FRIDAY 22nd MARCH 2013 06:26 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd March 1943)
In Germany...
Hitler arrives at the Berghof.

In England...
In a POW facility bugged by British SIS, German General Thoma is heard describing secret V-weapons to General Cruewell.

In the Atlantic...
U-665 and U-524 are sunk by Allied aircraft

In Tunisia...
Operation Pugilist - New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division are unable to make progress at Tebaga Gap, whilst 15th Panzer Division counterattacks and halts the 8th Army assault on the Mareth Line.
US II Corps enters Maknassy and pushes east.
RN gunboat HMS Aphis bombards Gabes.

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Meigen Maru sunk by USN submarine Gudgeon

Today's Air Raids...
Wilhelmshaven, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Maasluis, Netherlands by RAF Bomber Command
St. Nazaire, France by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France Patrols by RAF Fighter Command
Mezzouna, Tunisia by USAAF
Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island by US 13th Air Force
Finschhafen, Lae, Madang, and Lorengau, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Lao Kay, Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Gokteik and Thazi, Burma by US 10th Air Force
Langchaung, Burma by the RAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging first thing. Some me time before shift 1 of the Weekend Job. Missus time in the later evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,642 (up 1)
   Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
   Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Conscious of the previous week's "failure to launch", I wanted to be doubly sure of performing last night, so took a double dose of leftover Cialis and gave myself a good half-hour to "warm up" before missus came up for her "weekly treat". This time, everybody's bell got rung!

I am having to come to terms with the fact that I no longer have a permanent cola bottle down my trousers, and that I need to create the right conditions to be "successful". Missus is fortunately in no way bothered by this, so I can afford to relax and simply accept that this is how it is. So long as I'm regularly eating peanuts (they contain L-argenine, the "boner" protein) and give myself he necesary time and environment to get going, everyone will continue to be happy (except Son, who finds it all disgusting)

The downdside of resorting to "chemical assistance" last night is it's side effect of being like amphetamines, so I only got four hours sleep last night and was up "bright and breezy" at 4am. Tomorrow night I can hopefully re-set the body clock and pay back "sleep debt"

The Weekend Job will provide a good test to see if my "Hypnotic Gastric Band" holds in times where I don't have full control of what I do and when. For full details of how it's all going, consult this blog.

Though I can't afford to mentally give it too much attention, it is a source of endless fascination to me how different Son and Daughter are, given that they were brought up in the same environment in the same way by the same people. I have a Son who is generous, empathetic, with whom I resonate strongly, and a Daughter who is completely self-absorbed, bitter, vindictive, ungrateful, unforgiving and completely dismissive of anything I have to say.

For the sake of my own wellbeing and my principle of excluding the joyless from my personal life, Daughter is consequently kept at "arms-length" whilst Son is like a close brother. I have learned to be completely accepting of "how things are" and to simply respond intuitively in line with my chosen purpose. In any sadness or disappointment in your life, I have learned that it must be simply accepted and got on with in the most positive way possible.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How are you responding to setbacks and disappointments?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Heavy snow all day, evening and overnight
Wind will be consistently strong and easterly
Max Temp = 0 degC
Min Temp = -1 degC
Sunrise at 06:06
Sunset at 18:23

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The problem with politics is that, no matter who wins, it's always a politician. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Rob Christensen on rapper DMX

8. TRIVIA
Nausea and Morning Sickness are common symptoms at the onset of the menopause. There is no "cure" but the symptoms can be relieved with ginger and lemon juice.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants." - Epicurus