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*pops head up from busy day* The idiots are still arguing with the Pope, then? Wow

Huge thanks to Yesterday Mike for the sandwich I just found in the fridge. You’re awesome.

Mayor Josh Morgan supported it, describing it as a balanced way to advance housing while protecting Westminster Ponds #ldnont lfpress.com/news/local-n...

The problem with committing to a flawed course of action and refusing to consider other options is eventually you find yourself arguing with the Pope. It could happen to anyone. Think on.

Good yield of toxic bin juice this week. Always fun when the weather hits on garbage day. 🤮

Post your favourite film from the year you turned 18…

Earworms From The Footnotes | Music for manic Mondays | Yes with Bangles but not that one | Top tunes in playlist form | London Ont. local news curated | Except for this time, admittedly | BONUS POST open.substack.com/pub/mikedona...

Prophetic 2020 cartoon by Rob Rogers. Rogers was sacked by the vile Trumper owner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2018. Since then, his work since has never been better. The idiot owner ran the P-G into the ditch. It's bankrupt and will cease to be on May 3, after 240 years.

Fancy cocktails this weekend at the latest local Speakeasy. Might include some fun deets in my blogs next week. Also, I’m uncannily delighted that (health reasons reasons) I can drink grapefruit juice again. AND GIN.

Space Joe

I just had a fabulous idea

With gags about meatballs. Ball gags, if you prefer. Local news ROUNDUP! #LdnOnt open.substack.com/pub/mikedona...

Starting my day with Never Buy The Sun by Billy Bragg. “No one comes out looking good when all is said and done “But Scousers never buy the Sun.” Yeah. People have power.

One sad remnant, recovered from a small pile of cardboard and foil that was once several Easter eggs. It’s not mine but I’m going to eat it.

Unfortunate Google of the day: “Is it blood spatter or blood splatter?” Vote now!

Judge Dredd meets Captain America! Good luck, Cap!

"i could probably pilot a ship through the straight of hormuz" -next big thing 80% of men secretly believe about themselves

This is one of the best comics I've read in years and it's not even close. Especially in this current moment. Judge Dredd: A Better World is about an accountant in post-nuclear holocaust America's fascist Justice Department finds out One Weird Trick! to reduce crime in Mega-City One.

Here in my local Shoppers Drug Mart, people are doing polite shoulder manoeuvres to a disco version of Tell It To My Heart as they seek to access the just-marked-down chocolate. It’s all happening here. Drama

Listening to Trump talk to the astronauts during their incredible journey… and thinking that, in the next breath, he might snarl that he’s burning Iran to the ground. What a terrible disappointment the human race has been, even as we return to the Moon. We should be better.

My house is very very clean indeed but I don’t think anybody’s speaking to me. I’ll console myself with an extremely satisfying stair carpet. So clean.

Political Panel talks Mayor's Home Ownership Incentive Plan, Council's Reaction, Strong Mayor Powers and More. Have a listen here: the-matt-brown-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/pol... or anywhere you get your podcasts.

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee. What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

Today I had a lot of good exercise so of course I immediately ruined it with Cadbury’s chocolate. Specifically mini-fingers. I regret nothing.

I just drove a truck with Arizona plates. 🤠 😎

ROUNDUP! open.substack.com/pub/mikedona...

Did anyone ask those astronauts where all the KitKats went?

Unprompted, my email account gave me a summary of three emails which is obviously inaccurate. I didn’t ask for this. I don’t need it or want it. I keep turning it off in various platforms and services. And all the while it’s burning bits of planet. We should regulate A.I. use. (And I use it.)

Wait, let’s check in: did Trump fire Bondi to distract from the stock market? Or the war? Or the oil prices? Ah, it’s still the Epstein files, isn’t it? I can’t keep up.

Gotta love Canada. Here’s breaking news about fake maple syrup, topping the CBC website as a Canadian astronaut leaves the planet to circle the Moon. 😆🇨🇦 We call that sticky culture, and it’s awesome.

Highlight of the day for me and two kids. Although, weirdly, four doughnuts are now missing…

I have contractors in my house again and I’m so tense that I just had a fright when I saw a reflection of my own feet. Soon we’ll be done… Soon…

I’ll never stop chuckling at the way the BBC covers stories about the BBC by sending BBC colleagues to stand outside the BBC building to be interviewed on camera by the BBC. 😆

Watching a teen play Resident Evil 5: this time it’s faintly racist, and wondering what happens to a zombie’s tattoo. Does it change colour? Could you get ideal tatts for when you get zombified?

I’m adulting on an important thing while also channeling Rik Mayall and saying BORED a lot. I’m so BORED. I wish I could find time to plant my new garden.

What Harry Potter funds. Every penny has a taint.

Lovely pixie. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

A gift from my wonderful stepdaughter, who is eight. #LemonPoundCake

Also it is Kitten Season and I’ve been told I’m not allowed to adopt any more cats. I was only going to get two!

Yes, son, you can get Resident Evil 5 and 6 for $7 each for the PS5 because you completed the VR version of Resident Evil 4. There are days when my own dialogue sounds like bad science fiction.

“Do not eat.”

It’s that local news roundup time of the week! open.substack.com/pub/mikedona...

Afroman is becoming a talisman and I’m good with it. www.billboard.com/music/chart-...

Let’s go! One with a hyphen and one without.

“I’m sorry, but I find your fivehead very distracting. Please wear hats.” This should be socially acceptable. Hill, die, etc.

I spent the afternoon at City Hall and I think it affected the solidity of my brain matter.