☠️ Jolly Roger ☠️

Virgo: Big problems can be overwhelming so instead focus on the little things, like germs or microplastics.

Oh, yeah... They are. Thankfully I don't get much via them anymore.

I'm lucky, my Evri guy is really good.

Although it was a hectic day yesterday, I got loads done and had dinner with friends. Today is very much an at home day.... There may* be a DC Comics Michael Keaton Batman figure arriving today, that's been on preorder since November. 😍

*Oh, it's coming. I'm tracking/stalking the delivery driver.

Fanhome XL die-cast model of the USS Enterprise F from Star Trek: Picard.

What the F?
Oh, for F's sake...
F me in the A!

#EnterpriseF
#NCC-1701-F
#StarTrek

Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only.

Day 3 of 3 of my Business Analysis Practitioner course.

Of course, I've been practitioning Business Analysis for 20+ years so I'm pretty fucking good at it. At least the exercises are blowing the cobwebs off stuff I've not used for a while.

Post you from a different era.

A screenshot of my email inbox showing 5 marketing emails from BMW dealerships sent since 8th March, and 4 of them in the last 24 hours.

Huh... BMW have really stepped up their marketing activities over the last week. I wonder why? 🤔

The egg scene from the movie Airplane! with Dr Rumack (Leslie Nielsen) kneeling in front of the passenger Shirley (Mary Mercier) holding an egg in his right hand that he has just removed from her mouth. The stewardess Elaine (Julie Hagarty) is looking directly at the egg with a concerned look. Shirley's husband is to her left comforting her.

I am sucking so many eggs on this training course that people from the US would be jealous of the sheer quantity, and slightly aroused with my eggy-sucky technique.

But... It's a certification that looks REALLY good on my CV, and it's better than doing real work.

Good morning! This week is another 3 day training course (budget had to be spent 😂) and then I've got 2 days leave.

I like this sort of week. 😊

They're adorable. ☺️

Elka the dog sat on the sofa with her blankie, looking to camera. My right hand can be seen stroking her.

I'm home after a lovely weekend.

Today is also Elka's second Forever Home Day, and I cannot express the absolute joy she brings to my life on a daily, if not hourly, basis.

Love you, baby girl. 😍
#DogsOfBlueSky

Virgo: Venus and Mercury in retrograde appear to be moving in reverse, just like your will to live.

Selfie of me with the remains of Hadrian's wall stretching off into the distance.

Today I'm visiting Roman shit.

A picture of myself and 8 of my friends stood around a Dalek outside The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi.

Fantastic trip out to the village of Allendale in the North East to visit The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi.

A picture of me in front of a replica Police Box representing the Hartnell era TARDIS from Doctor Who. Taken outside The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi.

Get in. We're doing time and space stuff...

I had only just got to the point where I felt I could put what happened behind me and move on with the rest of my life, and this has just dredged a whole lot of hurt once more.

I am not responding to it. I said everything I needed to say at the time. Fuck off, twat. /End

6 months TO THE FUCKING DAY since I threw out that lying piece of shit ex, they leave me a voicemail. They are blocked across everything, but if they try and call it sends them to voicemail.

I have been working very hard on resolving my issues over all this, because it really fucked me up. /1

Good morning and Happy Friday!! Busy weekend as I'm away with friends, so I need to get all my shit sorted. Have a great one!

Piss Off Get Out GIF Alt: Patsy Stone (Joanna Lumley) and Edina Monsoon (Jennifer Saunders) from Absolutely Fabulous. Patsy is raising her hands to the sides of her mouth to shout, and the caption reads "PISS OFF"

Uncontrollable sneezing and a nose that blocks just as quickly as it has been cleared?

Great... That's all I need.

Spent the evening with a Gentleman Friend and we just cuddled (mostly). I think we've become cuddle buddies? Is that a thing?

UPDATE: Yep. I was right. Token award for higher band salaried staff, lower band and customer facing staff get a higher rate, and hourly staff kept in line with the Real Living Wage.

Why not put that in the email? Why all the secrecy and individual departmental briefings? 🤷‍♂️

This year I think they are scaling which is great, especially if our lowest paid are getting more of an uplift than us lofty-salaried-handsomly-paid-senior-twats.

But no mention of this in the email. All this communication has done is create suspicion and An Atmosphere™ /End

Email from CEO: Today we are pleased to announce our pay award for 2025.

No details on what the actual award is... In previous years it has always been a blanket n% applied universally across all roles. /1

Sorry, just needed to make one tiny tweak to this image...

Virgo: There are only about twenty-five blimps in the world but it'll seem like more when they're all trying to kill you.

With the mornings getting lighter, I'm coming out of Hibernation Mode and find myself waking up as it gets light, which is great!

Unfortunately, this becomes hugely annoying as we get into the summer and it starts getting light around 4:30am...

Spent the day with my family and I'm absolutely knackered.

I'm not saying my family is exhausting, but... They're exhausting.

Promo shot for the BBC's Saturday morning children's TV show the Multi-coloured Swap Shop. Top left to right is Maggie Philbin, John Craven, Keith Chegwin, and Noel Edmonds front centre.

Had a sudden bout of nostalgia while I'm preparing breakfast.

On a Saturday morning Young Innocent (yes, there was a time) Roger would be bouncing in front of the TV waiting for this technicolour awesomeness to begin.