Bloke I was at school with on the radio talking about ‘middle age and beyond’

What’s he on about?

I’ve been slightly ache-y and had a slightly sore throat, otherwise no ill-effects.

Since you ask

My word of the day today is ‘fizzle’.

In honour of the day

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There’s a mural commemorating all the UFO stuff BBC News - ‘Warminster Thing’ marked in 50th anniversary UFO mural www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-e…

It puts me in mind of the, much more spectacular, oddly-shaped hill, in Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind

I go past this oddly shaped hill quite often.

It’s near Warminster, which was a centre of a UFO mania in the 1950s.

My word of the day today was ‘curdle’.

I’ve been Astra-Zeneca-ed

The poor bloke is now injuring bits of his body that I’ve not even heard of.

Such a shame. Great talent, and he seemed like a good man, too. twitter.com/brfootbal…

Tequila is right

Also, Lush the band > Lush the shop twitter.com/berenyi_m…

My word of the day is ‘lagoon’.

#TodayILearned that if Labour don’t gain seats in Scotland, then the swing they’d need in England would have to be enough to win all the seats up to and including Jacob Rees-Mogg’s in North Somerset

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#TodayILearned that Cheryl Baker out of Bucks Fizz’s real name is Rita Crudgington open.spotify.com/episode/3…

“When the Birmingham restaurant, Craft, started to take bookings just after the April easing was announced by the prime minister, 147 groups – 601 people – reserved seats within 20 minutes.”

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It’s just over one year since I was last in the office.

I don’t suppose the office has missed me much.

“This whole nothing is going to take five minutes, yet feel so long it’s like I could have learned Mandarin, or written a novel.”

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The phrase ‘not fit for purpose’ is not fit for purpose.

My word of the day today is ‘tinge’.