SUNDAY 19th MAY 2013 08:15 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (19th May 1943)
In the Black Sea...
Kriegsmarine ferries F-308 and F-367 sunk by Soviet aircraft while supplying troops in the Kuban

In the Wolfsschanze, East Prussia...
Hitler meets with senior commanders to discuss  the situation in the Mediterranean

In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessel Enrica sunk by RN submarine Unbroken
Vichy French vessel General Bonaparte sunk by RN submarine Sportsman

In the Atlantic...
Canadian vessel Angelus sunk by U-161
U-273 sunk by RAF aircraft

In Washington DC...
Winston Churchill addresses congress

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attacks Clevesy Pass and Holtz-Chichagof Pass, with heavy air support
IJN guardboat Asuka Maru sunk in Makassar Strait by USN submarine Gar

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Third phase of Japanese 11th Army offensive commences

Today's Air Raids...
Kiel and Flensburg, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Cagliari, Sardinia by USAAF
Trapani, Sicily by USAAF
Oran Harbour, Algeria by the Luftwaffe
Guadalcanal by Japanese aircraft
Salamaua and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Penfoei, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force
Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Me Time
Off to town to replace the kettle
Lunch
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Daughter, I am informed, had a great 20th birthday with missus and is as happy to be estranged from myself and Son as we are from her. Perhaps that is for the best for the time being, and permanently if necessary - I don't believe in people who piss each other off being forced together and causing unhappiness. We can all go on to find happiness and fulfilment in our own separate ways.

In fact in general, everybody had a good Saturday in their own way, apart from the minor annoyance of the kettle dying on us in the evening - an annoying if not crippling extra expense.

My general experience with money and resources in general is that it always seems to come right in the end, and I speak from someone who was thousands of pounds in debt a few years ago. That is not a license to be reckless, just to be calm and meet expenses as they occur and take and accept opportunities for income. My chosen path of uncertainty has delivered so far!

On the spiritual front, my latest grounding technique is working really well, so I know I can easily return to that point of simply being. The objective now is to permanently be there! I haven't yet perfected the technique of not being distracted. It may be that as long as I keep patiently returning to that central point of awareness, I leave it increasingly less often. We shall see.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you taking the necessary steps to bring you nearer your objectives?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy and overcast all day and overnight, but also dry and warmer than recently.
Wind will be very light and north-westerly
Max Temp = 15degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 04:59
Sunset at 21:08

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Is your child feeling the odd one out? That's ok, the odd one really loves being felt up : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Explains how gay is the new black and about Atlanta transport

8. TRIVIA
The interval between contracting the HIV virus and developing AIDS varies enormously, from almost immediately to ten years. It seems to depend entirely on the individual. Though there is no cure, AIDS can now be delayed indefinitely by ongoing combination drug therapy.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"A greater part of our happiness depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances." - Martha Washington