A compilation of Solo Piano pieces by Ludovico Einaudi. Available to stream, buy on CD(!), several different types of vinyl, or even as sheet music. 17 tracks that between them have amassed well over a billion listens on Spotify alone.
And, given that he’s written a lot more than 17 tracks – a video with a bit of detail telling us how and why he chose the music that he did for this album.
Mmm. WordPress still not quite up to speed with sizing Youtube Shorts.
Anyway, it looks like a stress free weekend now that I have 77 minutes of Einaudi to keep me company.
…was published before the sh1t hit the fan – or kettle? – when a so-called “influencer” revealed her repulsive hack of washing her dirty underwear when away from home:
Tara Woodcox, an influencer and fitness coach, is speaking out after an earlier video of hers went viral, in which she suggested to her followers that they clean their dirty underwear in hotel coffee makers.
In the original video — which she posted to TikTok on Nov. 9, 2025 — Woodcox described what she called “one of the coolest tricks ever.” For those who didn’t pack enough underwear during a trip, she suggested using the hotel room’s coffee maker and placing the dirty garment where the grounds would normally go.
“You close it, you press brew, and it puts scorching hot water through it,” she said, adding that one could use the blow dryer to dry them off after. “You got yourself a cleaner pair of underwear to wear! I did not realize how many people already knew this hack.”
I think that it was Bob Mortimer who joked about peeing in hotel kettles when on tour.
“Still do! As the kettles get better, I can see a little measurement on the side. They’ve got a little counter. They used to be ever so basic.”
But that was clearly a joke. And so that’s actually fine.
Tara Woodcox and her “coolest trick ever” doesn’t appear to be anything more than an admission of one of her disgusting habits.
Looks like a church. Was a church. Now a house. With a Tower Bar.
It’s what Jesus would have wanted.
Again, there is the modern interior design, sitting somewhat incongruously within the original church walls:
And the windows that are just too big for the bedrooms:
Says the blurb:
The best feature of the entire property has to be the glass walkway with glass flooring looking down over the living room providing access to the mezzanine area which is currently setup as a spectacular cinema room with 8 electric leather reclining chairs and a projector screen that comes down over the stained glass window making this a very special place to watch tv or movies.
And they’re not wrong. It does look a bit wow:
R27 million in today’s local money. Which seems like a lot (because it is), but you do get a whole churchand “a stunning Victorian orangery with rainwater storage and paved flooring which makes this a special place to relax and unwind.”
Fair point. I can never truly be at peace in an orangery that doesn’t have rainwater storage and paved flooring.
Not the 20-0 rout that some foolish people were predicting. It was never going to be like that.
But the history books will record that Wednesday were relegated at Bramall Lane, and that’s what really matters. The three points are also very welcome, but Derby days are all about beating your rivals, and to send them on their way to League One…
…well, that was just the icing on the cake.
Incidentally… recent local derbies have been won by Us (obviously), Liverpool, ManU, Arsenal and Sunderland.
With Prince Andrew being arrested this week over his connections with Jeffrey Epstein (although not for that, but who knows where the ongoing investigations may lead), suddenly someone is panicking and pulling out all of the stops in order to distract the world from his connections with Jeffrey Epstein (which certainly do involve that).
Look, I get that “Actually, yes, aliens do exist” is pretty big news, but my first thought was: “Wow. Does he really think that I can only manage to think about one thing at a time?”, but then I remembered that that’s probably true for most of the people that voted for him, and so this is probably something of a master stoke from the Cheeto Cheater.
Epstein Files OUT
X-Files IN
I happen to also think that the current President of the United States sexually abusing young girls on a private island over a period of several years is also fairly important, and I really believe that we shouldn’t let the big orange man let the little green men distract us from that.
