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I’ve not really been the most regular correspondant this past month; four consecutive weeks with or, entirely, nightshift have been…challenging. Not the shifts themselves per-se, but the change back and forth. I seem to get less good at that as time goes on. Never-the-less, I find myself back at the night coal face one moreContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Christmas…”

(vocabulary) “You cannot underestimate the importance of this legislation…” Mostly the radio is just noise while I sit -stationary- in the traffic home (an hour and a bit today, thank you). Ocassionaly I catch some intersting snippet of news, but more frequently hear some talking head spout unchallenged nonsense and turn it off in disgustContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(mental health) You drive your car into a busier (than usual) section of town. With the traffic, it’s constant go , stop, go, stop. You’re having to change gear constantly (it’s a “stick shift” for you Americans). You notice a grating noise, and maybe some unexpected stiffness, with the continual changes. This persists through theContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

( A life in nightshifts ) First nightshift, and I slept till 9:00# (a really long lie), and went back to bed, to no avail at 15:00, gave up at 16:00 started work at 21:00 and was completely used up as a human being by the time I was driving home at 07:00. I amContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(DMN) “Are you cold?” asks my wife. This is not a simple question. I must return from my mental introspection, to re-inhabit my physical body and seek input from the temperature sensors. It would need to be tremendously cold (or hot) for the temperature to do this by itself, and even summoned (back) to check,Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(days of weeks) I had to work Sunday, so it felt like…a work day. I was on holiday on Monday, but it was an early rise and a lengthy drive. Still with no deadlines, no particular strictures, and a lesiurely goal, it felt like…a Saturday. The following day we wake up in Broughty Ferry whereContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(anticip…) I’m really not sure if it’s New York or Guy Fawkes Day. One nightshift all by itself is always a bit disorienting. Especially when you’re immediately trying to cycle back into daylight. As usual, this meal could be breakfast, it’s pie, but it feels like breakfast, possibly tomorrows breakfast…although I believe I may haveContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Samhain) Hallow-een… “All Hallows Eve”… the night before the day of all the holies (hallows)… which is All Saints Day in the Christian calendar, and by some wild co-incidence falls on the ancient festival of Samhain when the doors between this life and the next are “open” (Spooky!)… There are many cultures where this isContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(Journalism) I do follow “current affairs”, not religiously, and always with a cynical eye on who is reporting, and trying to listen for what is not being said. There is a quote I like, regarding journalism, for which, sadly, I cannot find the attribution:- “If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry,Continue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life…”

(A close shave) Having just been away for a weekend with many “regular viewers”, I suspect a lot of them will be anticipating a few words about setting off the smoke alarm in the stately home, just as folks were getting ready for dinner, (It could have happened to anyone…). Alternatively, some commentry on myContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life….”