In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.

It’s entirely reasonable as I’ve hardly got anything in there just now, but my failure to win anything on the Premium Bonds hit particular hard this morning.

Having a dram of the last and preciousest whisky in the cabinet, the Lagavulin 16, to mark the end of an almost entirely dry September.

Raindrops keep falling on my Greggs, But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red…

Why Starmer isn’t calling Farage “a Poundshop patriot with Poundshop policies” I don’t know. He can have it for free.

The Devils is ONE POUND on kindle right now. I'm cutting my own throat over here. www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-bigge...

❤️❤️❤️ Massive part of my (admittedly somewhat lonely and indoors) childhood here.

From the bus earlier, I saw a sign in a shop window. “NEED BUTCHER” So if you’re a butcher, take the No. 1 bus in Edinburgh and keep your eyes open.

Just when I thought I was out, they [referring to the Sonos audio ecosystem] pull me back in again.

Most annoying thing about not having a car, I find: not being able to do tip runs. Best thing about not being able to do tip runs: spending a satisfyingly destructive half an hour breaking a 40 litre suitcase down to fit in the wheelie bin. Knew those bolt cutters would come in handy one day.

After blearily misreading EU entry rules for UK passport holders, having a minor unnecessary panic, and then reading them properly, I've concluded I do NOT in fact need to spend a million pounds and a thousand hours getting a new passport this weekend.

I like that they added “known as” just in case they made you believe in witches.

Just realised I didn’t eat my lunch apple so I can eat it now. Probably peaked for the week with that.

Also: possibly most interesting character in the show.

Anyone got any Bandcamp recs for streaming or possible purchase, mainly looking for instrumental stuff that can be on in background while I work. Here's a few in advance: yazzahmed.bandcamp.com/album/la-sab... fergusmccreadie.bandcamp.com/album/stream hinakoomori.bandcamp.com/album/a-jour...

Right, time to unpack the work bag and see what I’ve forgotten. 1) Mouse. Unlikely, that was yesterday. 2) Glasses. Could be, but forgot those Tuesday last week. 3) Headphones. Strong contender. Double whammy as already forgot AirPods. 4) Laptop. Please God. Would mean I can have a day off.

Think I *might* have nailed front crawl - added a bit more rotation to the shoulders and it seemed to make a big difference. Was too knackered this morning to really get into it though.

For no real reason I can discern, I’ve had the line “though much to her surprise, he had two mouths for eyes” haunting me for a month now.

Cancelled Disney+. It’s a weak gesture as I’m in the UK, have already paid up to November, and as a glance at my account will show them, only ever subscribe for a few months, usually at a discount. But I found myself out of strong gestures.

17km run hitting target paces and 5:43/km overall. Pleased with that. Forward planning slightly lacking as am 5km from home, but there’s a bus.

Every time I can't find the program I use to batch tag mp3 files and after a few minutes of hunting it down I find it. It's called... mp3tag.

Ah, my 2CD Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (Experience Edition) has only one CD in it. Annoying, but a charity shop purchase so I'm not inclined to go back and ask for a refund, even if I could remember which charity shop it was. Anyway, anyone want CD Two of the above?

“a raw confused mass, nothing but inert matter, badly combined discordant atoms of things, confused in the one place.” Ovid, in a personal attack on me this morning.

A 25th Anniversary release for… the Charlie’s Angels movie? I mean, I’m a fan, but…

Favourite pub with public transport departures on a TV screen competition. I’ll start with Ryrie’s, Edinburgh (Haymarket).

I'm very bored of my job, but also very bored of trying to find alternative jobs that an almost-50 person who's only really ever done one job can slide into without anyone noticing.

Just out of Mistress Dispeller at the Filmhouse. Surprisingly romantic and a great watch. One off showing and no UK release, but if you see it on streaming…

Filmhouse has this on the big screen on the 28th - very tempted, it’s a gorgeous watch.

I declare lunch.

My favourite Redford movie - in part because it caught me my surprise, I stuck it on when starved of anything to watch and was glued to the screen throughout. But at 95% Rotten Tomatoes, it's got to be worth a watch.

Have splashed something, don’t know what, on my trousers. Will it dry? Will it stain? I’ll have to wait and see.

Police spokesperson: "We're all trying to find the police force who did this."

On one hand, getting somewhat annoyed with Apple devices apparently no longer 'just working' like they used to. Can't sync music to my phone properly, can't sync music to my Watch properly. On the other hand, I haven't bought a new Apple Device since 2020 and it's not like they'll miss me.

Hello everyone I am competent professional please ignore fact I spelled own name wrong in earlier email and continue to send me work.

I do think Starmer needs to say more on Reform / far right. BUT I’m very sceptical about responding directly to anything Musk says. Should the PM be engaging with foreign agitators? Seems like some people want him to issue point by point rebuttals or something, which… not convinced.

15k run at 6:31/km avg - slow and steady. Had to be out the door at 6:20 to get it done and to work (almost) on time. If I ran faster I could sleep longer.

Cat gets as much tuna (with SHRIMP!) for breakfast as he wants. I get recommended serving size of muesli. We are not the same.

Is there an accent where now rhymes with meow? Someone’s started doing it and I can’t figure out if I’m imagining things, or it’s been picked up from somewhere or what. #langsky let’s hope that’s a real hashtag.

That’s not really the direction the confidence issue is flowing though, is it? I’m probably on record on here during early Starmer concerns as “hush and wait”. Well, I hushed and waited and now I would like to see things be done better please.

Not for me, but an interesting looking very-part-time job for any fitness types in Edinburgh.

I seem to have got to the age where I am tempted by things advertised in newspapers.

Is there any recommended order to Louis L’Amour’s books? Or is it just dip in and out? 📚💙

I swear, an “I’m busy for the next few months” alert has gone off and prompted folk worldwide to ask me to do interesting projects I simply can’t do. That’s four in the last week and two today.

Any corrupt plutocrats want to sign up for my “stop keeping records” class?

Farewell to Stromness, Peter Maxwell-Davies, is a piece that I will always stop to listen to when it comes on, as it just did on Radio 3.

Was just checking to see what my most-played games are on Steam... 1) Rimworld, by some margin. 2) Dyson Sphere Program. This is the best of the sci-fi factory games, IMO. 3) Phasmophobia. Best of the co-op horrors, IMO. 4th roughly equal) Valheim and Conan Exiles.

Slightly diminish a book: The Annoying Lightness of Being

Slightly diminish a book Sub-Orbital: A Novella

As a life-long maker of mistakes, can I just say that it ain’t that easy.