I went to a comedy gig last night! Well that's what I thought I was going to, but it was bit more like a chat show over Zoom. Obviously fully remote, and beset with technical difficulties. At times it was like eavesdropping on one of Clare's work meetings. But good. Maff Brown is the compere, then it had Kate Lucas doing some great comedy songs to start. Then Tom Davis, who I like a lot. I wondered how stand-up would work over Zoom, and it turns out it was more of an interview with him. Then Dave Fulton doing a set piece from his garage full of motorbikes, then another interview with Greg Davies. It did feel like an interesting and fun live experience, and I might do it again. If these were all guests on a chat show I'd seen on TV I'd be very glad that I'd watched it, but would I have paid money to watch it on TV? I suppose it's just a few quid to keep live comedy going though so well worth it for that.
Going to be the hottest day of the year so far, hottest since August last year, a high of 21Ā° according to the BBC though that's a bit general. I think it will be hotter. Felt hotter yesterday, I got a bit sunburnt on my arms. Remembered to sun cream my head and neck and face and ears and that but forgot the bit just above my elbows so I have a bit of a t-shirt tan.
For exercise today (of course we already did Joe Wicks) I'm going to try and run, while the boys are out on their bikes. Normally I keep these two activities completely separate. Yesterday I ran in the morning, was very hot. Then in the afternoon I walked to Hythe while they biked. They liked the tree climbing at the end of the canal path, so today we'll try that again. They're going to ride there, I'm going to run past them, then when I run back I'll shout them again and they'll follow me home. So I will still get a 5k in. It's going to be too hot for that really but it should be shaded if we go that way.
I'm about ready to go live with popex. I put out a little poll on the twitter, should I do it tomorrow or Friday? There's been no interest at all, that might indicate how successful this popex is going to be. So I might be quietly closing it down again in a couple of months. We'll see, hopefully it captures the imagination of some users. Just like the coronavirus the important thing to watch is the "R" value. I need everyone who visits the site to infect more than one other person, get them to play it too, and then it will grow. At least if it doesn't, it hasn't cost me much and it won't cost me any more.
I finally finished that book. It's a story that will make a good film I think, but it was definitely a teenagers book. What shall I read next?
| Author | Book | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Ian Rankin | Westwind1 | Dated thriller, shame. |
| Ian Rankin | Doors Open1 | Really good crime caper in Edinburgh but with no Rebus. |
| Suzanne Collins | The Hunger Games1 | Borrowed from the children, very good. |
| Suzanne Collins | Catching Fire1 | Hunger Games part 2, read this even quicker, a bit darker. |
| Suzanne Collins | Mockingjay1 | Hunger Games part 3, joyless and grim. |
| Karen McManus | One Of Us Is Lying2 | Another one liberated from the children's bookshelf. A Breakfast Club whodunnit, dying to be a film, not at all suitable for a ten year old... |
Are they really talking about opening the schools again at the beginning of June? I can't see it happening yet. I think we just dropped a place on the virusex charts to Brazil.
| Country | cases | deaths |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 1570583 | 93533 |
| Russia | 299941 | 2837 |
| Spain | 278803 | 27778 |
| Brazil | 271885 | 17983 |
| UK | 248818 | 35341 |
| Italy | 226699 | 32169 |
| France | 180809 | 28022 |
| Germany | 177827 | 8193 |
| Turkey | 151615 | 4199 |
| Iran | 124603 | 7119 |
Coronavirus weekly death graph for USA + UK + Italy + France + Spain + Brazil
5k: Five km, just over three miles to you.
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