How was your day? (Random off topic chat)

Sounds good to me! (Ignore that idiot on your shoulder... if they don't appreciate reading they don't have anything sensible to say!)
If you're the type of person who falls into the world of a good book, have you read the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde? It takes that concept literally.

I have not, will see if they're in my library e books. See I could easily have read for a week off.

I could never get into the Thursday Next books but other than "The Constant Rabbit" which I just haven't bought yet I've enjoyed all his other books. Nursery Rhyme Crimes were fun and I loved the Dragonslayer books. I'm still sad there isn't a sequel to "Shades of Grey", which thankfully seems to have been renamed to "Shades of Grey 1: The Road to High Saffron" so that means we'll hopefully get the other two parts one day. I have "The Eyre Affair" in my bookshelf, maybe I should give it another go.

We've hit a new level of streamed musical entertainment now, my almost 2 and 3 year old niece and nephew singing along to with alexa to the 'poo song', and when i say singing?!

Today was as strange as Sundays get: I spent the whole day on Skype with friends and family (and a journalist for the news from back home, which was admittedly an odd plot twist), because everyone wanted to talk about - you guessed it - the new Tier 4 measures in London.

If there is such thing as Skype-fatigue, I am pretty sure I have that. I'm also just absolutely dead tired.

Crazy busy day at work, result of all this rain, operation stack and shut ports and new tiers. Stumbled from one call to another.

Had quick walk at lunch and frankly it seemed to sum 2020 up as the b*****d it is. I 'rescued' a worm from the road from getting squashed, popped it under a hedge and to my horror beacuse i dropped it the last few inches it fell and impaled on a giant thorn on the hedge. I don't know how well a worm survives on major trauma but felt I had taken it from possible death to more certain and felt engulfed in guilt. Walk subsequently became an internal rant of all the things I'd like to scream at certain people in power about everything wrong with the country.


My sister tried telling my dad today that he could not come into her house (we'll ignore all the previous months he's just let himself in). He said he could as he lives on his own. He lives with me and his wife. So wishful thinking on his part I think. Have volunteered to be on call for work all christmas now, frankly seemed like might be the better option.

On a brighter note a kind soul gifted me a ticket for the Old Vic tonight and it was just wonderful.

And it's not even someone I even know properly so even better.  

well that's Christmas sorted; a large jar of Haywood pickled onions, and 5 out-of-date cheese board selections.

I don't know if this is a reaction to London going into lockdown at short notice but Google is saying the Marks and Spencer near me (which has a decent food hall) is open 8am to 11.00pm - on CHRISTMAS DAY and Boxing Day ..not sure that can be right

I think your worm will survive - they can re-grow their tails, after all. Would not have survived being crushed by a car.

I visited London from the US with my family in the mid-80s. All went well until Christmas Eve... a Thursday, like this year. Everything (shops, museums, activities) stopped at noon and didn't resume until Tuesday the 29th. Cab drivers kept asking us, "why are you here?" My dad finally started responding with a quote from the movie Casablanca... "I was misinformed!"