My word of the day today is ‘brunt’.
These are embarrassingly expensive, but well worth it…and they last for ages
Apart from the hi-viz ones which didn’t, for some reason
My word of the day today is ‘flutter’.
I am become Penny, the destroyer of worlds
“Trump’s 27 December call to the acting attorney General…….. should trigger section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars anyone from holding office who “engaged in insurrection” against the US.”
#TodayILearned that the French have two different words for ‘owl’
“‘hibou’ (meaning an owl with feathered ear tufts) and ‘chouette’ (an owl without tufts).”
I got directed onto The Facebook when googling Wasted Youth…and found this ad for a show I went to (I was about 6 years old, obviously)
It was a good night
My word of the day today is ‘mulch’
I’m a lucky old chap to still be playing football, after a fashion, at my old age.
I’m a lucky old chap in many ways tbh.
Jeepers
Without Bullshit - The platitude pledge - withoutbullshit.com/blog/the-… via @jbernoff
My word of the day today is ‘happen’.
RT @DrNerina: I have always been fascinated to read about all the different ways people get to sleep. There is never a ‘one-size fits all’…
I’m reading @DalrympleWill’s book The Anarchy, about the East India Company, and I was a bit surprised to find a reference to the dear old Salisbury Journal (@journalupdate)
I imagine the ferret was a bit surprised too though
In more detail… salisburyandstonehenge.net/on-this-d…
RT @salisbury_matt: Peters finger, named after the Lammas Lands which oened to the public on the Feast of Saint Peter ad Vincula (in Chains…
Authorities “which have prematurely removed or weakened such schemes should expect to receive a reduced level of funding.”
Finished ‘The Good Place’ last night
Really enjoyed it
My word of the day today is ‘amok’.
Was thinking about the Elephant Fayre…coincidentally it turns out it’s the anniversary of the 1983 one.
It was marvellous - saw Jonathan Richman, Ivor Cutler, Joolz, Linton Kwezi Johnson, Benjamin Zephaniah and some more rock-band type stuff