Tonight's film as chosen by @hordeofduck.bsky.social was 'Nobody' (2021) Shades of John Wick, Taken, Sky all and Die Hard. Highly enjoyable and surprisingly funny.

Well I've found where I won't be visiting in a heat wave - B&Q in Leicester was roastingly hot on this relatively mild summer day

Well, darn it. Mrs Dr Prof Llama has had to head for an unexpected appointment which rather flies in the face of today's plan to look at new Llamamobiles for me. Little point testing anything only to discover the Wife can't stand it (or gets nauseous in the passenger seat). Hmn, what to do instead?

Our #RepairCafe is today at Fearon Hall! 9.30 to midday bring your broken stuff to see if we can fix it!

Death trousers?! NOW I want a pair! 😂 www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...

As there's nothing much on telly tonight I've been enjoying the Supernatural S11 finalé and some funny videos on YouTube.🌞🌑 How's your evening going? 😎👍

Song comes up on my random Spotify while cooking dinner. 'I don't remember adding this to my favourites list...ah no scratch that. Yes I did.' Cheesetastic. Followed The Jesus & Mary Chain in play order, and will be succeeded by...The Osmonds 'Crazy Horses'

This may be the best article I've read in the Grauniad in ages! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... I confess to over using Bender's quotes, mannerisms and laugh at the most wildly inappropriate professional moments...

Huzzah - my local area in the news again for all the wrong reasons...

Well, with my oncoming departure that takes the total number of work related events I've had to decline so far today to two. Certainly makes for more a flexible work calendar for the next couple of months! And then a >very< flexible one

Back to work today - let's see what a week's vacation scores in the old inbox, and how many can be quickly deleted. Opening Score: 116 pending...

Oh my stars! The leather of my chair seat against my legs is actually cold. >That's< been a while.

Another fascinating postcard from my parents’ collection: the shooting down of a German Zeppelin over Suffolk on the night of 17th June 1917. Apparently only 3 out of the 18 crew survived.

Remembering to water the Wife mid-afternoon is very important. She's rather wilting like a rose in summer sunshine in this continued heat.

Another great postcard from @hordeofduck.bsky.social 's collection. Is this celebrating biological or nuclear weapon manufacturing?!😂 😂 Either way '...having a lovely time, love to all at number 11. Ethel and Ronnie'

Think I'll call that a day for hiking in this weather! 😎🔥

Oh good. 21.50 on a Saturday and someone's just lit a bonfire...thanks a million whomever you are

Star City S1E06 Woah!

Harvested the garden chilli and gooseberries...then discovered some of last year's blackberries in the freezer. So it's chutney o'clock here!

I am currently going through a large box of old postcards belonging to my family going back to the 1950s. I think over the next few days I will share some of them, some great, some terrible. Here is one from Jamaica sent in 1982. Falls into the terrible category, obviously.

Over on Fb I've started a daily series by series count up of the best/worst of Trek (IMHO) simply for my own amusement. I started a few days ago with TOS and from tomorrow I'll be moving onto TAS: a much harder call. Totally and utterly entirely subjective!

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Mrs Llama and myself have been shop hopping again finding the coolest spots at Foss Park. Hint: Next and M&S not good. New Look and Sports Direct - lovely. Annoyingly a/c availability and shop suitability for my tastes inversely proportional.

Debate on the early stroll with Mrs Llama - the lyrics and rhyming structure of that church 'banger' - 'Keep me Travelling Along with You' There >might< have been the odd bonus rude lyric or two thrown in there in the re-singing.

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

Debate over breakfast about quite how the old 'Slip, Slop, Slap' campaign for hot weather worked, devolved into 'Isn't it like the old aphorism for 'Wife in the bedroom, Mother in the kitchen?' Anyway, I've slipped on some sunscreen which I'd slopped over the floor & the Wife just slapped me for it

Gee. Even the pillows and duvet are hot to the touch tonight. Maybe I'll go sleep in the fridge after all!

Happy July everyone! I've found all the summer essentials on the shelves today! Beach partytastic!!

A rare weekday lunch date with Mrs Llama (@hordeofduck.bsky.social) I gazed soulfully into her eyes...she stuffed her face rapidly with a baked potato. Ah, just like our courting days. Still think the woman sitting behind her thought I was blowing her a kiss not the Wife 😂😘

New t-shirt. Good to see Sir Goose the Brave protecting the rear while Honktanian the Bard leads Operation Meat Shield From the fabulous Sunburst RPG sunburstrpg.com

Right that's the Linked.In post done I've been mulling all week about my not-quite-pending-but-coming-sooner-than-you-might-speak new direction professionally. Still, 10 glorious weeks to go though :)

CRPGs can be a lot of fun beyond the game & actual mechanics. Case in point: in KCD2 I've just finished a lengthy quest around the sword-fighting guild which involved a jealous member (whose trade is a Master Butcher) sending me to the local midden pits on a wild goose chase (honk)

Our next #RepairCafe is on Saturday 18th July 9.30-midday in @fearonhall in #Loughborough. transitionloughborough.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/r...

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Early morning stroll completed. Usual catch-up with assorted local dogwalkers along the way, everyone doing their best to scamper in the shade before the evil day star does its worst.

Oh lord what is happening to me in this heat. Just watched a 30 minute video about changing the oil on a Range Rover. And enjoyed it... I should also note that I don't (and likely won't ever) own one! Clearly my brain has been boiled.

One danger of a week's vacation and KCD2 is the curse of 'fivemoreminutesism' Kept thinking about putting Henry down...right after I brewed this potion/knocked off this side-quest/flogged this loot/raided this bandit camp for giggles (I'm a tad OP by this point) One hour later...

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

With the hot weather you don't half meet half the village at odd times when you're out and about first thing.

Watching a YouTuber couple reviewing one of those Butlins' Adult Weekender holidays and I have concluded it is my vision of Hell on earth. So...so...constantly noisy. Horrific. They seem to be enjoying it though...so fair pay to them

That'll do for a pre breakfast stroll before the heat of the day hits!

Oh gawd, I'm a winter lamb! (Why yes, @hordeofduck.bsky.social and myself are watching 'The Sheep Detectives')

Sweet Jebus, no! A thousand times no!!!!

Also I assume if any one disturbs my Llama napping tonight with their pointless sportsball celebrations I'm legally permitted to use my howitzer on them!

Sorry to hear ITV's about to be bought out by Sky and we'll eventually loose out on all that great free-to-air content like....er....well...no. Can't think of anything.

The Covid years were really bloody weird, weren’t they?

Scream from Mrs Llama just after she got up. Turns out a Gigantic Moth had decided to take a nap in the toilet bowl and waved hello as the lid was raised. The Moth is now undergoing counselling for the trauma.

Not quite sure why but my brain has decided that tonight's earworm will be 'I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas' Argggggh! youtu.be/KwVSTFdAhfw?...

'NHS to reward people with'...an actual face to face doctor appointment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...