Seems this jurisdiction passed Lisbon after all.
Of course, this doesn't mean an end to all the nonsense: rather, it just moves on to its Czech and UK Tory legs. (Not quite clear if V. Klaus is going to go as far out of his way as he'd need to facilitate the Conservatives' ludicrous "unratification" process.) Glimmer of sunshine today, and surprisingly enough I was actually up in the (late!) morning to see it. (Think I must have woken up when the landlord wheeled in to transact... stuff with the new flatmate.) Didn't translate my vague thought about going for a cycle before the weather'd changed its mind, though I did eventually manage to make a token trip out up the hill to the can recycling, and a little more cleaning up. Oh, and thanks to aforementioned landlord's visit, we're rid of that useless desk that's pointlessly been occupying space in the spare room for an age. Running out of excuses not to tidy up a bit in there...
Cooking spaghetti sauce right now. I hesitate to call it bolognese -- I think it started out that way, but may have converged with my chili "recipe" rather. I'm not sure whether to blame/credit (delete according to taste, quite literally)
sammywol's ideas on the subject, or "what happens to be in the fridge" syndrome. Still, hunger is the best sauce...