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  Can you tell that I had grown a moustache for Movember? Monday 24th November 2025 -  I got in from work at 7 in the morning after stopping off on the way home for some coolant.  I fell asleep at about half past eight, and woke up at 10:25, thinking “oh great, it’s the Popmaster game on Ken Bruce’s show on  Greatest Hits Radio at 10:30.”  I told Alexa to put on the radio station, and then fell asleep before the game started, waking up I thought properly at about one o’clock.  I went downstairs to get some breakfast and a cup of tea. Sat in the living room. A little over an hour later Louise brought me a lovely bowl of her homemade Pumpkin Soup.  At about half past three, Louise wasn’t feeling great, so I went with her back to bed, with my idea being to do some work on editing.  I fell asleep again, before I was woken up by the delivery of a new torch for work. I then fell back to sleep again, waking up at seven in the evening.  Personal info...

Saturday 13 December 2025

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes Stew World Order -  Episode 157: 2 December 2025: *Iron Man -  One hundred and fifty-seven episodes into the podcast before we finally covered Iron Man, the progenitor of the MCU? That's wild! But tune in as Tommy from the Haven't Scene It podcast joins the Order to see how good it was when the MCU kicked off. [ interesting that they go from speaking about the character Jason in the Friday the 13th series of films, who wears a mask, to the main subject of this episode, which is the first of the Iron Man films, about a guy that wears a mask. The clip from the film that Stew has put into this actually has a dated reference, because Tony Stark mentioned MySpace.]  The Divide - Season 1 Episode 9: 12 December 2025: *I Need to Feel It - Wilder is a broken man. Can Dalton pick up the pieces? 5 Good News Stories - 4 May 2...

Friday 12 December 2025

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes DASH - Season 1 Episode 19: 17 December 2021: *The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara: Chapter 12 The Prayer - Dash and Sal take on Impetu and Cindy puts the missing piece together. The Daily Quiz Show - 23 October 2025: Music Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 11 December 2025: leviathan Sleep From Space - season 1 episode 14: 8 February 2024: *Lunar New Year's Celestial Celebration: Year of the Dragon - Celebrate the Lunar New Year with "Sleep from Space" in an episode that intertwines astronomy with cultural festivities. Discover how the Lunar New Year is determined by the lunar calendar and its significance across various cultures. Delve into the astronomical aspects of the celebration, including the phases of the Moon and their impact on traditional practices. This episode offers a peaceful journey through the ...