platform is hellspawn...we are heading into an escalating war in recruitment which ends up with AIs recruiting AIs!!

Two days of deeply exciting remote training to look forward too....I am enthused you hear me, enthused!!

Was at AWS' Nonprofit day - it was very inspiring - Jane Goodall Institute using AI tools to digitise and analyse their archive, Royal Academy of Dance using it to rescue and make accessible their choreography archive and then the Halo charity who use the tools to help clear minefields.

In the nightmare situation that Reform got into government - anyone want to predict how long they'd have a majority as all of their MPs end up quitting as past social media posts and public racism surface....

FFS - Who knew Viz would influence the Manosphere....

I have proposal for a new Bank Holiday - 'David Attenborough' day....anything to do with natural history becomes free to the visit - the BBC run wall-to-wall nature programmes and the focus is on saving the planet, enjoying our country and planning for the future.

Hanwell Hootie was marvelous - if you live in London, you should check it out next year. I spent my time in the main field shuttling between the main stage and the Terry Marshall Academy stage. The latter focuses on young bands - gives them a chance to play on a decent size stage.

And if anything was to show that multiculturalism works - our music festival does. I've rarely seen such a mixed crowd. Ages, races...all hanging with a love of music.

Our local music festival is now too successful, the queue for beer is mad!! I'm missing bands!!

PerKelt - Speed Folk at the Hootie....

At the Hanwell Hootie - was not expecting this to be metal ...The Cellos

The left is often riven by tests of purity...are we left enough etc, etc...at the moment Labour seems to be focusing on whether they are evil enough for a Reform vote? It's all quite odd!!