ST. PATRICK'S DAY, SUNDAY 17th MARCH 2013 17:11 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (17th March 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Northwest Front halts offensive operations due to the Spring thaw.
German 4th Panzer Army and II SS Panzer Korps attack towards Belgorod

In the Mediterranean...
Two Italian vessels are lost to British submarines

In Tunisia...
US II Corps occupies Gafsa
46th Infantry Division of British 1st Army forced to withdraw from Tamera.

In the Atlantic..
In a bleak day for Allied shipping, 14 vessels are lost to U-Boats.

In the Pacific...
Off New Guinea, US patrol boats PT-119 and PT-67 explode and sink, causes unknown. 

In Burma...
In the Arakan, elements of Japanese 33rd Infantry Division and 55th Infantry Division attack Indian 123rd Infantry Division north of Rathedaung.

Today's Air Raids...
Bougainville Island and Kolombangara Island by US 13th Air Force
Langgoer, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force
Cox's Bazaar, India by Japanese aircraft.

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Missus time in the morning, long meditation then blogging in the afternoon. Missus time in the evening.

 Twitter Followers = 1,632 (up 1)
  Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
  Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Polly the cat's euthanasia went as well as could be hoped for. Her ending was very peaceful and easy. I was pleased in the way I was the "strong one" for Son and Missus and felt kinda honoured to help them through it. The "mini-wake" we held afterwards was a particularly good idea and helped them grieve.

The Weekend Job went smoothly and I slept in this morning until 8am, highly unusual for me. Sometimes though, being the Strong One gets to you and I was in a low mood this morning, mainly because previous hurts inflicted got dredged up in conversation with missus.

After a colossal 2-hour meditation this afternoon, I felt re-grounded and finally got round to the blogging I usually do early morning. I am also pondering my next business initiative. This is going to be trialling a Hypnotic Gastric Band on myself, between the equinoxes (March 20 - September 20) and recording the results on a separate blog. This will hopefully generate publicity and business.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Can you see the difference between who you really are and the roles you play?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy with showers, some heavy and some wintry all evening and overnight.
Wind will be light and north-westerly
Max Temp = 3 degC
Min Temp = 1 degC
Sunrise at 06:18
Sunset at 18:14

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Hello and welcome to the first meeting of the Anger Management Support Group - Who wants to kick-off?  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY
Not The Nine O'Clock News - I Like Bouncing

8. TRIVA
The human digestive system is home to between 10 and100 trillion bacteria, at least 10 times the amount of cells in the body.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Whether you plant "seeds" of worry and fear or "seeds" of hope and joy in your mind, your life will bear the fruit of your thoughts." - Lynn A. Robinson