Who but a 84 year old would be *sitting down* while doing a rock concert?

Happy happy birthday!

Yes! And the background isn’t bad either (although believe me, one does tire of that stuff …)

One can only imagine how cold it would have been otherwise.

Agreed! I wrote a long post fifteen years ago about how we who are not religious create the magic of Christmas and/or the magic of becoming human beings, especially when we have (or see) young children who are growing up close to us. That whole passage was a central part of it.

I love both magpies and news, so that sounds great! Merry Christmas right back at you all over at that shadowy door 💚🎄

We are obviously living in the ENTIRELY wrong timeline!

That is insane!

Couldn’t relate

Are you fighting *all* the way, or taking some breaks along the way?

Poking your head into something for the first time post-kids is always a bit strange (often great as well, obvs). The world is still there, even when your outlook might have changed. Was great saying hi to you after lots of water under lots of bridges! 👋

And @alexanderjnewall.bsky.social looked so dapper!

No spoilers! But I’m glad I got to see @jonnysims.bsky.social do both this and the Death of the Mechanisms show live. Kudos, sir!

Nobody ever pronounced a name they encountered in a book wrong. They just might have pronounced it differently to other people.

Wonderful! Have recently speed-reread the whole series and am having withdrawal symptoms.