Served to me on the ‘Gram last night, this:
It’s a brilliant joke. Innocently funny to begin with, and then a wonderful kicker to finish off with.
Really clever stuff.
He is Marcel Lucont, and you can find more of his stuff (like, literally his whole life) here.
A new – well, new to me – version of one of my favourite Ludovico Einaudi tracks.
This is Walk. Something I am struggling with a bit at the moment.
This recorded live at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on December 2023.
Almost a bit jumbled and clumsy at the beginning, but when that cello kicks in… goosebumps.
I chose not to buy tickets for the upcoming Andrea Bocelli concert in Cape Town (citing musical differences and cashflow problems), but if this guy ever comes over, I’ll be right there.
Finally got a definitive diagnosis on this muscular issue in my… er… behind.
And I will now be following the advice and directions of the physio on how to make it better.
And that’s a good thing, because if you look on the internet, the suggestions surrounding this sort of injury are a little… mmm… “contradictory”:
“Exercise“, but also “Don’t exercise.”
Make up your minds!
“Don’t climb stairs.“
But I’ve left it too late to build an escalator up the back of the house.
“Don’t build an escalator up the back of your house.“
See?
“Avoid spending time standing, sitting, or lying.”
Well, damn. It looks like hovering is my only option, and I’ve never been very good at that.
Not on earth, anyway. All that pesky gravity, dragging you down.
Weirdly, I haven’t been able to pin down how I did this (i.e. it’s just age), or what aggravates it. A deep tissue massage from the physio yesterday seemed like a good idea at the time – and was probably exactly what was required – but it’s left things a bit unpleasant today. Still, you don’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs, and I definitely want an omelette in my butt.
A metaphorical omelette.
One good thing is that – when the discomfort isn’t too bad – sitting on a static bike and doing 10km up a hill seems to make a big (positive) difference. So I do have a drug-free way of making it better. And I did manage a quick cycle this morning. And it did make it a bit better.
Onwards and upwards. Quite literally, actually, because I’d be lying if I said that I hadn’t been sitting for too long, so it’s time to do some standing.
See you tomorrow.
Amidst the demands for a re-vote following the bizarre claims from the MK Party that the recent elections were rigged – a move many experts believe is not to actually based in any fact, but more to undermine the authority of the IEC – there was this:
And he offered the following screenshots as proof. One for the Western Cape:
And one for KZN:
I must admit, when I first read his allegations, I was a bit dubious. But the evidence is absolutely there.
How on earth can a bigger number be a smaller percentage? Something dodgy is clearly going on.
Jeez. Tiktok maths.
These people walk among us.
And look the way they voted.
A lot of rain fell over Cape Agulhas this weekend. Struisbaai and Arniston are cut off again.
And there’s a lot more on the way:
Numerous warnings for the incoming rain, which has been described thus:
This is becoming one of our most historic systems.
Looking forward(?) to a very wet couple of days.
Stay safe…