And having too many meetings in the diary is a source of angst where you feel that your life is not your own.

You’re never too old for a piggy-back…

We’re all in love with our new Roccbox. Something tells me I’m going to be eating a lot of pizza over the next few months.

Overheard in a meeting: “We are scraping the surface of the iceberg.”

Saturday night!

Reading Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath last night, it struck me that they refer to fuel as ‘petrol’ as opposed to ‘gas’. I wonder when it changed?

It’s our 16th wedding anniversary today. Serendipitously, my friend and colleague just sent me a video of him playing The Way You Look Tonight, which happened to be the music to our first dance all those years ago.

Just had that ‘difficult fourth lockdown home haircut’ by my wife. More Vince Clarke than Nicky Clarke, but at least my garden is a safe environment to get it done.

Helped my 13-year-old son out on his paper round this morning. Brought back lots of memories from when I had my round 30 years ago. So many Daily Mails though 😕.

Watched Grease (1978) with the kids this evening. I’d never paid any attention to the lyrics of Greased Lightning before. Luckily I think it went over their heads. 😳

Some Mansun-related YouTube noodling uncovered this wonderful gem. Mansun vs ABBA!

Another Wahoo Tickr heart rate monitor failed on me this morning. The metal popper seems to get fatigued, presumably from sweat, and shears off. I put the first one down to bad luck, but will try for a refund on this one.

📚 Finished reading The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck, a collection of articles he wrote before working on The Grapes of Wrath. Such clearly-written, simple, powerful and moving articles about refugees in California in the 1930s.

The migrants are needed, and they are hated.

I love finding a random piece of paper-cum-makeshift bookmark in an old book. I tried looking up Robin Hood Court but it doesn’t seem to exist.

I really love the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, but the episode with Alex Zanardi is exceptionally good. What an incredible human being. I’m so sorry to hear that he’s once again in hospital, after an accident on his handbike, and hope he makes a full and speedy recovery.

Virtual Album Club tonight, #113. Back into shoegaze mode with Chapterhouse’s first album, Whirlpool. I may be wrong, but Pearl seems to sample Sophie B Hawkins and Siouxsie and the Banshees. I like!

Venturing into the dark world of trying to remove malware from a MacBook. This isn’t fun.

We finished the final two parts of I May Destroy You last night. Such a powerful, thoughtful drama of emotional highs and lows over its twelve episodes, which made me feel very old. None of the characters are likeable all the time, but they all come across as human and authentic.

Updating the maps on my Garmin cycle sat-nav is an excruciating affair. Download speeds via the Express (!) app that make it feel like I am draining a bath with a syringe. Been going for nearly 12 hours and not done yet. Still, I did get to see and screen grab this gem.