T is quite an ecstatic atmosphere here around the stadium, not just because it’s early (4PM still very bright in August) but also sunny and the dramatic win not too long ago resonates in the minds of people. I’ve just seen some butterflies coming by and Bottle sits on the door handle.

We’re now just hours away from the long-awaited birthday celebration and today I made some preparations while sunbathing. It’s sunny, but not too hot, so that’s just perfect (no sweating). This morning I bought some gifts I’ve long looked for.

My aim this week – the last week of vacation – isn’t to publish much but to relax as much as possible. On Friday Manchester City has an away match in London. The opponent didn’t far well last season (unlike Bournemouth), so it should not be so hard to win.

N 2024 there was actionable abuse of process against me and against my wife, more so in October of that year.

I understand why the abuser (in actionable abuse of process) would not want us talking about it, but explaining actionable abuse of process is not defamatory, it’s a necessary public service.

Moreover, if further legal action is taken which backfires or does not work as expected, then writing about it does not in any way misrepresent what happened.

It’s quite clear we’ve struck a nerve.

2026-08-10 How to staycation better

T is not the first time I stay in Town during summer. We’ll travel around for a bit, but not go far as there’s no point. Staycations are good for people who like being where they are, vacations away (or abroad) tend to be for people who escape the job, the home, the routine, the culture, and maybe the local weather.

Thankfully for Rianne’s birthday the weather will be almost perfect. Sunny, not too hot, and exactly one week before Bank Holiday.

think we now have 3 flocks of birds we can regularly feed and easily find. They almost chase us, even before any clapping (to get their attention).

Today I opened a new jar for Bottle’s Friend, the biggest of the birds. I enjoy seeing him eat. This mix is more premium than the typical premium, there are some very expensive seeds in it.

It is kind of sad that, at least the way it seems to us, many young people and kids (young adults sometimes still act like kids) waste their live away at skinnerboxes and “apps”. They could derive so much more joy from birding. And these are living things like us, with emotions, sometimes hunger, sometimes fear.

If we teach people – preferably when they’re still young and gradually form leanings – to be kind to animals they will also learn to be kinder to other human beings. Societies thrive in empathy and collaboration.

At the park, Rianne and I sometimes teach very young kids to feed the birds instead of chasing them. We say, “they are like friends…”

ast month I began (or resumed rather) regularly blogging in this site. I had done a lot of that 20+ years ago, before Techrights existed.

As a result, many people visit this site again.

This site is personal however. It’s a personal site and I don’t want to make myself the story.

Sister sites do a better job covering various issues, but keeping the blog in this site active means I can offload more personal anecdotes, improving s/n ratio in those other sites.

Everyone has something one can contribute to society

think it’s fair to say that this year’s summer vacation is still the best I’ve had since I was a teenager. Vacations are always fun, but this year I feel very productive and this coming Monday we plan to do a long journey for Rianne’s birthday, then we’ll enjoy another week of this 3-week vacation.

We are not keeping idle, as being too idle leads to boredom and boredom can lead to misery. Sitting in front of the TV all day long, for instance, was never associated with contentment. Many old (elderly) people do this as they have limitations on their movement and motoric activity, plus they’re retired.

Contrary to what IBM and GAFAM want us to think (because they can barely pay salaries anymore), retirement at 40 isn’t feasible.

T is “proper rainy” today (steady rainfall, not sporadic drizzles) and it feels good, for a change. We need lots and lots of rain. In fact, today we stay home, which means more output like fun (not strictly leisurely) blogging.

This past Sunday I cleaned the pavements here and it felt like I was doing a good job while listening to Discman. I didn’t know the cost of that task though; there was a lot of dust and even though I wore a musk a lot of the dust was still being inhaled and the dust gave me a runny nose for 3 days. That finally got resolved (fully) some time yesterday. So I will no longer work on the floor (I planned to do another round this coming weekend), I will do that again another season, maybe only on a wet/flooded floor where dust remains stuck to the ground. Oddly enough I did not have this sort of problem in past years. I am not sure why.

Housework and housekeeping aren’t worth compromising one’s health.