In most primary schools, many pupils don’t become fluent readers simply because they do precious little reading in the classroom.
Never enough time… Always too many things to do. The Most Common Reason Why Children Don’t Become Fluent Readers… And What We Can Do About It – Primary Colour
Not a cloud in the sky… damnit!
✅ Apple Music now shows me listening habits for individual months. Which is cool.
❎ I have to open my browser to see it and can’t do it in the app. Which is not cool.
I need to not stay in that space where teaching takes up most of me. Because that doesn’t fill me in the ways I need to be filled, in order to go all in.
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When Bring Me The Horizon release a lofi album. I liked it.
Reserved seats on the flight. Two sets of two seats next to each other.Then after I’d done that. I realised it says a and c. I teach 5 year olds so I m let those are not consecutive letters. But apparently they are consecutive seats.
PROJECT HAIL MARY Trailer (2025) YouTube
Excited to see that, though it makes me want to read the book again.
Why carry one device when you can carry 4!
9pm to 5:30am
Maybe today will the day I finally do the thing I’ve been saying will.
Need a snack? Muji in China has got you covered!
We had the magnetic letters out this week. This one is true, sometimes.
It’s “funny” how the talk of footballers and tennis players always being ask to do (play) more resonates as a teacher. That they consider it too much. Similar eh?
Do not like how similar the Coke bottles are now.
Mental health involves having feelings that are appropriate to a situation and having the coping skills to be able to manage those feelings. And the way kids develop coping skills is through practice. They need to feel sad, frustrated, and uncomfortable in order to learn to recognize and understand those feelings and to figure out what kinds of coping skills work for them.
This is me recognising that our team is pretty on top of things. This is also me acknowledging that I don’t need to keep trying to find things to do in order to feel I’m enough.
screens aren’t inherently harmful, but they can displace habits that matter — like sleep, exercise, and real conversations. And maybe that’s the takeaway: screens aren’t the problem. What they replace might be.
Are screens really that bad for children? – From experience to meaning…
Currently framing parenting as preparing for the apocalypse. Yesterday archery and shooting (air rifle at balloons). Today swimming. I think I need to stop thinking about The Last Of Us.
No Self
“I tell myself there is
no self- I am just
a place where the
universe happens to be happening
telling itself through me.”
– John Brehm
When you deliberately put a book down, because the sooner you finish it, the sooner it’ll be over… But can’t stop picking it up.
Also, books where the story is kind of secondary to the world the author has created.
Really enjoyed this and stayed up past my bedtime to finish it. Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway 📚
Today’s exercise: Trying to be patient while driving.
Japanese version of the game didn’t have English until I changed the PS5s system language to English (US)…
There are mornings when I wake and forget, for a moment, everything I’m supposed to carry.
Link to a poem titled, “In the morning, before anything bad happens”
Would I like being a student in my own classroom? A reflection tool – Pernille Ripp
One of my favourite blogs about education, simple (in a good way), thoughtful and helpful.
My kids enjoyed this one about a cat with a busy day.
Finished reading: FLOOF by MCKINNON HEIDI 📚
Went in knowing nothing - always the best way and enjoyed the ride a whole lot. Rereading descriptions now I feel spoiled things that surprised me when they came up, but also, you need a reason to choose a book right?
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh 📚
Pizza and a couple of beers after the gym. This morning, wide awake at 4:30 and feeling off. Alcohol and me clearly don’t agree anymore.
Happy Murderbot day to those who celebrate.
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Much like the month of December, my packed calendar at the end of the school year has left me feeling like there’s not so much joy, as obligation and overwhelm. Instead of cruising into summer with a sense of relief, I’m sweating my way to the finish line—and possibly crying and stress snacking at certain points, too.
“Our job is to destroy the bell curve”
10 Insights from Dylan Wiliam on Formative Assessment and the Science of Learning
It is striking that family income hardly predicted anything. What mattered was the parents’ level of education. Parents with more education appeared to have more children’s books in the house and a more positive relationship with their child. Both factors contributed to stronger language skills in the child, greatly influencing reading comprehension.
How Books and Chat Are More Important Than Money for Reading – From experience to meaning…
Murderbot is out tomorrow. Please be good, please be good, please be good.
An Immense World (Young Readers Edition) a book by Ed Yong and Rebecca Mills - Bookshop.org US
Oooooo. I struggled with the original (old readers edition) because it was just so detailed. But also, think the kids would love this.
Had a massage while the kids are at basketball. Feeling much better afterwards.
A couple of photos from yesterday in downtown Chongqing.
*As always, just quick snaps with my iPhone 12 Mini. It’s the thought that counts.
(Finally) finished reading: Poor Things by Alasdair Gray 📚. I loved this. That ending though!
Pro: the house is quiet so I can get some work done.
Con: it’s 5am on a Saturday
Once again grateful for exercising and getting enough sleep.
Love, love this track.
THE IPHONE 16E isn’t for me. If you’re an avid tech enthusiast and Apple fan, it’s probably not for you either. It’s for the person holding on to an iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X, ready to upgrade because their more than seven-year-old smartphone isn’t working too well nowadays. They want a new phone, and it just needs to be an iPhone.
Looking to replace my iPhone 12 mini and I guess this is me.
Using this as a guide to find something to read…
The 30 best fiction books of the last 30 years - Los Angeles Times
One particular website wasn’t loading. I tried to be fancy and nothing happened. I switched my MacBook off and on again. Now it works. Lesson learned.
It wasn’t the best part of my day, but this was up there. A student accidentally ripped her paper and I fixed it with unicorn stickers.
Jacob Collier Improvises the National Symphony Orchestra (Live from the Kennedy Center) - YouTube
Watched this with my students this morning.
I wake up and realise I need to check the football score but apparently do it in my head and feel like it real. In my head Arsenal drew. O
On my walk yesterday, I noticed this bench had a wireless charging symbol. Worked too!
Kids were out with L and I was half watching The Accountant and not feeling great. Like I should be doing more with my free time. So went out for a ruck with 20kg and ended up walking nearly 16km. So good for getting out of my head.
Enjoying the 4x3 word association game. 4 groups of 3, except 1 word is common to all groups. Took a little while to get how to play but enjoying it in addition to a few others.
Scrambled egg and cheese ‘burger’ I made for brekkie. E approved.
Had kind of spoiled The Last of Us this week because it’s taken us till today to watch it and I’ve been online. Still, it was a lot. We discussed what happened a fair bit. Interested to see what happens next.
I know exactly where my Kindle is. I have lost my Kindle. I’m ok with that.
I do wish they’d help the presenters pronounce the Chinese snooker players name a little better. With that said it’s good that they put their family (surname) first now which is how names are said in Chinese.
Jodie Harsh - Kiss It Better (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube
Loving this. Summer is coming! Obviously, love the name too.
Creepiness is a function of deviation from expected normality. Obviously, this looks like a bell curve, or, to make the point make more sense visually, the Uncanny Valley.
Ultra-Processed Minds: The End of Deep Reading and What It Costs Us
A powerful piece. And, because of the content I couldn’t stop reading because I would be proving his point.
I don’t know if it’s just China (is it?) but I keep seeing people walking together with others and one of them has their headphones in. Is it that we need now, constant auditory input?
Two panda selfies in a week. This time at the panda centre in Chengdu.
If this isn’t terrifying.
The Weekly Dispatch #5 - by Carl Hendrick
Lots of interesting links about teaching here that I’m going to go back to later this week… Probably.
Some idle chatter about recent events. Elise is a member of the student council now.
Going to the zoo today! With 27 5/6 year olds! (And other adults too.) I love school trips because you get to see the kids as they really are, though at this age they are better at being themselves at school too. Still, it’s going to be a long day!
“Whatever this life is, it’s all we have. And we don’t want it to end.” Mark S
I have this stuck in my head too from the Season 2 finale.
#Severance
What if kids had the right to ignore our feedback? Not because they’re stubborn or disengaged, but because they understand it—and decide to make a different choice.
Too often, feedback feels like a demand: Fix this. Change that. Do it this way. But writers? They get feedback, weigh it, and sometimes say, “No, I’m keeping this.” That’s not disengagement—it’s ownership
I need some new running shoes. Such an easy rabbit hole to fall down.
If we want kids to actually use feedback, it has to belong to them. Because the best feedback isn’t what we tell them—it’s what they understand enough to use.
If Kids Don’t Understand the Feedback, It’s a Waste of Time – Pernille Ripp
“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe” - John Muir
The issue is always that when I write here, I get distracted and want to write about something else and then I lose momentum and tend to stop. It’s not so much of an issue in my journal. I can just keep going.
Enjoyed this, even if I wanted more information about the city.
Finished reading: Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano 📚
The classroom the teacher occupies can be very different to the one their students are in. In the teacher’s classroom there is a sharp focus on the content they want students to learn but possibly a fairly hazy awareness of that students may be thinking or doing.
Yeah, this.
How do I know all students are paying attention? – David Didau
I very much enjoyed the Severance finale. So many scenes that are going to stick in my head. But, it makes me think about how little I think about a lot of the tv I watch.
Would recommend this cheese latte actually. Like that it’s a smaller milk-based drink since normally their lattes are so big, more like a flat white from other places. The cheese is more like whipped cream cheese, a little sweet and not too strong. Guess this is just a China thing?
Severance is returning for a 3rd season.
Ben Stiller says fans won’t have to wait three years for another season.
No, we’ll have to wait 5 years! LOL
This list of thoughts is amazing.
I don’t drink enough…
Two beers last night and I’m feeling it today. Not hugely, but just ‘off’ and I don’t like it.
After a track from this popping up on the The Morning After mix I just posted, I’ve decided to put this on. Sigur Ros' () from 2002. Apple Music link
Today highs of 12°C (53.6°F), next week highs of 31°C (87.8°F) predicted. 🔥🌞
The Morning After Mix - Find your escape with this chilled-out curated mix - BBC Sounds
Enjoy some of the tracks on this mix. A Midge Ure cover of The Man Who Sold The World was interesting.
And just like that, it’s too late to watch tv. A couple of games of Santorini, a discussion about lice and the kids are in bed. Too late because getting enough sleep comes first. Simultaneously proud and intensely annoyed and frustrated. #parenting
My Get Up playlist on Apple Music had some Placebo, Bloc Party and some Biffy Clyro today, so today’s lifting was accompanied by Biffy’s Puzzle. Happy with the lifting too. 73.5kg shoulder press, 82.5kg x 3 push press and 82.5kg push jerk.
漏奶华. Diet starts, again, tomorrow…
Impromptu pancakes went well. Possibly too well. The kids will be asking for them again.
Nooooooooodlessss. This is from a chain that has a lot of branches around us., not the very best but still good. Today was, unexpectedly, a little spicier.
Sure, there’s a difference between writing a poem and cleaning up a garbled email, between writing a love letter and a Google ad. For some tasks, employing the use of an A.I. assistant might save time without levying a commensurate cost in humanity. Maybe.
We’re working every dread day that is given us
Feeling like the person people meet
Really isn’t us
Like we’re going to buckle underneath the trouble
Like any minute now
The struggle’s going to finish us
Kae Tempest - People’s Faces
I keep meaning to write about this,and likely have in my journal but, well, I don’t have the time…
Teacher vacancy rates at record high in England, report finds | Teacher shortages | The Guardian
Make an omelette for Y and then put everything in the sink to rinse. A minute later and I’m makingng coffee and E comes in.
“Can I have an omelette?”
…(looks at wet utensils)
“Of course, darling.”
After yesterday, I picked this Charlotte De Witte mix on Apple Music. Which they describe as ‘ravey-techno’. No idea honestly, but I’m on board for it. Stand out track is De Witte’s Fourth Dimension.
It’s such a strange thing that you can buy debt, though I don’t suppose it should be.
It’s coming to pass
My countries coming apart
The whole thing’s becoming
Such a bumbling farce
Was that a pivotal historical moment
We just went stumbling past?
They popped into my head today and so that’s what I’ve been listening to. Love this performance at Glastonbury. It deviates from the album version slightly but damn.
Kae Tempest - “People’s Faces” | LIVE AT GLASTONBURY 2017 - YouTube
Y: I want cheese on top of my pasta.
Me: It has cheese on top, (points to melted cheese on top)
Y: No I want melted cheese on top.
Me: …
Y:(Gets cheese from fridge)
Me: So you want me to take the melted cheese off the top and then put more cheese on so that it melts?
Y: Yes.
#parenting #cheese
Played Carcassonne for the first time, with both kids today* and we all had a good time. Nothing too stressful, aside from Elise waiting for a piece that never came, and easy enough to pick up.
*Separately, which I think helped.
This is so so so so good. Nearly 10 years old now.
Teachers often respond to students in a couple of common ways here:
- They talk about the right answers.
- They ask students to share their answers.
Both responses risk brain death. Neither one necessarily tells students, “There is a task for you here beyond listening.” >Neither one necessarily sets up a shelf in a kid’s mind to help them structure the ideas they’re hearing.
Do you often fall asleep? Aside from going to bed, obviously. I realise I rarely do. If I’m sleeping it’s 100% intentional.
(And i’m 90% doing it even though I don’t want to.)
Today’s workout was 3x1km rows. To go with the 10x(1min row/2min rest) last Friday and the 5km row last weekend. Pushed the first one and then managed to mostly keep that pace for the second and third one. Though it got exponentially harder to do that. Last km was hard work!
Was aiming for a sub 20minute 5km row but didn’t have it in me today. 4th km I couldn’t hold the pace and didn’t have enough in the tank for the last km. Next time!
Hey, I’d like to stop the ride and get off for a bit please. Is that possible?
Yesterday after work 5x5 backsquats (100kg, 102.5kg, 105kg, 105kg, 105kg). This morning, up at 5 for 15kg 10ish km ruck in a little around 1 hour 40 minutes. Bricks in the wall. Keeping fit.
It’s Friday, again.
Jacob Kiplimo Sets UNPRECEDENTED Half Marathon World Record In Barcelona - YouTube
Decent video about this world record. The splits he runs are just unreal.
September 26th 2004. This must be a scan of a photo. My first Flickr photo!
Did some work. Another brick in the wall.
Rain dances can be satisfying. They feel important and active in the moment, and give you all sorts of little details to tweak and adjust. But ultimately, if your goal is to reap a rich harvest, there’s no avoiding the necessity to get down among your crops, sweat on your brow, and actually work the land.
I think about this a lot at school. Everyone is so busy, at their computers, but I never feel that’s the best thing.
Final day not going to the gym, one more day and I think I’ll be up for doing something that isn’t resting. Over not being 100%.
Making waffles and doing washing up and drinking coffee and washing up again and watching MOTD and Gladiators.
Have been rewatching the Bourne films. I do like how the ending of the second film appears at the end of the third film. 🎬
We’ve watched this Harley Cameron promo from Dynamite 3 or 4 times. Elise loved that she spoke Chinese. Would love to see her win at Grand Slam but she’s not beating Mercedes :(
Guess, we are a Moana 2 household for the foreseeable future. 🎬
Still some phlegm. So long as I’m better by Monday!
Still not 100%, but obviously was in school. Thankfully Friday isn’t our busiest day. Came home with headache, so have been sat in bed watching Crown my Run. Which POV Parkrun commentaries, and honestly as someone who hates running has made me want to run.
Being sick, sometimes, it feels like the only thing that can break me out of habits, routines of always doing the same things each, even if it’s just for one day.
Sick day. Watched 5 episodes of Prime Target on Apple TV+. I’ll stick with it, but enjoyed the start and hasn’t been able to maintain that. Maybe that’s a thing with binge watching something?
“My second grader learned calculus on his own. Why aren’t schools like this??!”
All phones are getting bigger. Everyone knows the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 13 Minis weren’t hits, sales-wise, but the people who preferred them absolutely loved them. I’ll bet some of you are reading this, nodding your heads, with your aging 12/13 Minis still in your pockets, dreading the day you upgrade — knowing that the longer you wait, the ever-larger the “smallest” new iPhone will be.
Daring Fireball: Allison Johnson Reviews the Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus: ‘Incredibly Iterative’
Yup.
Taking a day off and resting. (Which I definitely need.) As I get older, I feel less bad about doing it. #teaching
Mythic Quest was great this week. 📺
Walk in door. Still feeling ill, now losing my voice.
Y: Can you make waffles?
E: Can you take me outside to roller skate?
Waffles is only the weekend, we went out rollerskating for a bit.
Between the three adults in the classroom today we all wanted to write the date differently.
🇨🇳25-2-12
🇺🇸2-12-25
🇬🇧12-2-25
It’s obvious which is correct!
I’d rather be properly sick at this point. Well enough to work but not really well enough to go to the gym.
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Woke at 12 certain it was the morning. In the night I felt like I should take today off. But, by the time morning came I was feeing well enough.
Perils of teaching small children I guess, always something going around.
Currently reading: SEEKER by Arwen Elys Dayton 📚
Picked this up from the library, enjoying the opening…
Scroll like TikTok but it’s Wikipedia articles.
Not feeling 100% so being smart and going home instead of the gym. Still disappointed though.
Pete Brown said it well, “the vast majority of iPad owners are using the device to read Kindle books, play Candy Crush, and take bad photos.”
It was on sale and then when we went to pay it was cheaper than the ticket price.
(It was kid’s pyjamas that they probably don’t need, but saved money is saved money, right?)
Alternatively, make the batter by blitzing all the ingredients together using a blender.
Of course, put that at the end of the instructions!
Man City down at half-time to Leyton Orient to a , a League One side. Still got to fancy them to come back but making it an interesting game!
What’s it like to live with just 8 garments for an entire year, and how long do the garments last? - I mean I tend to wear lots of the same things, but still have a few full drawers.
As always, I struggle with letting things go!
If Lyra says it’s spicy. It’s spicy. It’s so spicy though, but so delicious but so spicy.
Severance. So. So. Good. My favourite line was, “I mean I know there was no actual ceiling, but this is fucking insane.” And it barely touched on the ending to the previous episode!
A week of working out. The ai description is “A collage of various fitness activity posts featuring exercise descriptions and images, including rowing, weightlifting, and outdoor activities.” Which sounds pretty good.
I’d forgotten I’d chosen Joy as my word of the year. This is me trying to remember.
The Killers - Hot Fuss turns 20 apparently. I remember buying it on CD in [Fopp]. Anyway, I was talking to a colleague about how I went through a phase a while back of just trying to listen to albums. So I’m going to start doing that again, I think. Started with Hot Fuss yesterday and on to Sam’s Town today.
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?” - Jack Sparrow
Advice for Teachers, Policymakers, and Donors | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice
I only read the advice for teachers but I liked the three suggestions. Even if I struggle with the speaking out part.
“It’s possible to have strong, lasting regrets about a life choice while ferociously loving — and caring for — the fruit of that decision.”
https://time.com/6966914/parental-regret-children-ro-kwon-essay/
What Are You Actually Teaching Them? - The Daily Dad
And of course, you didn’t mean to. But that doesn’t really matter. It’s what they hear that matters. It’s what they see that matters. How easily we end up sending the exact opposite message that we intend!
All 29 road tunnels in New Zealand ranked from worst to best
I’ve always ranked the car parks of the shopping malls we go to. Recently, I started stating what my favourite tunnels here too. So maybe this will be the motivation to write a post about it… SO MANY MORE than 29 here though.
Grateful for getting out and doing my Saturday morning ruck this morning. Started a little later than usual and was still sore from going hard on Thursday but that’s mostly gone now. Funny that.
We, as a family use Apple Music because that’s what I pay for and we’re happy enough. The only thing that tempts me to switch to Spotify is that shared playlists online always use that, never Apple Music.
This week will be all about writing reports and supporting new students with vastly different needs to the rest of the class. On top of everything else, of course.
Q. What’s the maximum distance I can outsprint a 5 year old on a bike?
A. Not as far as I thought. Also, I tired a hell of a lot quicker. Also, I feel a bit sick.
Seth Rollins announcing the CrossFit Open 24.2 was the crossover of 2 interests that I never saw coming.
33 Life-Changing Books Summarized in 20 Minutes - YouTube
An interesting list of books by Mark Manson I’ll probably never get around to!
We’re enjoying the new Mr and Mrs Smith a lot. It’s strange but I’m really enjoying it.
In the spirit of ‘Stinge Watching’, we watched the original Mr and Mrs Smith last night to drag it out a bit. It was ok but I much prefer the new one.
On Apple Vision
It’s 8am and the kids are still in bed! BEST START TO THE HOLIDAY EVER! Just half-listening to a webinar on Enhancing Classroom Talk in International Schools while having a coffee and chatting to a friend.
I found my breath, in
Life’s busy repetitions,
Hiding in plain sight
Wonka - We all enjoyed this a lot. Percy Jackson and The Olympians - Fun! We’re reading the books but it’s slow going. Quantum Leap Season 2 - It’s alright, I’ll keep watching it. Echo - We’ve watched the first episode but haven’t found time for the second. 🎬
I know the thing in film and tv where breakfast is this giant spread that no one in real life has time. But, the one where they say goodnight to kids and that’s it is the one that gets me, because this is not my experience at all.
How long haven’t there been line judges in the tennis grand slams? So strange to see. 🎾
Enjoying the The Rest is Entertainment podcast - that I watch on Youtube with Marina Hyde and Richard Osman. Always been a fan of her writing so I very much enjoy this.
Just blue shells on Mario was Yumo was a whole lot of fun. It’s like that bike race in a velodrome where everyone goes as slowly as possible but then goes for it on the last lap.
Hasn’t rained in weeks. First day of school, it’s tipping it down.
I know I should read more but struggling to get into the right headspace to do so. Feel like I’m only capable of browsing.
Should have gone to bed earlier.
Ha! I haven’t watched BCS but this made me chuckle, comments are good too!
Your water is haunted by the ghosts of other people. All the other people.
Things I haven’t thought about before. Where has your water been?
nobody really buys a drink, they just rent it
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The mother of all worries never stops - Parents and parenting - The Guardian
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Quick question: I often see books quotes here in an image with the words on the left and the book cover on the right. How do you do that? Is there an easy or simple way to make it? Thanks!
I know I’m not 100% because I slept through to my alarm, which I rarely do.
It’s something that I think I could be worse but making sure my sleep, diet and exercise are good helps.
Another poem
I realised that twice last week that I talked to people about some of the things that are constantly spinning in my head. Living in China and being a Dad. Like, I know I should do it more but…
I don’t think I’ve ever rewatched something as fast as I’m rewatching the first season of the Letterkenny spin off Shoresy.
It’s like the Soo, so effing good.
Always enjoys Beau’s videos.
Racing an excavator to save this house’s wood from landfill - YouTube
I enjoyed this piece about walking the Cotswold since I grew up nearby
And I like the idea of a holiday based around walking and talking.
It was 5am. On a Saturday. Of a 3-day weekend.
I’m thinking about my science lesson on Monday.
Watching some of the students in my class this week I realised you can “pull down” on the iPad keyboard to get the number or symbol the key also represents. Kids today!
Elise is loving Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+. Dinosaurs in a nature programme style with David Attenborough narration.
Mornings are the best, but also the worst.
⬆️Morning cuddles
⬇️Losing your patience at the start of the day
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Ask. Our need for help is simply not obvious to others, so make it clear that you want help. Do you hate to ask for help? — Aaron Bieber -
Lot on at work this week. I have been trying to not let it overwhelm me (as I do normally). Exercise, family time, sleep (to a degree) are sacred now. Regardless of how much is going on.
This new mindset is hard.
7:45pm.
Lost my patience.
Just ran out of steam.
Just annoying.
So close to making it.
The feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it
I’m on fire, but I’m trying not to show it
As it picks me up, puts me down
It picks me up, puts me down
Picks me up, it puts me down
A hundred times a day
But I hear the music, I feel the beat
And for a moment, when I’m dancing, I am free
- When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
Ten Commandments For Living From Philosopher Bertrand Russell
A night away with Lyra feels like turning myself off and on again.
Rewatching Ted Lasso with Lyra. So good to see it a second time around and to watch it again it’s someone who hasn’t seen it before.
Our 3 HomePods are all an hour fast. No idea why. No idea how to rectify it. Which is great.
Top tip! Want some time alone at the weekend?
It’s easy, get up at 5am. Then when the kids wake at 6:15, you’ve had over an hour to yourself!
Wide awake at 5am on the weekend.
Sidecar is great. It just worked.
Now I need something to hold up my iPad. Any recommendations for an iPad stand?
Pretty good present haul this year. iPad, skateboard, booze, some Lush body spray, French fries and a cold brew coffee maker.
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Not sure why I’m shushing the kids as I sneak up on something in Breath of the Wild.
Also, my horse is called Timmy
Everything in your life has a tiny string tugging at your attention.
I like this way of thinking about minimalism.
Coffee machine isn’t working. Worst day ever.
So. My Chinese credit card will work to buy books from Amazon but not digital products like a Nintendo eShop code.
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When you open Wordle to realise you’ve already solved it.
A buffet is not a challenge.
A buffet is not a challenge.
A buffet is not a challenge.
A buffet is not a challenge.
Just one more plate…
Technology is great but the practicalities of trying to manage a class of using it can be “tricky”.
Rain or sunshine? reddit.com/r/stoicism
I love Beau Miles videos so much. I could listen to him talking forever.
In his new video he Marathons his Age: Running 42.195kms on his 42.195th birthday - YouTube.
I’m always inspired to to do things when I watch him.
Wordle 307 2/6
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Already hung the washing I put on at 3am but also already did yhis by 6am. Peaking far too early.
