Eyebeemania

From a young age, I was told that these were the two subjects that you shouldn’t discuss because you’d end up falling out with everybody. We all have our own political views, and even those within the same political spectrum argue amongst themselves. Religion is similar. Even those of the same faith, split into different denominations and argue about the meaning of scriptures, other books, and teachings. Both politics and religion cause wars.

At the end of the day, we usually don’t end up changing a person’s views. We can argue with them, discuss with them, and present a strong case for our own opinions, but at the end of the day, it’s usually the case that the other person will still hold their own views fundamentally unchanged.

So I sit back and I think, is it worth the time? Is it worth the effort? Unless you’re actively involved at some political level within your community or your country, then, surely, your time is better spent doing things that you find enjoyable.

You can’t change what you can’t control. You can protest by writing to your local and national representatives and elected officials. It’s undoubtedly important to make your views known to the people who can do something about the world, the country, your town, and your street. However, is it really in anyone’s genuine interest, and especially in these days of social media platforms, to spend hours sitting at a keyboard, ranting and getting angry and stressed when your words aren’t reaching those who really can make a change?

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#music

I have some AKG 701s and also Hifiman Anando Nanos. I’m more than happy with the Nanos for home listening, but I am looking for some good closed-back headphones for mobile use. I have AirPods, but I prefer over-the-ear headphones. And in any case, I want a wired solution so I can listen to lossless Hi-Res audio on my Astell & Kern SR35 player, preferably with a balanced feed option. #headphones #audio

Got a bit done too. Vacuumed the front room and hallway. Got the garden vac out and vacuumed up the dead leaves in the front yard. Helped Kathy with making the bed. It’s a bit of a bugger getting fitted sheets on a super king-size bed on your own. Now, it’s time to have more #coffee

Aside from this bout of potential flu right now, I usually feel pretty healthy. Having said that, I am under the care of local hospitals for several issues. Crohn’s disease, thyroid, DVT monitoring, and Rheumatism. Now they clash, in the treatment I am having for post-DVT and also for Crohn’s affects me, having a thyroid operation. All the departments have been communicating with each other, and I am on track for an operation early in the New Year. #medical.

Time for bed. Still under the weather. Hopefully feeling better tomorrow!

The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight (45th Anniversary Edition)

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It was put in my mind that there’s new covid strain is going around and I do feel really yuck. It feels a bit more than just a cold but we’ll see how we are in the morning and then I suppose I shall have to go and get a Covid test but let’s hope not, eh?

OK, it’s sorted at last. It took two days to do it. I had to delete all the photographs in the ‘sync error’ folder (250,000), and then delete them from the ‘deleted’ folder. All the Lightroom apps on my devices have now synced, and I can now use #Lightroom Desktop on my Mac Mini again.

When you are feeling unwell, it is recommended that you drink plenty of fluids. Therefore, I’m on my second mug of #coffee.

Started sniffing and sneezing a couple of days ago. Now, it’s progressed into a mild fever with aches and pains, headache, runny nose and so on.

What’s annoying is that I was about to go get my free flu jab as my local surgery started offering it yesterday as a walk-in.

I tried to combine photographs in Lightroom Classic with Lightroom Desktop. The reason is that the desktop app syncs across all my devices, including my MacBook, iPad, iPhone and Mac mini. However, the sync was probably too big, and I gave up waiting for it after a month, when Lightroom Desktop on my Mac mini wouldn’t allow me to edit anything at all. I have removed all the sync error files (over 250,000) and am now deleting them. I have the originals on my hard drive. I started this yesterday afternoon, and it’s been several hours already! #lightroom

Live beneath your means. Return everything you borrow. Stop blaming other people. Admit it when you make mistakes. Give clothes you no longer wear to charity. Do something nice and try not to get caught.

This afternoon, it’s another visit to the hospital for an assessment for the forthcoming thyroid operation. It’s been postponed once, due to me now taking blood thinners following a DVT earlier in the year. Let’s hope we can get this done soon. It’s not life-threatening in any way, but the symptoms are annoying. #medical

This morning’s order is exciting. Toilet Bowl Descaler, heavy-duty rubber gloves, and a set of optical screwdrivers.

I have a 13 inch M1 iPad Pro, with plenty of storage. I was thinking about buying a new Kindle. A good idea or a waste of money, given that I have the iPad?

I don’t hang about when I finish work. Twenty minutes door to door, including a bus journey and a six minute walk from a further stop than usual. Three days off now.

Working late messes up my body clock. I am usually in bed by ten and asleep soon afterwards.

This evening I got home around 11pm, and I am still wide awake after midnight thirty.

#sleep