Gm nostriches, crazy storms at the moment, lying in bed feeling like the roof is about to be lifted off. Not going to stop me getting out with the little dog, some pumpkin carving before stopping in on the Zoo on the way back…… and result of the day, got both bikes to fit into the boot/trunk, so everything can be locked up while to see the little Painted Dog and maybe find the new vulture shaped arrival. Now to get the kids moving.

One kid doing homework, the other making a lemon meringue pie, me headed out in the rain with the hound. Good times. Just messing around, doing things at our own pace and enjoying some relaxed company.

Gm nostriches, wrangled the kids to bed after the long journey in the car. Unsure how long the weather will stay dry meaning likelihood of getting the kids out in the Welsh hills on two wheels may be low, but that can simply mean some time making a Pie with Grandma, so always a plus side. While it may not look quite like this half an hour later, the hills are certainly drawing me towards them, so #coffeechain nearly done, biking clothes ready and I’ll be off, maybe even get back before the small people descend the stairs from their Saturday morning slumber…….. love it when they get to catch up and don’t want to lock in to the tv straight away.

Flippin’ epic torrential trip over, but definitely sweetened by a little late 80’s Porsche spot!

Gm nostriches, happy Friday and just a half day for me, before heading over the country with the kids and bikes in the auto to provide care and company for the mother……. And the teenager wanting some space from HER mother…….. Got a bonsai a little while back, looked dead, was nearly thrown away, but a little Google and a little care and the “green shoots” started to appear. Then took the clipper to her and tidied things up…… then, after a karate kid reference to the fam, absolutely not a coincidence, I’m saying providence or serendipity, moved back to #chooselife and there, clear a day on the beginning of the next chapter, a Mr Miyagi quote. Well played @Daniel Prince keeping my belief that the science we were talking about doesn’t even scratch the surface. Choosing life this weekend and going to share the good word with my students in video I’m going to riff for them this morning.

Gm nostriches, after getting a rather weird gift of a crepe maker, asking myself, “why not” mix up some for the eldest, for her final day of the term……. Day ahead, I “get to” spend with the youngest who is already off school, maybe bring her along for the weekly day off shopping trip and then maybe a little bike riding. Should be a nice pretty good day all in. #coffeechain and rather damp press-ups already sorted. Coffee number 2 definitely on the cards, but after being up since 3 with a very affectionate cat, as with the cat, keeping the coffees black!

Gm nostriches, always useful to check on the publicly funded source of government approved propaganda to see what I should be annoyed about today……. So, I know i’m bad, but show a “lawyer” meeting around with illegal migrant fines, to take the place of informing the uk what might be just around the corner, seems good to me. Add in a report from American about drug issues the other night, with Zero reference to how all those guys got addicted in the first place, kind of important that big pharma likely gave that vet pills in the first place and they couldn’t break the habit, you think? But no, as the nhs will start getting the Brits addicted, can’t go passing that information about. Back to the marking, seeing both what AI use they’ll admit to and what I can spot, really hoping this is more of a point before they get into the assignment, unless they view it as every other one, “just a crappy assignment to do just enough to pass”……… well, they haven’t had me marking their work up to this point. If I have to lead a module, they have to care, god damn it, it’s important!!!! #coffeechain powering me into the next assignment, hopeful broke the back yesterday.

What are we on, less than two months since I wrote this piece and Paris, Limoge and Marseilles are literally burning, guessing I got my last chance to see Paris as it was. Amazing how quickly things can change and fascinating thinking about where we could be in another two months……. Here we go…… But saying this, the Parisians couple still prioritising the finer things in life, as Brits did in the blitz, they can just carry on. I wonder if I could do the same, I would at least know that as the country and the city I live burned, my money would be safe, and maybe when there was a lull in hostilities, I’d quietly exit stage left……. By that I mean head to my country bolt hole (mother’s house)

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the Guardian

Couple enjoy a drink as fires burn nearby amid Paris unrest – video

A couple were seen enjoying a drink close to the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday, close to where some of the main rioting took place in central Paris

Great work gentlemen as always, @Ben Sessions and @Max , always need to up my privacy game, put my phone finally in lockdown mode and just need to sort my purchase of a Google pixel 10, but definitely not an 11! 🫡🙌 And then I realised something with Max’s example, if someone ever uses Alice and Bob in an example for communication of transactions, i want to be their friend and if they need a place to sleep, my door is always open. Will then just hope the reason I use those names is the same reason they use those names and it isn’t because they read this post. Iykyk. 🫡🙌

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Coming back through Nottingham town centre today , the circuses the city council put on to spend debt to distract us from the police officer getting shot or nhs staff accessing victims medical record but it just looked different to me today. It is simply a way for filling up the big space, break up flow in the city, and hope it will be enough to stop any gatherings with the subsequent riots and looting that could ensure. Totally wild times and wondering whether to just leave the whole Christmas market tomfoolery for another year. If there is a mass gathering of students, as there were videos of fights in student residences and a student of mine who got stabbed, this is making the point where I just up and leave my house gets a little closer. Wilds times.

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