Marv’s Midlife Meanderings

  Wednesday July 26th 2023 - I woke up with the stress of everything still there. As much as I hate it, I’m going to have to pay for the car repair, and pay with it with a credit card that isn’t mine, as mine is maxed out.  We watched some episodes of New Amsterdam, Louise did great doing what she called “making things up” from what we have food wise, using my fortnightly shopping idea.  As if shit wasn’t bad enough already, the fridge freezer is freezing up things in the fridge no matter what setting we put it on, so we can’t store fresh vegetables safely at the moment, which is a shame as it should be salad time now. Well, if it wasn’t pissing it down outside constantly. Still, it has saved on watering the plants.  We spent some lovely time outside on the back garden, which was so nice. That’s been a great thing about moving to a house - we have a garden, even though we have left it to nature for the most part. However, leaving it to nature means that we’re getting some fantastic wil

  Tuesday July 25 2023 - I was lucky enough to get a lift home from my work colleague Mark, who said on the way “bloody hell, you live a long way away.” He did well to get me home just after 8am.  If not for him, then I would have had a long 26 mile walk from work.  I got ready and went straight to bed. Asleep before 9am is a rarity, and that was the only piece of  positivity for the day.  We were supposed to be visiting our late friend Andy’s grave today, for what would have been his 55th birthday, but I didn’t wake up until 3pm, having not set an alarm.  I felt bad about that, because it meant that no one had visited for his birthday.  He died of pneumonia earlier this year, and it shook both myself and Louise when it happened, and it has continued to do so ever since. Having the car stuck in the garage, as well as no money, meant that I was on a downer. So many people chasing me for money, including the podcast distributors who haven’t been paid yet either. I love how people remind

  On Monday I was training someone up in the van with me, so I only listened to anything on the way to work, and in times when they weren’t in the van with me.  The last thing they would like would be me frantically screaming notes into Siri while I’m driving them around, and showing them the ropes!  Now I am off work for two weeks, but have the problem that my car is in a garage near to where I work, so I have no transport, no money, a maxed out credit card, and a podcast distributor screaming at me about an unpaid bill, due to insufficient funds. Oh, what a great two weeks off this will be. (Sarcasm) No listening on the way home either, as someone kindly gave me a lift home to save me from walking 26 miles from work to home.  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) Ice T’s Daily Game - (0:08)  29 March 2023: “ The Struggle -  In this episode, Ice breaks down how people treat others tells more about them than they know.”  Daily Facts - (0:05)  29 June 2023

  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) Sunday July 23 2023 -  Daily Dad Jokes - (0:07)  21 July 2023 Create Magic -(0:09)  31 March 2023:  Episode 357: “Be Strange -  Happy Friday y'all! This is a little Personal Folklore Issue 12 back cover reveal! I'm stoked to introduce Doodle the Dragon, a very important new charter in the our fantastic little goblin world. This one is some pretty straight forward comic talk. Hope ya have the best start to the weekend!”  Grammar Girl - (0:08) episode 252:  2 December 2010: What Is Plagiarism? Ice T’s Daily Game - (0:08)  27 MARCH 2023: “ Those Who Can't Do... Criticize -  In this episode, Ice explains how negative people who have never accomplished anything can bring you down.”  The Daily Quiz Show - (0:07)  15 July 2023:  Science and Nature Neon Shadows: A Noir Tale - (0:26)  Season 1, Episode 4:  25 August 2020: “ Chapter 4: Paper Trail -  Frank and Lady find comfort in each other. A chance meeting turn

  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember) TED Health - (0:07)  27 October 2020:  A comprehensive, neighborhood-based response to COVID-19 | Kwame Owusu-Kesse Stew World Order - (0:49) episode 71:  22 July 2023:  Stew is joined by out joint friend Sean O’Connell from Cinemablend, and the podcast Reelblend, to look at the film Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness. Sean has already published two books, both of which I own, with the first one being released the Snyder cut, and the second one with great power. He is at the moment, writing a book about Bruce Willis, under the title unbreakable, which, of course, I will also get, and I’m really looking forward to, because Sean does a deep dive on all 115 films, and all of the television series, that Bruce has been in. Having the character of Wanda in the film.  Daily Dad Jokes - (0:07) 19 July 2023  Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day - (0:02) 21 July 2023: Ameliorate Composer’s Datebook - (0:02)  21 July 2023