Status:

Very low batteries today. Able to potter and do small things but quickly out of energy, so lots of time recovering on the sofa. Mood a bit better though, and improving through the evening. Fi brought back a load of spicy noodles - great for treating my sinus headaches.

Listening:

Origin Story: Karl Marx the Fighter

In Our Time: John Bull

Reading:

Thrive in obscurity - “The path to creative mastery begins with years of silence.”

Thoughts on Scotland - friends of mine are cycling around Europe. This is proper old-school blogging and I’m delighted to see it.

George Orwell’s 1940 Review of Mein Kampf - “Whereas Socialism, and even capitalism in a more grudging way, have said to people ‘I offer you a good time,’ Hitler has said to them ‘I offer you struggle, danger and death,’ and as a result a whole nation flings itself at his feet.”

Watching:

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

Twin Intake Hydroelectric System Part 4 Powering Up For The First Time

Evening Telly:

• Peacemaker - bit of a damp squib season finale but Cena’s square face is always a pleasure.
• Mo - the writing here is so much cleverer than I expected.
• Freaky Friday - in prep for the new one.
• Tuca & Bertie