It’s month 4 of The Diet and I’d be more interested in Star Bar day than I am in #StarWarsDay

#TodayILearned that Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Time after Time’ was inspired by the title of the 1979 film in which HG Wells chases Jack the Ripper, who has stolen his Time Machine

(Via @mike_hobart in the very good Life of a Song book)

Beth singing Christy

(actually it’s Richard Thompson, but I first heard it sung by @christymoore45)

See this Instagram video by @bethanyevemusic www.instagram.com/p/COQX9y0…

My word of the day today is ‘gusty’.

My word of the day today is ‘giggle’.

RT @mrmarksteel: How do you spend £200,000 on doing up a flat? Did they get Beyoncé to do the electrics? Is the table a live panda? Are th…

My word of the day today is ‘flannel’.

….and relax

Marvellous stuff

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RT @_Natalie93: If a girl suddenly acts like she knows you in public, just play along, she might be in danger.

Some people are just weird twitter.com/ladyaunti…

My word of the day today is ‘snooze’.

Happy ‘He gave it to Demba Ba’ Day to everyone celebrating it today

:)

#TodayILearned that to programatically find which #SqlServer databases are in standby mode, you can do this:

select name, DATABASEPROPERTYEX(name, ‘Isinstandby’) from sysdatabases

No wee donkeys were harmed in the making of this trailer

Just 6 days to go until #LineOfDutyDay #LineofDuty6 twitter.com/BBCOne/st…

The influence of the Daily Mail in other countries isn’t something we can proud of. twitter.com/ddale8/st…

I might have to cancel my Spotify subscription twitter.com/SkySports…

#TodayILearned that in 1944, during the government of Churchill, Attlee and Beveridge, only 35% of the population thought politicians were acting in the national interest, rather than party or self-interest

(Via @benatipsosmori, talking to @mattforde)

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I’m watching the Office and I really want a Support the Rabid charity bracelet

My word of the day today is ‘chivvy’.