Fussy.

 Mental illness, mental pressure, wellbeing.  All these things (and more) seem to have become relatively 'normal' whereas a few years ago they were not a common affliction/state (delete as applicable).

I sometimes feel a bit guilty when I think that someone with 'mental illness' just needs to get a grip (or similar).  It's obviously my filter that I apply when viewing the world, based on my baby boomer background - my formative years were in the 70's, so I expect that's where it all stems from.  I often hear that it's a 'different world now', which it is, but does that make my view wrong? ...and is it only different because people view it differently?  Applying a different filter?  Anyway, the guilty feeling is because I struggle to see them differently, and surely human beings in the 70's had the the same phycological issues, but didn't make as much fuss?  That's probably upset any millenniums reading (there won't be any, so I'm safe).

Running news, and I have managed a 6.5 miler this morning in the windy drizzle, the first in a week.  I hereby resolve to go out again on Friday and once at the weekend.  Watch this space.

Justin Case.

 Mr Trump continues to say odd things whilst inching closer to his holy grail of another term in high office.   No change there then.  Beats me why so many Americans take him seriously.  We have our own version of Trump testifying at the covid enquiry this week, which is a mix of reputation management and opinions.  Quite a waste of public money in my opinion in that any recommendations will go nowhere unless the incumbent government allocates cash to it.  I'm sure there will be plenty of  'we will do everything we can' type of promises, when they really mean ' we will say everything we can, but don't expect anything to happen'.  Not that I think that's bad, but realistic.  A bit like insurances.   You can insure almost anything for any eventuality, but it will cost you dear, and there will be no appetite to spend money on something 'just in case'.