Chatterbox Friday

Ahh, the meal is at a place called Vadah. As previously said, it has a reputation for being very good so I'm looking forward to it. Also, first time this year I'll have had rice. The one thing I miss most on this diet.

On Ghandi/ Civ VI, he's peaceful enough, don't think he's been involved in a war this game, but he's a little shit when it comes to denouncing, demanding and offering shit deals. Next time he offers to sell me a piece of art for 99% of my wealth + resources + gold per turn he can have a nice shiny missile in return. After which I'll stroll in and take the statue from his cold dead hands.

Totally not the warmonger he keeps calling me. Not at all. Nope.

Hi.
Games: none

TV: signed up for BT just in time to watch Burnley vs Aberdeen, now I have no fingernails and a 15 month contract.

Last Chance U: 1-2-3 for me. I thought the third series felt more contrived - it was never really explained why this team suddenly had loads of money (was it funded by Netflix...?), unlike the Mississippi team which seemed genuinely to have a 'last chance' business model. Felt like they edited it to make you dislike the coach at the start then make him more likeable. I read afterwards that nearly 20 of the Indy team got Div 1 contracts, though almost none of them were featured in the show - presumably because most of them were not really last-chancers. But that;s just nitpicking really, I do love it, and also the much cheesier All or Nothing on Amazon. Got right back into American football last season for the first time in years.

Cheese: I fucking hate cheese. Mouldy milk.

I was here months ago, so those likes were from, like, months ago. Besides, have you been 'looking' into the catalogue yourself?

I knew the cheese police wouldn't let that one pass. My aversion is like carbon offset for the heart, allowing me to double my intake of deep fried mars bars and fish suppers without penalty. Plus, parmesan smells like vomit.

Strong female lead, an emphasis on the importance of friendship and making right choices, decent quick dialogue. It lacked vampires, but even so I quite liked Gilmore Girls. I didn’t watch the more recent revival.

I finally got to play a bit of NMS, basically wondering around and blasting bits of material with my gadget thing. Will hopefully have a few hours to dedicate to it tomorrow.

The new Orange is the new Black is shaping up to be pretty good and Good Girls is also OK. Better Call Saul returns next week too.

Also, my team Lincoln City are going up this year, I can feel it in my bones. And because we signed that flash striker from Barnet.

The kid is a fully fledged walker now, he can walk from the living room to the kitchen, turn around and walk back. He scampers up the stairs quickly as well.

Do you wonder as you wander?

Weird, isn't it, how fast human physique asserts itself and makes the little ones walk on two legs. He'll now quickly enter the most difficult stage for a parent: when they are too fast for you to catch them.

I've got that, started playing it realised I hadn't watched BSG* except for the pilot so stopped and went to watch the show, will probably play it in a few years

*you don't need to have watched the show

Hello.

No games last night, mainly because my lunchtime craving for flammkuchen backfired spectacularly. I was trying to clean the oven after baking it when I opened the lower oven door of my stove, forgetting for a moment that it had a dodgy hinge. It promptly fell forward onto the floor, shattering the outer glass panel into a thousand pieces. Frantically sweeping them up, not helped by the fact that the cat was persistently demanding more food although she still had a full food bowl that she had rejected, as usual.

Finally cleaned up the mess, then had a look online for spare oven parts. No doubt I'll be seeing their ads for a long time now. In hindsight I should have done this earlier, of course, now I've got to replace the hinge and the glass panel.

Then, suddenly, I noticed that the wireless headphones that I'd been wearing round my neck while all of this was going on were gone. I searched everywhere. I went three times through the content of the kitchen bin (which was, of course, now full of broken glass). Nothing. It was as if a wormhole had opened up and swallowed them. So I reluctantly gave up the search and got on with the evening, with no time to spare for games, although I really could have done with some distraction.

Then, later, as I was doing the washing up I reached for my apron - and the headphones fell to the floor. They'd got entangled in it earlier. Hallelujah!

After yesterday's discussion of Jaws I was pleased to notice that Netflix has got it and not only the ridiculous sequels. Mr Enemy hasn't seen it yet. Can't wait to show him (maybe not whilst having dinner, though).

Yeah at the bottom and the top. He never slips as he travels up the stairs, but obviously I'm right behind just in case. 

The nursery were saying he's got a phenomenal appetite (i.e. greedy blighter) and he has became really attached to the chef and cries when she leaves the room.