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Redmonds is back!
I’ve previously mentioned the final night of Redmonds before lockdown shut it down. Well, under Scotland’s slightly more cautious easing of lockdown, it finally re-opened on Friday. However, I decided to be safer, and visit my Mum before I visited it, and so I finally got my first pint at a pub since the end of March today. So, what was it like? ... [More] -
Eating Out
I really hope this will be true, but we’ll see… (And of course, it’s dependent on other parts of the UK being cautious) ... [More] -
Livejournal is Deadjournal
It’s official. My old Livejournal, the impetus behind this blog, is no more. ... [More] -
My shoes think I am dead
At some point in the last month, I noticed some random post on my Twitter feed about Lockdown, saying something like “My shoes must think I am dead”. ... [More] -
I AM NOT MAN!
There were some anti-lockdown protests in Hyde Park, London. (There was similar in Glasgow, but only a handful of people.) ... [More] -
It's Hot-tub time!
Thanks to this story from One Zero One on Medium, I now have heard the year’s Christmas number 1! As you might guess, this is not really an original Frank Sinatra recording, but the results of an AI program, called OpenAI Jukebox, trained on Frank Sinatra recordings. The Sinatra voice is not too bad, but as you might have noticed from the start, the music is, well, interesting. In fact, it seems to meander around without ever approaching what appears to be a tune, adding to it’s further unncanny valley qualities. ... [More] -
Re-emergence
Well, I was wanting to do this blog post to explore the fact that I have no Covid-19 sypmtons after seven days, and so I’m okay, and How do i feel now, as I walk outside? ... [More] -
Opera, a "Good book"...
The other day, I noticed Twitter user @letsgoayo flag this one up. Someone has responded in a conversation on Twitter. (Presumably on the usual “‘high’ verses ‘low’ culture” debates, and it’s relation to poltiics.) ... [More] -
Happy Easter!
Looks like any symptoms I’ve had are gone now, so- touch wood- I’ll be out of isolation on Tuesday. My husband unfortunately still has to isolate for the next week or so, as per the rules. ... [More] -
Shut The Whole System Down
So, Neil Young’s only gone and a new topical song with his old sparring partners Crazy Horse, and it’s rather good… ... [More]
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