Pretty exhausted after a busy – but good – weekend.
And then I find out that I’m not able to do the important experiment that I was planning to carry out tomorrow.
How am I supposed to deduce the molecular composition of my baked goods now?
It’s no wonder that scientists are leaving the field in droves when all the enjoyable research projects are suddenly being pre-emptively terminated by the fun police.
With the World Cup coming up (and although I’m really not invested at all) (just yet), you might not want to miss a single minute of the ridiculous number (104) of matches.
But nature will still call from time to time. And so it pays to be prepared.
Thankfully, I spotted this handy hint on the letters page of a magazine (IYKYK) before I started work on our house.
I was really leaning towards the “loo-ving room” plan, so it does feel like I’ve dodged a bit of bullet here.
Thanks, Hector.
And now I’m looking into a waterproof TV for the shower wall. And maybe some padding for the toilet seat.
Always be kind to service industry workers. Often, the conditions they work in and (especially these days) the abuse they face really isn’t worth the money that they are paid. And yet they still have to smile and be polite and look after you.
The best way that you can understand exactly what working in that sort of job entails is to do it yourself for a while. I’m close to suggesting that it should be mandatory, like some sort of National Service Industry Service. A deeply upopular idea, perhaps, but it would definitely make the world a nicer place.
And so fair play to the guys that turned up for this shift, despite the – somewhat concerning – issues with the refrigerator.
Wow. Whiny, entitled customers, hard work, long hours, poor pay and now there’s a bloody demon in the fridge.
Enough is enough.
You can really understand why some of the staff didn’t show up. But those who did, those who stepped up to the plate when the chips were down, well, they deserve a medal and – at the very least – your understanding and respect. Because (like it says) no one wants to work anymore, but they still are doing. Serving you.
So just remember:
And no, obviously Socrates didn’t say this, but still, this is good practice. Because God only knows what’s going on in the fridge behind the counter.
Honestly, when it comes to keeping fit, the younger generation just don’t know how good they’ve got it. And obviously, I was the same when I was the younger generation, so fair enough. But wow – keeping fit as you get older is HARD WORK.
Sarcopenia – the age-related progressive loss of muscle mass, strength and function – is a real thing, and while it (allegedly) starts at 30 years old, I never really noticed it until fairly recently. But now suddenly standing still (metaphorically, and literally) is just not good enough. You have to work twice as hard: once to build the muscle mass, strength and function, and once to overcome the age-related progressive loss of muscle mass, strength and function.
That doesn’t seem fair.
But honestly, you still need to live your life as well. All work and no play and all that. There’s zero fun (as far as I’m concerned) in devoting all your time to just trying to stay fit. You need to enjoy your life, and not make every decision about your health.
And so when I saw this, it rang very true, and I did actually laugh:
Yep. That’s me.
I will occasionally do a 7am run, but you’re not ever going to see either of the others in any way, shape or form.
And if that means that I have to work even harder in the gym and on the road when it comes to keeping fit and combatting my age, well, so be it.
“Haha! He’s misspelled “Lighthouse” in the title of the post!
What a muppet!”
But… actually not.
Because, please bring forth the Lighthorse of Jeju Island.
The red one.
Amazing. A 12m tall Lighthorse sitting on one of the Iho Hang breakwaters, west of Jeju City on Jeju Island, South Korea.
But you know that Lighthouses always look better in red and white?
Well, obviously, there’s a white one too:
These are modelled on the Jeju Pony – a rare, ancient breed native to Jeju Island, and were completed in 2009. And while they’re not exact replicas of the actual animals (I mean, the horsey ones aren’t those colours and don’t have a light on their heads), they’re a lovely twist on the traditional big tower with a light on the top.
And if you want more animals made into functional buildings – in this case, specifically lighthouses – then you need look no further than… er.. Jeju Island, South Korea, where they also have a 13m high Lighturtle.
That doesn’t really work as well as the horse one, does it?
Anyway:
It’s not just the name that doesn’t work. For me, this one is cheating a bit. That’s just a lighthouse with an added turtle, not a turtle lighthouse. Not that I don’t admire the effort. Just that if you set the bar so high with the red and white horses, I just think the turtle should be rearing up on its hind legs flippers and balancing the light on its nose.
Doesn’t seem like a lot to ask.