I am on the point of
giving up watching Blakes Seven. The first two series were
entertaining, but it's now getting rather silly. Take this morning's
episode. Our heroes were on the way to a fight (for no apparent
reason) when the fit dominatrix tried to kill off a planetful of
people and then got the survivors to make clones of her. Why? In the
end the goodies thwarted the evil machinations of the baddies, which
is all that seemed to be needed in the way of a plot.
This morning's news
on the radio was revolutionary. Rather than teaching the kiddies
namby-pamby arty-farty nonsense at schools, it's now going to be
compulsory for children to have a basic grasp of English and Maths on
leaving school. Apparently compulsory schooling in these subjects is
seen as being somewhat radical, but I would have thought that being
able to read, write and count was a pre-requisite for most things
these days.
I got to work a few
minutes early only to find that a new geocache had gone live near
work. That never happens, so I slipped out in a shallow attempt to be
First to Find. I failed miserably. Mind you shortly after I tried two
other people failed to find it as well. It's either incredibly
difficult (which isn't indicated by the D/T rating) or the
C.O. has made a hiccup with the co-ordinates. I wonder which it is.
I did my bit at work, and
left just a little too late for the astro club's committee meeting. A
shame - I would like to have got along to that. Instead I had another
try for that geocache near work (and failed again), then came
home where I microwaved my scoff and fell asleep in front of more
rather dire episodes of Blake's Seven with a small dog snoring on my
lap.
The last few days have
been really good. Today was a bit dull in comparison.
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