My first blog post using jekyll-now repo. Yes, this is indeed a test.
The date of the first post is simply a holdover from the repo from which I cloned mine.
For more instructions on how I did this, head over to the Jekyll Now repository on GitHub.
My second (test) blog post using jekyll-now repo. This may work! Simply deleting the original file and expecting the blog to catch up did not.
Not much to say today apart from to mention the local flooding (thankfully not hyperlocal, i.e. not right here.)
The power was off for 1-1/2 hours this morning, the centre of Rochdale flooded as the River Roch burst its banks, and at the sewage works. Bury had a gas explosion, and a pub collapsed not far north…
My wife, working tonight, left her phone here. She had a couple of diversions en-route, so I’m hopeful it’s an easy drive home in the morning.
It’s still bloody raining!
Adventure!
For the past few months, on and off, I’ve been running an adventure game - me as the Game Master* and @mlv (App.net) as the lone player.
It started, innocuously-enough, here.
Here’s a recent map.
It’s been fun making it as we go. Some stuff is planned, some off-the-cuff in response to Michael’s responses, some totally spontaneous, and nothing whatsoever that could be termed capricious behaviour on my part.
You know what, it remains fun! Therapeutic, though from/against what I do not know. And I don’t care.
How do you explain to someone, without actually explaining, that you will not buy their raffle tickets (all proceeds to local charities, prizes donated by local businesses) because you already gave more than your allocation for the month?
Not an easy few words.
So I kept my few words to an absolute minimum, and yet still experienced a sense of guilt. It probably doesn’t matter that I already gave to one of the beneficiary charities a few weeks ago…
Are we programmed to donate socially, judged unfairly when we don’t?
Probably. And probably.
I always have picked ‘my’ charities to suit my history, circumstances and mood. And occasionally because my friends or acquaintances believe passionately-enough to mention them. Or in response to media-led frenzies. It’s a perfect storm when all three influences coincide.
Yeah, because I’m only human.