Folly and Shame

Not too long ago a famous British Journalist claimed that his cells hate Lady Meghan Markel. Also Elon sort-of demoted himself as the chief executive of Twitter with a twitter poll. Twitter is never a happy place, the best I get from it is nothing or a like from family. Sometimes I get trolled. I have no time for trolls, I just block them straight away. I don't really care much about twitter. I wouldn't miss it if they blocked me from the platform. 

The thing that grieves me is atrophy and death. I know that some people are going to freeze to death during this winter, a slow painful and scary death. I can't do anything for them. I'm just an ordinary man. I also worry about the people in my family that are getting very old; it haunts me every day. I think about death every day for a short time, usually about 3 minutes, sometimes more. I often remember accidentally seeing an execution of a murderer convict, she was beheaded. I still remember the horrible stress and anger in her voice as she protested her innocence, then the silence when the sword came down. 

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Warm Snap

In recent weeks there was unusually warm weather. At the start of winter, the temperature went down to -7 °C in my home town where I live. In other parts of Britain it was around -10°C. Soon after the temperature increased to around plus 10°C, a change of about 20°C. To me this was a stroke of luck because heating our homes has become very expensive. God answers prayers. 

Sadly I know that some people have given up keeping their homes warm and turned their heating off, they were wearing jumpers and coats in their own home. They're in danger of freezing to death, their homes have become like coffins. I don't know how long this warm spell will last for. I hope the whole of winter is like this. I don't want to learn of people freezing to death in their homes. 

I would advise people that can't afford to heat their homes to turn the thermostat to 7°c so their pipes don't freeze and burst open. Then they can use an electric blanket on their sofa and bed. Electric blankets don't use much power. They could also perch their toaster infront of them and turn it on with no bread, the plume of heat would help and electric toasters don't use much power. I would also advise putting potatoes in the microwave. Jacket potatoes store a large amount of heat, the heat would spread out from the microwave and help a bit, plus potatoes are full of starch, lots of energy. 

Keep your chin up guys. Let's stay hopeful of a bright 2023. 

Twitter Exposure

In recent days we have learnt of some scandal about twitter. They we taking bribes from Government staff to sensor dirt about them. They were censoring news reports about the hunter laptop scandal because they were paid to do it. 

This story should be a press earthquake but the news organisations are barely discussing it. Censorship was being weaponized, it wasn't just a tool to stop people organising violence, or teaching other people to harm themselves, it was being used to silence freedom of speech. This is so wrong. 

They won't need to assassinate him though, people are already brainwashed. They will say "Republican Bad" and punch people in the face for wearing a MAGA cap. 

But Abraham Lincoln the slavery abolisher president was a Republican ... "Republican Bad". But the Republicans changed the law so minorities could vote... "Republican Bad". But the Democrats want to increase the birth control abortion window to the 3rd Trimester, days before the baby is due to be born... "Republican Bad". Donald Trump was boasting about how his party increased employment in Black and Hipsanic Communities... "Republican Bad". 

They're both bad. If someone votes different to you, that is ok. If you think that makes their character flawed then you are brainwashed. 

The same thing is happening here in the UK. A journalist makes a tasteless joke about member of the Royal Family, that becomes the main news and people get angry and forget there is people freezing to death in their own homes because they can't afford to keep their heating on. Brainwashed. If someone tells an offensive joke like that, stop reading their articles. Give feedback about the article and stop reading their tosh. 

Strange Dream

For a while there was many people claiming they saw a man in their dream with the same face. They call it the 'This Man' dream. 

I think I saw that face in my dream, It was Jordan Peterson telling me how to sort my life out. I watch so many of his videos on youTube. He does a lot of conferences and tries to help people sort out their lives and overcome phycological problems, he seems like a great guy. 

The problem is this world hates good things and likes the bad. Everyone seems to hate Jesus, they use his name to replace swear words and blame him for all the bad things that happen. Jesus was blameless and offers mankind the gift eternal life and bliss but they hate him. The same is true of Jordan Peterson, he is concerned about the wellbeing of the community and tries to guide people into a responsible structured life yet people seem to hate him. I don't get it. 

Argentina Wins The World Cup

Argentina have won the Qatar 2022 world cup about 7 hours ago. I watched the match. It was very close and very hair raising. The match went all the way to the penalty shootout stage. 

I watched them score 2 goals in the first half, then France equalised in the second half. Then in extra time Argentina scored, then France equalised again. The winning team was finally settled in a penalty shootout. A very exciting football match. 

French food is very popular here in Britain, we love to eat French cheese, they have a cheese for everything. Croissants are also very popular here for lunch or breakfast. Plus they make Champagne, it is like sparkling wine but it is aged slightly to give it extra flavour. I think they hand pick the grapes to ensure excellent taste. 

Mid December Thoughts

A common thought I was thinking about this month was the temperature change in the last 6 months. It went from 40°C in summer to -10°C now in parts of the UK; -7°C in my back yard.  The temperature changed by about 50°C, that is amazing. Then I was thinking that natural gas costs about 10p per kilowatt-hour at the moment so I looked for happy thoughts. Need those little happy thoughts to perk you up. 

I remembered that Roller Coaster Tycoon classic was released for android recently. I was wondering if it would run on Chromecast with Google play. I remember the good old days when I would play this game for hours on my own desktop computer. To me the fun was making everything fit together so the foot paths would would have an orderly flow to them. It was about building a well made theme park. 

The good old days 😏

Cold Day

Jacob, my son. 

You're 3 years old and it's very cold outside; the other day the temperature went down to -7°C where we live. I'm grateful that we have a nice warm home to go to because the cold outside is lethal. Everything outside gets covered in thick ice every night. My car, the grass, even the street lampposts. 

You drew this at nursery, I love everything you make. 

I never saw the world cup in winter before but it is nice. I hate the darkness at this time of year. 

When I got my first desktop computer at the turn of the millennium, I bought a game called 'Roller Coaster Tycoon'. I never got tired of playing that game, I would build many beautiful amusement parks and they would have the look and feel of SIM city. A game where you are building things is so nice, it is an alternative to misery. I think Roller coaster Tycoon is the best thing Atari ever made.