2023 round-up, including my usual rundown of the new films I saw in the last year https://blog.herdivineshadow.com/2023/12/2023-films-and-stuff/

Thinking about how many people use the fundraising preference service and what percentage of those people work in the fundraising team of a charity

Anyway, the moon looks like a glowing ball of cheese

Doctor Who speculation spoilers

So I’ve seen the film Predestination and like, that’s Ruby leaving herself at the church right?

Starting to think about my annual round up of new films I saw this year and I don’t think I saw any I didn’t enjoy a decent amount, even though I saw maybe half the number of new films I typically watch.

Anyway I have been pondering the topic since the end of last season and I think I have settled on my season 10 “Formula E teams as X” foodstuff.

#FormulaE

No doubt this is irritating to anyone within earshot, but when I am too warm (like now) I can be heard saying

“hot”

at regular intervals.
Maybe it helps me cool down? We just don’t know.

Last gig of the year attended (Sleep Token on Saturday night), and sure, I do already have some in my diary for 2024 but it’s that point in the year where the calendar is looking too empty for my taste

Once again my calendar telling me it’s someone’s birthday but can I find the contact in my MSN/Skype/Hotmail merged address book with this birthday? No.

And like, the wild thing is that I DO know a Daniel whose birthday is tomorrow but I was at primary school with him, so the birth year the recurring calendar entry isn’t the right one for him.

I mean, without the aid of satellite navigation, how else would you do it when driving alone?*

These thoughts also brought by the memory of my Dad consulting the road atlas before long journeys.

* We shall ignore that time the other week where the road was closed on the way TO work and I just sat in the traffic for a minute before picking a new direction and driving on vibes (I was only half an hour late in the end which was nice esp since it’d have taken longer to go home).