The trouble with NaNoWriMo is obsessing over your word count. As I write, I’m constantly checking that figure.

It’s not a big trouble.

Carrot Weather is hooked into the news today.

In NanoLand. 462 words before getting out of bed this morning.

I love it when bloggers surprise me. I read Brett Terpstra for Apple-related tech and software development, and such. But here’s a great piece on his experience with yoga.

Star Trek is really getting back to its sixties roots. Magic mycelium, “A hit of speed…” Groovy stuff.

Walthamstow Wetlands: London’s newest Park. Just opened.

Reread the originals first, or dive straight in…?

Mixed feelings: somebody dies; the reaction makes you check out their work; you find you’ve been missing something great. You’ve got a great new band to explore. But it’s like coming in at the end of a movie.

And the guy is dead. (He was my age.)

The Tragically Hip. Very good.

You ever watch a scene and it shocks you, even though you know what’s going to happen? My Buffy rewatch just reached ‘Seeing Red.’

Watched The Last Jedi trailer. Didn’t do a lot for me. Don’t worry, though: I’ve booked my ticket for opening night.