Hitching a ride to the end of the world

I just removed a bunch of programs from my computer.  It’s been extremely sluggish, so hopefully this’ll make a difference.  Certainly seems to have so far.

I was also having a problem with my instant pot, where I would have to stop it, vent and restart before it would cook.  So, I did the cleaning thing (2 litres of water, run for half an hour then quick release) and that has got it working perfectly.

I went to an art and vintage clothing sale yesterday.  It’s one of those things where you pay by weight.  I didn’t get any clothes, but I did get some stickers, a coaster to give as a present and a couple of badges.  I also got this picture:

I’ve mostly been watching Wimbledon this week.  And being massively impressed by Emma Raducanu.  She has a massive future ahead of her.

I also got some fabric glue.  I’ve been wanting to put patches on my denim/hoodie hybrid jacket for a while, but the problem is I can’t sew.  Now I don’t need to worry.

I got myself two new books (I know, I know).  One is Cain’s Jawbone by Torquemada.  He was a crossword setter who introduced Britain to the cryptic crossword.  At the end of a book of puzzles he put out, he put a 100 page crime story.  But the pages were published out of order.  The puzzle is to work out the correct order of the pages, the identity of the six victims and the method of death for them.  Only three people have ever correctly solved the puzzle.

The second one is Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaardner.  Which I got because I could get a free book and a line from it is the title of one of my favourite albums.

The title, by the way, is just a nifty line I thought up.  It kinda feels like the title of a story, though what that story is my brain hasn’t told me yet.

Will