It’s a sunny-but-cold day in the Shire
I’m trying to replace the phrase ‘Maternity Leave’, or ‘Mat Leave’ with the phrase ‘Parental Leave’
So far I have been mainly spelling it ‘Paternal Leave’ or ‘Prenatal Leave’
I don’t know whether watching Paddington and Gladiator II together might become a thing, like it didn’t with ‘Barbenheimer’
If it does, I don’t know whether I’d prefer ‘Gladdington’ or ‘Paddiator’.
The latter sounds a bit like a reference to Paul Mescal being Irish
Thoughts on Gladiator II
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I very much enjoyed it
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Not having seen the original film, it was more gory than I was expecting
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I thought it might have worked better as an 8 hour mini-series or something - there was a lot of plot
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Well worth seeing in a cinema as it was all very spectacular
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I enjoyed the slight nods to Spartacus, and I, Claudius
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the two Emporers idea was very good
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I would pay good money to hear a live commentary by Mary Beard
British tabloids have an awful lot to answer for but I did enjoy this sub-headline
BOFFIN REVEALS SURPRISE CHOICE FOR NEW MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE EVENT THAT ALL HUMANKIND CARKS IT
Especially since it’s octopuses. Or possibly octopi.
Nice to see these guys again, in the Chantry Centre in Andover
I expect they come to life at night….when the shopping centre is all shut down for the night, and it’s all dark and quiet.
I enjoyed Paddington in Peru, too
Preferred it to Paddington 2, although that might just be because Paddington now reminds me so much of the dog.
Very much enjoyed a folkie night out with Cara Dillon last night. It was just her and her other half, Sam Lakeman, but I really liked the intimacy of that, if that’s the right word
There’s a nice picture of the Salisbury ‘Spoons on the cover of their latest magazine
A thought that consoles me a bit, hearing about the President Elect’s various appointments
Populists don’t tend to keep things together for very long
These people will soon have fallen out spectacularly and be condemning each other as incompetent, or closet socialists, or lizard-people, or something
I went to see my footballing friend Fred Fieber’s fab friezes
I feel that Christmas songs are acceptable at any time after Remembrance Day
Other opinions are available
Calling monarchs by their first names makes them seem cuddly
I’m listening to this excellent podcast episode about Anne Boleyn.
It occurs to me that part of the reason that King Henry VIII isnt always seen as the monster that he was is that we refer to our monarchs by their first names
You wouldn’t often hear a historian refer to ‘Benito’, or ‘Joseph’ or ‘Adolf’, but Henry Tudor is typically just ‘Henry’
It puts us on first name terms.
I wouldn’t compare the two, but it reminds me of the argument that people shouldn’t have called Boris Johnson just ‘Boris’, as it made him seem more mate-y and cuddly than he actually was
How to post to a test instance of micro.blog with powershell
Source the micro.blog token
$BlogToken = $(import-csv /stuff/GeneralParameters.csv | ? parameter -eq 'BlogToken').value
$headers = @{
"Authorization" = "Bearer $BlogToken"
}
Get details for the micro.blog
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://micro.blog/micropub?q=config" -Headers $headers
This is the bit to get the uid of the test blog - mine is a fairly simple variation on the name of the main blog…as below. The URLEncode returns ‘https%3a%2f%2fmattypenny-test.micro.blog%2f’
$response | select -ExpandProperty destination
$MpDestination = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode("https://mattypenny-test.micro.blog/")
build the Uri to upload to
$mediaEndpoint = $response."media-endpoint"
$Uri ="${mediaEndpoint}?mp-destination=$MpDestination"
Identify the file to upload
$form = @{
file = Get-Item '/home/matty/working/spotify/images/Bethany Eve - Emerald City.png'
}
Upload it
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Uri -Method Post -Headers $headers -Form $form
And….hey presto
My last four posts have been about
- the weather,
- the class system,
- the football, and
- a saucy seaside postcard
As, ironically, Chandler Bing might have said…could i BE any more English?
I read or heard a thing about the British class system recently. I don’t know where but it’s stuck in my head
if you shower before work then you’re middle class, if you shower after work then you’re working class
#TodayILearned that this postcard sold more copies than any other
via Paul Sinha - Paul Sinha’s Perfect Pub Quiz Series 3 South London - home to Stanleys and Georges and two of the Magnificent Seven
I have to say I prefer it when we’re 6-0 up at half time #CheArs ⚽
If I’m honest, I’m quite enjoying the anti-cyclonic gloom.
I enjoyed the cover of this month’s Cfcuk…I remember a similar cover featuring David Luiz
Also, nice to know that at least a couple of the Undertones are Chelsea
⚽ #ChelseaFC
