Dave Owen
@wavenode.bsky.social
I like Doctor Who, running, Freak Zone music, and the Scottish Green Party, and I love my cat Marvin and my wife Helen.
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I genuinely love how Tom has facially and posturally aged into a caricature study of himself of the kind that used to accompany @garygillatt.bsky.social's witty DVD reviews in DWM.
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I genuinely love how Tom has facially and posturally aged into a caricature study of himself of the kind that used to accompany @garygillatt.bsky.social's witty DVD reviews in DWM.
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If it helps, most Americans think Trump is suing Big Black Cock.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If it helps, most Americans think Trump is suing Big Black Cock.
Just used the developer console in Chrome to work out why the Sainsburys website wasn't letting me paste a shopping list in. A small yet utterly satisfying victory in the War on Monday.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Just used the developer console in Chrome to work out why the Sainsburys website wasn't letting me paste a shopping list in. A small yet utterly satisfying victory in the War on Monday.
Listening to "Piece of Mind" and realising that in the "Threads" timeline it's the final Iron Maiden album. No "Powerslave" in a nuclear winter. (Any surviving members of Maiden would have to change track two to "2 Minutes AFTER Midnight", anyway, and record it acoustically, as "Powersave").
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Listening to "Piece of Mind" and realising that in the "Threads" timeline it's the final Iron Maiden album. No "Powerslave" in a nuclear winter. (Any surviving members of Maiden would have to change track two to "2 Minutes AFTER Midnight", anyway, and record it acoustically, as "Powersave").
When we watch “Gone Fishing with Mortimer and Whitehouse” and the credit “Fishing Consultant - John Bailey” appears, I think of the actor from “The Sensorites”, “Evil of the Daleks”, and “The Horns of Nimon”. Every single time.
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
When we watch “Gone Fishing with Mortimer and Whitehouse” and the credit “Fishing Consultant - John Bailey” appears, I think of the actor from “The Sensorites”, “Evil of the Daleks”, and “The Horns of Nimon”. Every single time.
I had an uncle who was a BBC TV documentary producer in the sixties and seventies. Although I visited TV centre a couple of times in the early eighties, I remembered today that I was taken as a very young boy in the early seventies and saw what may have been "Last of the Mohicans" in studio.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I had an uncle who was a BBC TV documentary producer in the sixties and seventies. Although I visited TV centre a couple of times in the early eighties, I remembered today that I was taken as a very young boy in the early seventies and saw what may have been "Last of the Mohicans" in studio.
A week since my 5K attempt. I've only run once since, when it felt like I was pushing a concrete mixer, but I went out again today and the feeling of running on fresh legs was invigorating. I'll be taking another swing, at a 5K race on Tuesday, and I now think I might improve my time. 🏃♂️🤞⏱️
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A week since my 5K attempt. I've only run once since, when it felt like I was pushing a concrete mixer, but I went out again today and the feeling of running on fresh legs was invigorating. I'll be taking another swing, at a 5K race on Tuesday, and I now think I might improve my time. 🏃♂️🤞⏱️
It's seven letters long, and regularly brings me great pleasure while temporarily raising my heart rate.
P*R**U*
Parkrun, obviously.
P*R**U*
Parkrun, obviously.
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's seven letters long, and regularly brings me great pleasure while temporarily raising my heart rate.
P*R**U*
Parkrun, obviously.
P*R**U*
Parkrun, obviously.
People saying "a Slack" instead of "a Slack workspace" or "a Slack channel" have no idea which how painfully it lands in my uncooperative brain. It's far far noisier than "a Powerpoint".
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
People saying "a Slack" instead of "a Slack workspace" or "a Slack channel" have no idea which how painfully it lands in my uncooperative brain. It's far far noisier than "a Powerpoint".
"Bugonia". Loved it! (Lanthimos, Stone, Plemons, so not surprisingly). I challenge anyone with the same cultural baggage as me not to be reminded at times of "Rumours of Death" and "Mawdryn Undead".
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Bugonia". Loved it! (Lanthimos, Stone, Plemons, so not surprisingly). I challenge anyone with the same cultural baggage as me not to be reminded at times of "Rumours of Death" and "Mawdryn Undead".
Zoe was so posh that, in "The Mind Robber" when she describes the Karkus, I thought he'd appeared in a publication called "The Arly Telepress", presumably bringing the news every 60 minutes to the citizens of Arly. Plebs like me think "hourly" has three syllables.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Zoe was so posh that, in "The Mind Robber" when she describes the Karkus, I thought he'd appeared in a publication called "The Arly Telepress", presumably bringing the news every 60 minutes to the citizens of Arly. Plebs like me think "hourly" has three syllables.
I must confirm that I am *not* a lawnmower, and that you specifically cannot tell me by the way I walk.
I must confirm that when I get knocked down, I do *not* get up again, and you are in fact going to keeo me down.
I must confirm that my name is *not* Prince and I am *not* funky
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I must confirm that I am *not* a lawnmower, and that you specifically cannot tell me by the way I walk.
Here's what I did this evening:
grep -i -B1 @ fc-raw | egrep -v "^--" | paste -sd ',\n' - > fc.csv
They should televise me doing this against the clock, and call it "8 out of 10 Retired Unix Admins Does Countdown".
grep -i -B1 @ fc-raw | egrep -v "^--" | paste -sd ',\n' - > fc.csv
They should televise me doing this against the clock, and call it "8 out of 10 Retired Unix Admins Does Countdown".
November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here's what I did this evening:
grep -i -B1 @ fc-raw | egrep -v "^--" | paste -sd ',\n' - > fc.csv
They should televise me doing this against the clock, and call it "8 out of 10 Retired Unix Admins Does Countdown".
grep -i -B1 @ fc-raw | egrep -v "^--" | paste -sd ',\n' - > fc.csv
They should televise me doing this against the clock, and call it "8 out of 10 Retired Unix Admins Does Countdown".
On the road I live on, as I was cycling up hill, a man in a group of three, driving a large Enterprise hire van, coming downhill, in the opposite direction, sounded his horn and yelled out of the window "Get off the road" at me. I've worked out why. It's because he was a fucking cunt.
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
On the road I live on, as I was cycling up hill, a man in a group of three, driving a large Enterprise hire van, coming downhill, in the opposite direction, sounded his horn and yelled out of the window "Get off the road" at me. I've worked out why. It's because he was a fucking cunt.
Just watched "Lord of the Flies". Read it in English at school, but never saw it. The missing link between Jennings and Lost. The tribes are, of course, the tide pool superpowers, but I did really appreciate that of the alpha posh boys leading them, Jack is a hundred times more awful than Ralph.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Just watched "Lord of the Flies". Read it in English at school, but never saw it. The missing link between Jennings and Lost. The tribes are, of course, the tide pool superpowers, but I did really appreciate that of the alpha posh boys leading them, Jack is a hundred times more awful than Ralph.
"The Invisible Enemy" Part Four, however many times I watch it, never imprints on my memory. Each time, it feels as though I've never seen it before. This time, I was convinced I was seeing Leela daub her face with year 5000 space hospital nurse makeup for the very first time.
November 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The Invisible Enemy" Part Four, however many times I watch it, never imprints on my memory. Each time, it feels as though I've never seen it before. This time, I was convinced I was seeing Leela daub her face with year 5000 space hospital nurse makeup for the very first time.
Today's Parkrun effort saw me average 4:32/km. I've just checked, and in 2018 I ran my fastest marathon at a pace of 4:38/km. Mind blown. Just six seconds per km is the huge difference between an all out dash for 5km and a sustainable cruise for 42km.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today's Parkrun effort saw me average 4:32/km. I've just checked, and in 2018 I ran my fastest marathon at a pace of 4:38/km. Mind blown. Just six seconds per km is the huge difference between an all out dash for 5km and a sustainable cruise for 42km.
CLOSE! I ran my third-fastest-ever Parkrun today. I take consolation from this being my fastest in almost nine years and that I'm competing with my fifty-year old self when I'm nearly sixty. I'm not leaving this here. I'm going to keep swinging at it until it's done. #loveparkrun
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
CLOSE! I ran my third-fastest-ever Parkrun today. I take consolation from this being my fastest in almost nine years and that I'm competing with my fifty-year old self when I'm nearly sixty. I'm not leaving this here. I'm going to keep swinging at it until it's done. #loveparkrun
Nine weeks’ training complete. Tomorrow, I’m going to try to run my fastest ever Parkrun, in under 21:32, by running around 4:10/km. It feels impossible. We’ll see.
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Nine weeks’ training complete. Tomorrow, I’m going to try to run my fastest ever Parkrun, in under 21:32, by running around 4:10/km. It feels impossible. We’ll see.
"The War Between the Land and the Sea" is already delighting me because I know it will infuriate someone on a forum I used to hang out at, whose hobby, and personality, was being irritated by the frequent appearance of Russell Tovey on his television.
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"The War Between the Land and the Sea" is already delighting me because I know it will infuriate someone on a forum I used to hang out at, whose hobby, and personality, was being irritated by the frequent appearance of Russell Tovey on his television.
As I was leaving my piano lesson today, I mentioned that I was going to the post office, and my teacher said I could buy some of her honey there. They have beehives on their garage roof. I bought a jar. It cost more than I pay for a piano lesson. It's like being in "The Archers" some days.
October 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As I was leaving my piano lesson today, I mentioned that I was going to the post office, and my teacher said I could buy some of her honey there. They have beehives on their garage roof. I bought a jar. It cost more than I pay for a piano lesson. It's like being in "The Archers" some days.
Two lessons today.
Never go straight from an intense cardio session into a yoga class, because the latter will feel excruciating.
Never follow a deep tissue sports massage with a pilates class culminating in foam rolling because, yes, you anticipated me correctly, the latter will feel excruciating.
Never go straight from an intense cardio session into a yoga class, because the latter will feel excruciating.
Never follow a deep tissue sports massage with a pilates class culminating in foam rolling because, yes, you anticipated me correctly, the latter will feel excruciating.
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Two lessons today.
Never go straight from an intense cardio session into a yoga class, because the latter will feel excruciating.
Never follow a deep tissue sports massage with a pilates class culminating in foam rolling because, yes, you anticipated me correctly, the latter will feel excruciating.
Never go straight from an intense cardio session into a yoga class, because the latter will feel excruciating.
Never follow a deep tissue sports massage with a pilates class culminating in foam rolling because, yes, you anticipated me correctly, the latter will feel excruciating.
Merseyside’s groundbreaking walk-in detox centre.
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Merseyside’s groundbreaking walk-in detox centre.
When I co-organised @scottishgreens.org annual conference in 2014 a few weeks after indyref, we had the same challenge. It’s a good problem to have, but hits volunteers and providers hard.
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
When I co-organised @scottishgreens.org annual conference in 2014 a few weeks after indyref, we had the same challenge. It’s a good problem to have, but hits volunteers and providers hard.
Divisive post.
Why isn't there a simple ÷ sign on a keyboard? Most people don't need half the crap you see when pressing shift. But many more people would appreciate a ÷ sign rather than going through all manner of keyboard contortions. Just writing this pissed me off.
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Divisive post.