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“I take my responsibilities seriously”

…says former Prime Minister who failed to turn up at five consecutive Cobra coronavirus meetings.

Guardian: ’It is sad to be leaving … for now’: Boris Johnson’s resignation statement in full

Boris Johnson says he is amazed the privileges committee was proceeding against him.

Meanwhile, in other news…

Guardian: Sunak approves Boris Johnson honours list including aides linked to Partygate

Sunak is likely to face criticism for approving the list while Johnson is facing police and parliamentary inquiries over Partygate.

Filling our new bookshelves…

Dickie Decimal™ taxonomical dilemma resolved… The Bible gets shelved with the Epic Fantasy.

The Bible next to The Lord of the Rings.

Overflowing

Book-stacking — Symmetrical book stacking—just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947!

No human being would stack books like this!

Seems to me we need some sort of ‘overflow’ facility.

Shelves — Our spare back bedroom this morning.

National New Hat Day

To mark National New Hat Day, I thought I'd try this one out. I was tempted by a solid-gold-studded-with-exquisite-gems affair, but decided cotton was more practical.

People Eating Tasty Animals

BBC: Eating fish same as eating cats, Cleethorpes animal rights poster suggests
The Peta digital billboard shows a fishmonger holding a fish which transforms into an image of a dead cat.

Thanks for the tip! I’ve never tried eating cats, but, if it’s even remotely like eating fish, it sounds delicious—and a lot more environmentally friendly.

League of bald-headed men

Down the pub with the in-laws yesterday, I attempted to take a group-selfie. It did not go to plan. But I kind of like the documentary feel of the resulting photo:

Couldn’t run a bath

Guardian: Seemingly ambitious Defra hedgerow targets actually due to typo
Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, has admitted that ambitious figures on hedgerows revealed in January were a typographical error.

Meanwhile, in other news, BORIS JOHNSON ACCIDENTALLY TELLS TRUTH.

Keep it clean, please, BBC!

BBC: What’s the cheapest way to stay warm in bed?

How could you keep warm at night for the lowest cost?

Man of the people

Guardian: Boris Johnson ‘agrees to buy’ £4m nine-bed Georgian manor house (with moat)

Boris Johnson is understood to have agreed to buy a nine-bedroom Grade II-listed Georgian manor house in Oxfordshire valued at £4m.

Lineages

Phys.org: A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs

Erm… I have news for you: it’s not just coffee and spuds—my own ancestors and, indeed, the ancestors of every organism alive today also survived the cataclysm that killed the [non-avian] dinosaurs.