/now, 14th September 2026
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(This is a /now page, listing out the stuff that's going on with me at the moment. If you have your own site, you should make one too.)
What's happening?
🤷 Still going through the redundancy consultation process but I’m more at peace with it now. Would like for it not to be so drawn out and for my end date to be a little sooner, but I think pragmatically I’ve got some good coverage for about a year or so of job hunting. It’s feels weird to be ok with knowing that my job is going - that everyone’s job is going - but there’s an esprit de corps which is really helping.
🚶 Took my brother for a walk around the reservoir, somewhere I go all the time but he’s never been before. Had a good hour of putting the world to rights. I think it did us both good. Saw him again at the weekend along with a niece and a nephew and had a lovely time entertaining them. It’s fun to be the teasing silly uncle.
🍂 It’s almost as if someone’s turned a dial which has decisively turned ‘summer’ off and set the world to ‘autumn’ mode. Don’t mind it tbh. Would prefer the days weren’t quite so short though.
📚 Finished a great book about Tim Leary, a transcript of the final John Lennon interview, and started a book by an author who is new to me but which I know I’m going to love.
🎶 Back in a “listen to fun remixes and mashups of classic tracks” frame of mind. This mix combining Skee-Lo and THE BEST Stevie Wonder song has been a highlight. Waiting for my 7” copy to arrive this coming week and fully intend to wear the grooves to dust. It’s so good!!
📺 A couple of months ago we decided to rewatch Arrested Development as we haven’t seen it in a decade and loved those original three series so much. We went through those very quickly… and now feel obliged to watch the (still awful) Netflix series. It’s a slog.
🚗 My car passed its MOT, but this year I gave it a service too so now I am very poor. Alas.