The world is a dumpster fire

[flemmings]

 But still the Brits come through:

“It’s a bit like the death of Rasputin. He’s been poisoned, stabbed, he’s been shot, his body’s been dumped in the freezing river and still he lives,” Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell told BBC Newsnight.

Muggy humid rain is supposed to blow away tonight. Hope it does, because Other Knee is extremely unhappy in this weather. Of course so is the left hip which will not will not will not unclench no matter how many yoga poses I unleash on it.

Comments

[incandescens]

Today’s PMQs should certainly be interesting…

[flemmings]

Waffle waffle waffle, and no syrup to sweeten the experience.

[incandescens]

Still, better than "drink every time there's a resignation" - I'd have alcohol poisoning by now.

[flemmings]

No one has told him that denial didn't work for Trump. OTOH I have a horrid feeling it might work for him.

I'm actually surprised that the straw that broke the camel's back is a sex scandal that didn't involve him personall.

[incandescens]

Well, he's not quite gone yet, but I'm hoping for the near future rather than him clinging on for months . . .

[flemmings]

He's going to try for months, you know it. He needs Chequers for his wedding!

[incandescens]

Wretched man.

Hope the telecommunications issues in Canada aren't affecting you too badly, btw.

[flemmings]

Belt and braces me has her cell and her Internet with different providers. Also has a landline in case of power outages. And my cell reception came back in the early afternoon.

BTW when is Scarlet coming out? I really need to read the whole thing in a format that lets me page back, aging brain being as it is.

[incandescens]

Sensible you. Glad to hear you're not cut off.

Scarlet is probably coming out spring next year - maybe February or March (though of course I will be glad to supply you with a copy as soon as I get any early ones). I've just received the edits and am in the stage of tearing my hair and cursing at the computer screen. Will probably have calmed down tomorrow enough to be able to write an intelligent response to them...

[flemmings]

Oh dear. Poor you. A writer's lot is not a happy one.

Covid time sense says you finished Scarlet back in late 2020 and surely it must be coming out soon, but covid time sense is notoriously wrong. As in, my cousin last Xmas, whom I haven't seen since early 2019, asked for the remaining copies of the Library and I went to gather them, plus the last one she'd read (for reference) and was kerblonxed to find there were four. Counted on fingers and yes, since 2018 makes four.

[incandescens]

Everything blurs together. Life is a never-ending treadmill of having to produce a book every year or so. All the more so now that I'm working from home during the day - I definitely prefer it to working in the office, but it does mean things blur together even more.

(On the other hand, I do like being published, so, swings and roundabouts and I suppose I shouldn't complain too loudly.)

[naye]

That is a hilarious and fitting quote..."and still he lives" is still true. Somehow. (How??)

[flemmings]

I begin to think the Python Black Knight is more apropos. Not only does he keep losing body parts/ cabinet ministers, he's now cutting them off himself.