Last night I had “ideal sleep” according to my sleep app. This is the first time I’ve managed this feat, and that’s another one ticked off my bucket list for 2025.

Southall Recreation Ground.

A metal archway sign reads Southall Recreation Ground situated above an entrance gate with trees and a path leading into the park area.

This morning’s trees.

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What a beautiful morning for a walk!

☕ Foetus?

A cup of coffee with frothy milk on top creating a swirl pattern.

Rorschach test ☕🐇

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A tree would have been nice, and I still think it was more effective how it was.

A parking sign is attached to a pole that's been newly installed on a sidewalk next to a purple barricade and a residential building.

Finally some positive news: I managed to buy and replace the headlamp and brake lamp on my car all by myself without freezing to death or stabbing myself with a spanner.

Harrow Council’s lawyers have sent me a cease and desist notice for driving in a bus lane on New Year’s Day.

Liz Truss’s lawyers have sent me a cease and desist notice for writing:

Liz “Pork Markets” Truss.

Oh, fuck. She might not have been a liar, or a racist, or a murderer, but boy was she stupid. She killed the Queen, trashed the UK economy, and blew up Russia’s Nordstream pipeline…