Bellend Sebastian

Watched the first three available episodes of Andor Season 2 as I have very little self control. These are supposedly the weakest of the 12 but they were still very, very good

I've not done it for ages but I think you're recorded as you come in and it doesn't matter what order barcodes are scanned, as that's basically just linking individuals to the positions they came in, if that makes sense

I've ran that distance probably 30 times and you're still quicker than my last couple!

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Did another 10k this morning, 1 second slower than Sunday, so at least I'm consistent

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I am a man of science, how dare you

Now that the mission has been completed, Did Katy Perry put the ass back into astronaut, as she claimed she would? I'm sure data will be released soon to prove it either way

57:25 according to my watch, not official yet. Not unhappy with that given that I've not really trained for it and feel like I've got a cold coming. Probably should have done a bit better as managed a strong sprint finish which I'm sure looked absolutely ridiculous so far back in the pack and suggests you've not planned your race well

Well I've managed to complete the walk to Abbey Park. Going great so far

Anyone else in the Big 10k tomorrow? An event I only entered because I was disappointed at my performance last year, and this time round have trained for a lot less so I'm sure will go amazingly well as a result

If you think you saw him then I don't know if that's a good thing

Got car back, thank f***. New 12v battery (confirmed that's all it was in the end) but some new software updates/reprogramming were done as part of a recall that was done while they were at it was part of a recall that I didn't even know was needed. Not sad to see the courtesy car go, that felt like hard work

They're never going to admit it made a grab for the controls

Binned it off in the end as planned, thought I might wobble as the deadline approached but felt pretty much f-all so probably the right thing. After 28 seasons only seems fair to let someone who's actually bothered to give it a go. How the club is being run wasn't really on my radar. Your club being a basket case at least some of the time is part of being a football fan, but I swear that people used to be able to put on a braver face when things weren't going well. The masochistic part of me can find the entitlement and hysteria highly entertaining (perhaps I'm part Colin Robinson type energy vampire) but you can have too much of a good thing and Christ me it's been becoming hard work in recent seasons. I should probably have jacked it in last summer, I thought last season was just weird, the amount of moaning when we were top of the table, and the managerial appointment and player recruitment just seemed a recipe for toxicity unless things went really, unrealistically well from the get -go. I've had some amazing experiences though across those 28 seasons, many of which probably can never be topped, which only makes it easier to let it go

Not yet! Maybe this Friday. The courtesy car is admittedly a crap one (but at least they got it for me) but bloody hell it feels like hard work. Going to be without the car for a fortnight, basically for a battery change like you'd have on any car, which feels like something has gone wrong with the system, somewhere. I'd hate to have to go back to an ICE car now. That's done, like my LCFC season ticket

Easy. Do exactly the same pace as you did at the weekend (9 minute miles) and you're there. Your half marathon pace was 9:45 a mile, put like that it doesn't sound that much, does it? Certainly doable over the time period with a bit of training. If I do as well in my 10k on Sunday as you did I'll be made up. Not trained much at all, lame

Who do they blame, out of interest, if anybody? Other than me, of course

It's a golden age of just believing any old shite. No Bellend, I don't care much for curiosity or even knowing things, anything really. I still like to get a bit cross though and getting theatrically irate at the very mention of insert name of largely unremarkable politician/organisation/institution/idea/concept/accepted scientific fact is pretty much my main reason to live now, keeps me going it does. And yes, I don't know when this began or why because as already noted I have effectively no sense of curiosity

My mum blamed me for the market turbulence as I'd voted Labour which was a take I hadn't mentally prepared myself for

Don't take my use of "understanding" to mean "able to predict". I like to think I've got a pretty good understanding of what my wife is about after 16 years but I'm f***ed if I know what she's going to do from one minute to the next

In fairness I have claimed at various points that it is my actual name

Nice lady: Who told you this? Nice lady's partner: A bloke on the internet called Bellend Sebastian Nice lady: Well at least it's a vaguely clever play on words but surely that joke wore thin at least 20 years ago

If you're not prepared to take a five year view then you shouldn't be investing unless you are willing to look at it as very much a punt. I refuse to repost myself but I posted a link a couple of days ago about a guide to managing investment volatility and for anyone unsure of what they're doing/what to do that's well worth a read. I agree with Lako42, don't try and time the market, try and understand it and be in it and accept what that entails