I’ve got a lot of chums who disagree, but…..#RefundTheBBC
“I used to feel like a good diary was one in which you wrote down Important Things That Happened To You, but the more I write mine, the more I think it’s the tiny, almost insignificant details, accurately rendered, that bring you back to where you were.” austinkleon.com/2022/03/0…
This popped up on Spotify last week. I hadn’t heard it before, but the next day I heard it again on the Detectorists
It’s great
I’d say it’s sort of folk-horror-soundtrack-y
Especially when it come into your life twice in two days
#DevilDevilIDefyThee open.spotify.com/track/0dV…
For younger viewers, Roy Wood was/is kind of a pop genius. He was in the Move, and Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard….but he’s probably most known now for I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
“Songfacts.com quoted lead singer Annie Haslam as commenting:
The song is about leaving the Northern Lights of England… and Roy Wood behind, when I was working over in the U.S.[3]”
#TodayILearned that ‘Northern Lights’ by Renaissance, which was a folkie, prog-rock ’70s hit was at least partially about Roy Wood
In case anyone should ask…
My word of the day today is ‘grinning’.
Theory:
‘Crust’ or ‘prism’ is a better start word than ‘ratio’.
We think in consonants, not in vowels
Wordle 259 3/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
RT @MrKehoe79: I am already boycotting so many companies. I’m about two away from having to make my own shoes.
Tbh, I don’t know the rights and wrongs of it, and I do think people should be judged on the best stuff they do at least as much as the worst….but either way, in these dark times, Gavin Williamson getting a knighthood is a welcome bit of light relief
RT @Keir_Starmer: Four years ago today, Russia used Novichok nerve agent to poison people on British soil.
Today, innocent civilians are,…
One day when a sql install fails I will not waste time staring blankly at the config file.
I will go straight to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\whatever\Setup Bootstrap\Log\Summary.txt
Today was not that day
My word of the day today is ‘desultory’.
If this doesn’t end up as my most played song of the year, I shall be very much surprized
I’ve had a soft spot for Luton since their manager found my mobile phone on the train and posted it back to me
#LutChe
Roman leaves the club much better placed than he found it
We were sharing a training ground with Imperial College when he arrived!
It’s official. Roman is selling. Net proceeds going to a charity.
We’ll never have a better owner
link.chelseafc.com/1WUW/7619… Here’s a link from The 5th Stand, Chelsea FC’s official app: Statement from Roman Abramovich
Thinking about it…..you’d have to be pretty keen on seafood to contemplate how to make chocolate more appetizing, and then come up with this t.co/tpE5eNGpo…
On the first day of March, it was raining It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me
#PostASongLyricYouLove