Very behind on reading
For the last 2 weeks I have hardly read lj. I did a "catch-up" last weekend which took me from -160 to -100 posts and I've just done from current to -60.
What really cool post should I have read?
Since going to Bletchley Park with Emma a couple of weeks ago, I have been immersing myself in WW2 via Black Out and now All Clear. I still find the screwball rushing around rather irritating - even more so now I understand central London geography a little better (just get out and WALK!). I have more sympathy with the historians trying to protect each other especially Eileen who is constantly roped in to help out other people.
We watched the first 3 episodes of The Bletchley Circle and found it very enjoyable. My granny, who loved mathematical puzzles (such as number theory) would have loved it.
Yesterday we went to Farnborough Air Show, courtesy of free tickets from work, which included lunch and viewing of the air displays from the comfort of the company chalet. I took a couple of adequate videos on my phone of various fly-bys and stunts from some ancient planes.
The F35 hovering in mid-air and then flying sideways before rotating on the spot was incredibly impressive. It did look impossible.
I have been watching the political changes with a mixture of bafflement and incredulity. I never thought the conservatives would have a second female Prime Minister before either of the other parties had one. And who knows what the Labour party is going to do to itself next.
What really cool post should I have read?
Since going to Bletchley Park with Emma a couple of weeks ago, I have been immersing myself in WW2 via Black Out and now All Clear. I still find the screwball rushing around rather irritating - even more so now I understand central London geography a little better (just get out and WALK!). I have more sympathy with the historians trying to protect each other especially Eileen who is constantly roped in to help out other people.
We watched the first 3 episodes of The Bletchley Circle and found it very enjoyable. My granny, who loved mathematical puzzles (such as number theory) would have loved it.
Yesterday we went to Farnborough Air Show, courtesy of free tickets from work, which included lunch and viewing of the air displays from the comfort of the company chalet. I took a couple of adequate videos on my phone of various fly-bys and stunts from some ancient planes.
The F35 hovering in mid-air and then flying sideways before rotating on the spot was incredibly impressive. It did look impossible.
I have been watching the political changes with a mixture of bafflement and incredulity. I never thought the conservatives would have a second female Prime Minister before either of the other parties had one. And who knows what the Labour party is going to do to itself next.