Sleeping is hard in the summer because blankets are too warm,
but without blankets I’m vulnerable to monsters.
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So, um, this happened
While the Institute was being reorganized after the departure of Ed, until things got caught up in the HR system, our group was 3 levels below the Chairman of the Board…
Quote of the day: How long is forever
Bathroom reading material
That moment when you go to the loo and forget your phone…
This wasn’t a re-enactment. I remembered the phone next time I had to go.
End of school year lunch
It’s the last calm weekend before summer madness begins so we had a quiet but really nice day today. We had lunch at Toriko, which Bean enjoyed. When we came back, we joined our upstairs Canadian neighbours who were having a little farewell apero. They’re moving to Basel for work (Roche). We spent a couple of hours drinking Aperol and chatting then Bean went to spend a couple of hours playing with Lam.
Now, apple pie and ice cream.
Thanks Pops
Katy has the unfortunate habit of kissing things with the car bumper. Most times, it’s not a big deal. Last time, with a cement column…less so. It took about 15 minutes of cursing, but I managed to get all the brackets realigned and the bumper back on. It wasn’t that big of a job, but it made me think of my dad. I don’t have anywhere close to his mechanical skills, but I’m also not afraid to get my hands dirty. And I got that from him, as well as the importance of a decent set of tools. So, thanks pop.
Cat malfunction
It’s so hot the cats are even more lazy in power-saving mode than usual.
Suddenly craving…
Lord Buckethead has spoken
Lord Buckethead made an appearance at Glastonbury Festival on Friday.
Greeted by chants of his name, the former aspiring MP began: “Good evening Glastonbury! Are you having a good time? I am Lord Buckethead, intergalactic space lord.”
He then helpfully clarified: “I am not Lorde the New Zealand songstress,” before going on to reference Labour leader Jeremy’s Corbyn’s widely-publicised slot as a guest speaker at Glastonbury on Saturday.
“I thought to myself: why should the Pyramid stage be the only stage to receive a guest appearance from a political leader? The Park Stage should have one too! So here I am,” he explained, before revealing the “truth” behind his recent political tussle with the current Prime Minister.
“Now, it is only two weeks ago that I faced Theresa May,” Buckethead reminded his audience, pausing to allow for a chorus of boos at May’s name. “In the battle of the Magnet Leisure Centre, Maidenhead.
“The mainstream media would have you believe that she defeated me. Thirty-seven thousand votes to 249.”
In fact, Buckethead said, he had won the election, but had knowingly taken the better deal: instead of facing “agonising” Brexit negotiations in Brussels, he was free to attend Glastonbury.
Speaking to the Guardian after his appearance he gave some thoughts on how Brexit negotiations have been going.
“Could a slightly mouldy pain au chocolat negotiate Brexit better than Theresa May and David Davis? Yes. So yes I could, but whether I should is another matter.”
Asked what advice he would give May and Davis for Brexit, he said: “Be sophisticated, the Europeans are a smart bunch.
“There was a photograph the other day of the negotiating team from Great Britain and the negotiating team from Europe and the team from Europe looked so much smarter, they looked smarter sartorially, intellectually, and they had women, which is something British diplomats seem to have forgotten.”
Handgus McLeod
The hand is in touch with its inner Scottshand.
