Can't help with that as I was awake at three for much the same reason. And those song lyrics have also been flying around my head like sheet steel in a gale. From one lonely ship to another, keep ploughing on.
'Noncerew'.
Let m explain how you pronounce 'Belvoir'...
That's what I thought. Two idiots, facing off over a chess board. Trump is eating the pieces, Maduro is licking the board.
How do we say it? How are you supposed to say it? I feel suddenly self conscious.
The Crab With The Golden Claws. I was absolutely drawn in by it, despite my Dad hating comics. And teaching in Zimbabwe? What a fantastic way to challenge yourself. Massive, massive kudos.
My much-loved Nana bought me a book on holiday and... that was it. A lifelong obsession. How did you get to Flanders's? What roads led there?
That's terrifying. Doubly so as I'm English and an old fart.
In shouting into the void news, there are some really lovely people in here and a lot of warmth. Some weird catfishing, but mainly, it's really heartening.
It was a Tintin-heavy holiday. The museum, Herge's birthplace, some comics museums... and massive amounts of stoemp (sp?). It's a fascinating place. Are you in Brussels?
@breneke.bsky.social Hey. Thanks for following back. I know next to nothing about Belgium apart from being a Tintin obsessive who has been to Brussels and Louvain le Neuve, but it sounds like you have a fascinating trajectory.
I wasted a lot of my life on the number eight bus during the Afraid Of the Tube years.
The soundtrack to the film about him is phenomenal. And good to work to.
Hey. Thanks for this. I've tried Catholicism, and tried hard to bend my head around it, but as much as I like what you say - the veneration of a Universal Mother - there's other stuff that just doesn't sit right.
I am now massively interested in this and you've given me a lot of stuff to research. Why does the church think it's heretical?
I'm starting to not give the tiniest toss about normality. They may as well be talking about the nightlife on Mars.
Damn, that sounds nice.
It's turned me into a paranoid head case. These things were latent. Now these things are raging.
Several cats, a book and a laptop. And some kind of coffee making device.
People with Union Jack flags can push them up their respective hoops, the insecure little wankers.
To paraphrase Gene Vincent, married three times, divorced twice. Does the room have cushions?
Listen to your body and your head. Pull the plug when you need to, because your personal circuit going 'pop' isn't useful to anyone. Least of all you.
I'm absolutely geriatric and have lost a lot of animals. It never stops hurting like a bastard and I'm sorry.
It's the one thing I wish I'd done and it feels like unfinished business. You can congratulate yourself for having that extra 25%.
I clearly need to revisit my understanding of this. And I mean that genuinely. Stockholm is one of my favourite cities, but I've only ever seen it as an absolute outsider.
Six hours. That is going to put your psyche in some strange places.
I need to think about these and tweak my understanding. It's nice to see someone being eloquently honest about this stuff.
@inforapenny.bsky.social Sorry for the absolute randomness of this, but what is a 'gnostic Christian' and how do you live that out? I ask because I'm having an epic tussle with faith.
I'm interested. What do you mean? I think I'm guilty of 'grass is greener' syndrome.
I come from an area that used to have load of mines, known as 'pits' and mining-related industries. This means I shout 'come on, pit lad!' to myself.
