MONDAY 7th JANUARY 2013 09:25 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (7th January 1943)
In the Mediterranean...
RN minelayer Welshman lays mines in Axis shipping lanes
British vessel Jura sunk by U-371
British vessel Benalbanach sunk by Axis aircraft with loss of over 400 personnel
RN ASW trawler Horatio sunk off Algiers by Kriegsmarine S-boats

In the Pacific...
US forces redeploy for a new offensive on Guadalcanal.
US 5th Air Force, RAAF, and RNZAF aircraft attack Japanese convoy transporting elements of 51st Infantry Division from Rabaul on New Britain to Lae on New Guinea, sinking two transports.

In New Guinea...
102nd Infantry Regiment of Japanese 51st Infantry Division lands at Lae whilst under air attack.

Today's Air Raids...
Essen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Palermo, Sicily by US 12th Air Force, Italian destroyer Bersagliere sunk.
Gabes, Tunisia by US 12th Air Force.
Bougie Harbour, Algeria by the Luftwaffe, sinking one freighter.
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Bougainville Island and along Rekata Bay on Santa Isabel Island US AirSoPac bombers.
Lae, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Mangshih, China by US China Air Task Force
Kweilin and Hengyang, China by Japanese 90th Air Regiment
Nancheng, China by Japanese 16th Air Regiment
Bhamo, Burma Road, and barges on the Irrawaddy, Burma by US 10th Air Force.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
With Son going back to college but missus at home, a "marriage enrichment" day is expected. Son time on his return then a sh*tload of ironing before some me time then missus time in the later evening.

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
One of the great changes of male middle-age is starting to go several days at a
time without being sexually aroused - at all. At first of course this is something of a worry, but once you realize that you can do things to ensure you can still meet your partner's needs as required, you can relax and put all that extra time and energy into something else.

At first you visit your porn-stash to reassure yourself that you can still actually be aroused, but I've now reached the point where I'm not that worried about it. Anxiety of course is a counter-productive "nob-shriveller" so being relaxed makes you perform better anyway.

I'm still a great advocate of an "orgasm a day" but if it requires me being furtive in an occupied house, I can't be arsed anymore if I can happily do without it. Once you reach this point, you realize as a man what an energy drain the male libido has been, consuming vast quantities of time and effort.

In later middle-age, sex still plays a role but my mind is now freed up to give other things more attention. Oddly this chain of thought has been set off by being in the opposite position - a day of bonking aplenty awaits. It's nice to have the best of both worlds at the moment - to have enough potency to satisfy the other's needs and yet not being distracted by libido at other times.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you ready to adapt to change?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy all day and evening. Possibility of light showers overnight.
Wind will be consistently moderate and north-westerly.
Max and Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 08:23
Sunset at 16:04
Over Scotland and North-Westerly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If the Mayans have taught us anything, it is that if you don't finish something, it's not the end of the world. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Louis CK on naming children - and other matters!

8. TRIVIA
One tonne of recycled paper will save 17 trees.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Doubt limits you from what is already yours, but faith unlocks the doors allowing you to walk in and receive it." - Jeannette Tyson Gregory