I can’t make out whether that’s meant to mark my latest completion of a lap of the sun (last week, old news) or remind me of the scoreline I expected from United (well, our opponents, anyway) in 2023/24…

@lescar.bsky.social great to see you last night - thanks for coming up! But I do have to ask… how did you recognise me? Recent photos on here - or 35+-yr old memories?

Leaving aside the small matters of privacy and freedom of speech: The minute you ask people to provide IP addresses, you’re introducing an IT test that many won’t pass. 🙃

Bit late @houndkirk.bsky.social , I know, but… I (& Mike W) will be at Millhouses parkrun tomorrow. I will be around for a while after the run as I hope to get through lots of coffee & chats. 😁

Four years ago, I got there early as I was RD. A birthday treat. Today’s birthday treat was a 50-miler for my 50th including a stop at “the parkrun café” where I was met by friends. Took the selfie below once I’d finally dragged myself away from the comfort…

Should have looked at my watch earlier… I was up at 03:30… though no idea why I was up that early last year!!! 😂

I never realised they were German?

Credit to Rio. Granted, in the land of the blind… but he was the only person there who had a clue as to what was going on. Or indeed of what football is.

FIFA, by the way, have been corrupt and terrible at what they do for as long as I (or most football fans) can remember. It's just been scaled up with this Trump/Infantino axis in line with the fact we live in a dystopian movie now.

I don’t know if that was scripted or not by Rio, but… it’s just about been the highlight.

This draw is like Eurovision. The commentary is the only saving grace.

I suggested to Mrs S we watch the WC draw. I am deeply regretting my suggestion.

My wife’s & kids’ cat (nowt to do with me) has an uncanny knack of sneaking into the utility room when I nip in there. Since I seldom spot him, he occasionally gets closed in when I leave. And we’re using that room to store Christmas stuff. As a result, apple stollen is back on the shopping list.

How convenient that it had a recovery firm’s number plastered all over it… not that numbers on sides of buses are renowned for their accuracy, of course…

"Fancy a weekend in Newcastle?" "Yeah, great!" "Travel, accommodation, food and drink should cost us about £500." "OK, but what about the tourism tax?" "Puts it up to £505." "No chance we're paying that!"

We need a new adjective. ‘Dystopian’ is no longer adequate.

Has anyone told Our Sharon that Simon Jordan wants to buy the S6 lot?

I can’t see our front door from my home office. What I did see was the email from Evri telling me my parcel had been delivered. Sprinted out of the garage and to the front door but… Mrs S had already taken it inside. “New running shoes?” 😂

I’m used to EFL playoffs, with semifinals taking place a week or two after the league fixtures have been completed. Why the heck are the WC qualifier playoffs taking place at the end of March?!?

Sat in my chair, faffing on Strava… and Grimmy plays ‘Born To Run’ on 6Music, in a segment of the breakfast show where it’s appeared a few times before… after all, it is the ultimate ‘cloudbuster’… …best air drumming I’ve done in a while, if I do say so myself. 🙃

24 points out of 24. No goals conceded. Couldn’t have done any better. And I’m still not sure how good we are. Bring on a couple of testing friendlies…

No comment needed.

victory with a clean sheet were not an option, would you choose: A) a win for a 100% points record but a least 1 goal conceded; B) 22 points out of 24 but 0 goals conceded in qualifying ? (As a former member of the goalkeepers’ union, B all the way here… not least for Hendo’s sake)

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... So far in qualifying: P7 W6 L1 But this attitude towards failure is why they’ve won the World Cup four times and we’re stuck on one - but celebrate reaching semifinals.

Farage earns more than any other MP for NOT being an MP. He says it’s “obviously sad” that part of his constituency is the most deprived area in England. But everything he’s ever done, said and wanted has made sure of it. This is the whole country if he gets into power. (Private Eye)

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow: ‘I can’t think of any worse music to make love to than ours’

I suspect it won’t be the case when all matches have been played, but I can’t recall a leading scorer netting more goals than the next two players combined in any such table…

I don’t want “Strictly…”, but if I did I’d want the two Durham lasses from “Gogglebox” to step into Claudia’s and Tess’ shoes.

With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”

Whatever Doku had for breakfast, I want some.

I always find silence more powerful on the radio than TV. Maybe because it spares me sights of ‘dignitaries’ using events for self-promotion.

Not tricky at all, with hindsight… still carrying on with this malarkey… now 4,777 days in… 🙃

I appreciate I might be in a minority here, but… …if prison officers are releasing prisoners they should not be releasing, is that really the Minister’s fault? Regardless of who that Minister is? The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy www.bbc.com/news/article...

My wife’s a Liverpool fan. She’s shouting at the TV, at someone she doesn’t want to win. She’s not watching the football. She’s watching the baking.

I was dining out in Italy last week, where it is not uncommon to have four courses: starter, pasta, meat/fish, dessert. Always with bread around. Yet Italy doesn’t have an obesity crisis. Maybe tweaking habits isn’t a bad thing and needn’t put more pressure on the hospitality sector?

I see the Strava app now displays details of the device on which the activity was recorded in the feed summary. Which is ever so slightly ironic, given that the brand Strava recently attacked is (on my feed, anyway) the name that appears the most… 😁

Got a promo e-mail from LEGOLand Windsor and it just struck me… …Andrew won’t be able to get in at a discounted rate now!!!

Visited my parents in the town in Italy where I grew up. Should have told the staff in a local bar that abbreviating ‘analcolico’ (“alcohol-free”) in a touristy town is not a good idea. Couldn’t quite find the right words so didn’t.

This is so funny 🤣😂🤣 Old French movie and modern US moron.

When a ball over the top is that precise and the wife player cuts in so effectively, tika-taka and playing out from the back are put into perspective. Ultimately I’d always rather my team had the ball, but that’s because my team seldom play passes like Stones did there.

Been yakking about running again… this time on a run! open.spotify.com/episode/4dqk...

Every Saturday the same question, especially if I was RD at parkrun because then I leave even earlier to get there (and it’s a 20-mi run)… …then again, to be fair, I am in bed reading. But that’s just to not interfere with Mrs S’ enjoyment of the dancing tellybox thing.

It would be unfair to label Moonchild Sanelly & @nadineshah.bsky.social as “opening acts” for Self Esteem. Absolutely phenomenal performances all round last night. Shah’s voice in particular shone far more than on record… …as for RLT, her attire triggered me somewhat. Just as well they’d lost 5-0. 😉

It definitely did… Was just trying to validate my feeling that it had been their first shot…

Two of my favourite cities. But, on balance, Sheffield wins every time. As long as football isn’t involved.

Gutted for her. Looks like she was planning on traveling as someone’s carry-on luggage…

A Yorskhireman’s reaction to this: “Weren’t going fast enough!”