New Year 2024

This was going to be an addendum my post 'Christmas 2023' that I was going to add to the latest FOTM post, but then it grew too long so here it is. You might have also seen an unfinished version of this post because I hit 'Publish' instead of 'Save draft' by mistake. Well done me.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/new-year-2024/

I’ve been bothered by a remark my mum made about a TV show, though it’s less about the show itself and more about what she thought about me.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/10/07/japanophile/

September has ended so I woke up.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/fotm-14

We lost one of our cats today. Tiggy. He was 10. And totally out of nowhere.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/rip-tiggy/

Yes, I'm very late to this party. But Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is freaking awesome!

It shouldn't come as any surprise that I finally succumbed and created a Paramount+ account. I held off as long as I could because let's face it, I didn't want to pay for it. Or at least, I didn't want to pay for a service to watch only Star Trek, when I have already seen most of the franchise.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/09/16/awesome-new-worlds/

My Grandma, my Dad's mother and my last remaining grandparent, has elected to have her knees replaced. That should sound like good news, but it's not quite.

That of course is assuming she is fit and healthy enough for surgery in the first place. Grandma is 86. She's in good health for her age, but we don't know if she's surgery level healthy, so to speak.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/grandma/

Look, I'm not against free apps running adverts. It's been the deal for a long time now. You either pay up front by buying the 'Pro' or 'Premium' version of an app, or you get the free version of the app which is supported by adverts, and you 'pay' by watching adverts.

Instead of there being 2 versions of the same app, developers will make one free version which is supported by often very intrusive adverts, which can then be removed with a subscription.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/09/02/rant-just-let-me-buy-your-app/

Here we go again. Wake me up when September ends.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/fotm-13/

My Mum and Aunt have agreed to an offer on Granddad's cottage. At least in principle at this point. Nothing is finalised and there is legal stuff still going on, but it's going ahead.

It feels ironic in a sense, how his cottage is going the same way he did due to his Alzheimer's Disease; little by little, the personality and character is disappearing until there is nothing but a shell left.

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/sold/

All of a sudden I'm in the locker room having the semi-existential thought of "Why am I doing this?" The 'this' in question being going to the gym.

And as I walked out to my car, I made the realisation - Am I going to the gym with or without 'Dō'?

https://talkingtoavoidcalledtheinternet.wordpress.com/2023/08/19/do/