Lifecycle

We all do it, but not many of us like it because generally, it's not a pretty sight.
Ageing, that's what I'm talking about.  Supposedly someone has already been born who will live to 130 years old, and this morning I heard that someone thinks we can prolong life almost indefinitely.  How we do this is due to undiscovered technology that will develop over the new 10 or 20 years.  I'm not convinced on that theory although I remember that the project to put a man on the moon made the assumption that certain technology would be ready in time for the mission.
I can't help but think that our bodies have a finite lifespan.  The clue is in the word 'life' I suppose, and if we project that forward then a longer life = longer lifespan.
A bit difficult for a mere mortal (or am I) to get my head around.

Car Chase

A German chap allegedly reported his car missing 20 years ago and has just been reunited with it.  Sounds a bit far fetched to me, especially as the car was found in an old warehouse due for demolition.  More likely it was stolen and dumped, or maybe he 'lost' it to reclaim insurance money or similar.  Not that I'm stating that as fact, but it's possibility.  Whatever the real story, the newspaper dressed this up as 'news' and leave it as that.  Maybe the would get into some legal hot water if they speculated, but they seem to do that all the time.
I lost my car once in St Tropez.  When I say 'lost' I mean was looking in the wrong car park that looked identical to the one I left it in.  I even phoned my pal up who was with us (in his car) that we would be a while whilst I sorted it with the police.  After a few minutes it became apparent I was looking n the wrong place and all was well and only had to endure a few moments/months/years of pi$$ taking.

Shout, Shout, let it all out.

Yet again, I feel compelled to say a few things about Twitter comments, or rather the use of Twitter comments in other news items.
If I was penning a newspaper article and added commentary based on what I heard in the pub last night, readers would be quite surprised and probably never read another piece again.  However, it is becoming almost normal to add selected Twitter comments by Mr Shouty Person to any old article, somehow assuming it adds something to the article rather than diminishing it.
We also see this at the end of every local news bulletin, the broadcaster somehow kidding themselves that these people represent the views of the masses and 'are involved'.  What a load of tosh, they are just the opinionated shoutys from the pub.

Screentest

Have we all got a book in us?  Not a physical book, of course, a book that lives within us waiting to turn itself into wonderful words on a page or 2, or 356 or whatever the published thinks is enough.  That's not to imply that it should be published, but surely one of the reasons anyone would write a book would be to have it read by others.
My father had started a book, although I have no idea when he started writing.  He sadly died at the age of 63 from an industrial disease which slightly scuppered his longer term plans so I'll never know what his intentions were.
I have in mind a sitcom, or at least that's my current incarnation of my writing.  I've been through the book stage and now, after some serious contemplation (as I went off to sleep last week) sitcom it is.
Saves someone doing the screenplay I suppose.

1st Earlies.

1st early run of the season today -  I got out just after 5 o'clock for 4 miles, but it was hard work.  I'm not sure which was harder, the getting out or the finishing.  Getting out was made easier by me getting my gear ready the night before, and because it was a warm shirt it felt better with it on than off (note to self - do that again).  My hamstrings were complaining a bit though and considering I've hardly done any running in the last few weeks that's not a good sign.
However, I need to do more because my weight is going slowly up.  Dieting is definitely harder work than all the above, so watch this space for more sweaty early mornings.