Big shout out to JD Vance 🇭🇺

Who left a wedge of Parmesan outside my door?

Oliver Postgate, producer of many children’s programs, was born 101 years ago today. His shows are, for people of a certain age, a portal to one’s childhood. Here’s Ivor the Engine. The adventures of Ivor, his driver Jones the Steam, and the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited.

Now following just because of this tasty picture.

This time I'ma let it all come out This time I'ma stand up and shout I'ma do things my way, it's my way My way or the highway

What the shite is this half French tuck thing? The original French tuck was silly enough but – just shoving one side of the front of your shirt into your trousers? Like you’ve returned from the toilet in a hurry? Come on.

Big color drawing of the year n.02 :)

Car historians and enthusiasts, please help David if you can.

I wanted orange pop, not Pete Hegseth boner water.

I haven't posted anything about it for a while, but I'm still plodding on with writing and illustrating my Birds of Eyebrook Reservoir book with a view to hopefully publishing next year. Here are a few more illustrations from it. #art #WildlifeArt #birds #UKBirding

Took my oldest, favouritest jeans to the shop to get a new rivet fitted, for the second time. Then to the cafe, where I had to ask another customer (who didn’t know me) to get my wallet out of my back pocket, to the amusement of the baristas (who do).

@eops.bsky.social Eh up Listened to an old What Goes the other day. You talked to the delightful bloke from Parquet Courts about touring, then played Stoned and Starving, which I only just realised is one of my favourite tunes of the century. Cheers!

Love these two films. Even though they were made five years apart, there are some beautifully executed links between them.

Wonderful (free!) exhibition of Home Front paintings & drawings at the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth. New to me was this painting by Colin Moss of camouflaged cooling towers - a camouflage he helped to design, with the ideas first built as scale models & then tested on a turntable.

A piston engined plane grumbled over earlier. A Harvard, I think, possibly this exact one.

According to Ann Coulter he was just doing a "standard retard".

Just been holding a tape measure against a floorplan on my laptop screen, if you want to know what’s up.

Bloke’s fitting a new shower. Risk of him coming into the kitchen while I’m licking marmalade off the plate.

Pleased to report the leather clogs guy was wearing the whole warmup suit today (with the leather clogs).

Once again I have made the mistake of buying granola.

A couple of weeks ago I developed a duff tooth. Pain levels have been variable; almost none yesterday. Today it hurts LAMF. I’ve no idea why you’d want to know that. (It’s the lower right canine.)

Pale Blue Tooth

Identical

An unconventional childhood (very much NOT the usual feral/bohemian sort), a changing neighbourhood, pedantry and other factors.

Bunch of us waiting at the pedestrian crossing. Bit of a traffic jam. Small car crawls past containing four lads in black puffers and caps, all nodding to the beat. One opens his door and fires a finger gun at us to emphasise a lyric. “Oh look,” says a weary voice behind me. “It’s the Mandem.”

*SHE’S gone

Fugazi ‘Bad Mouth’ on BBC 6Music. Playing it far too loud on a limited edition black piano lacquer Roberts radio (that was £50 cheaper than the usual colourful ones. Guess they didn’t sell.) I am the most middle aged, middle class person you know.

Quite.

Having a big bowl of cheesy pasta like a child. I cannot get it in my face fast enough. In fact, why am I even posting about it?

Experts are dubious.

Stolen Clanger puppet returned after 50-year mystery

A bird has left a comment on our newly cleaned balcony glass.

Pete Hegseth is one of these in vaguely human form

One ticket away from selling A QUARTER of the seats. Be part of a modern day Easter miracle. 'The SMALL Stuff'. Ticket link in pinned post. #comedy #Ldn

Good good

Oh, *that* Elliott Stanley. I thought the name sounded familiar.

Congratulations!

Apparently it’s crab day so I drawn a crab.

Isn’t it just delectably ironic that phone companies are so hard to communicate with?

Lou’s on the phone, talking to (I hope) an automated service. “WELL I DON’T KNOW WHY,” she enunciates. “IS IT BECAUSE YOU’RE SHIT?”

Actual conversation that happened earlier: “They had some amazing cheeses! They had a big block of Welsh halloumi.” “Pronounced ‘halloumi’” It was a good joke but it only works out loud.

Fierce French lady rap from fierce French rap lady

Enjoying a beer from the children’s menu.

Announcement at Euston saying a particular Midlands-bound train will not be stopping at Tamworth and three other stations because it “arrived in the wrong position”

Licking toothpaste off the back of my hand like a cat that’s brushed its teeth too vigorously and is bad at similes.

Got the last chopper (2C Sunday bus) out of Hanoi (Ellesmere Port)

Just necked a blood orange San Pellegríno. Now doing some very middle class burps.

Mum has requested a particular book.