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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd May 1943)
In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine S-boats lay mines overnight
In the Atlantic...
U-752 heavily damaged and scuttled in attack by rocket-firing Fleet Air Arm Swordfish from RN carrier HMS Archer
In Washington DC...
Churchill makes clear that there will be no independence granted to India due to the ethnic strife that would result.
On the US East Coast...
USN battleship USS New Jersey is commissioned.
In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attack around Fish Hook Ridge.
US vessel Stanvac Manila with PT 165 and PT 173 aboard sunk by IJN submarine I-17
In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army attacking 10th Army Group of Chinese 6th War Area around Changyang.
Today's Air Raids...
Dortmund, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Netherlands RAF Fighter patrols
Zeebrugge, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
Hastings, Bournemouth and Sunderland, England by the Luftwaffe
Italy Military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Solomon Islands military targets by USAirSols
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Kavieng, New Ireland by US 5th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Mow lawn
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time
Twitter Followers = 1,671 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A somewhat fragmented yet fulfilling day yesterday, indulging myself, spending quality time with Son and Missus, and making some headway on Son's band website.
My experience and observation of others have caused me to reject utterly the Work Ethic - this philosophy asserts that when you're not at work you should be doing your house or garden up. I have observed those who pursue this philosophy and found them to be a bunch of miserable sods with empty meaningless lives that don't add up to much.
I am instead convinced of the philosophy as life as a mission to fulfil, which doesn't start and end with bricks and mortar. Yes my house and garden are consequently scruffy but my life and mind are not.
And after all, I know that life is only a temporary experience, to be participated in but not clung to, for it is not ultimately what we are. Through meditation and other practices, it's good to withdraw from the role and simply be that Universal Consciousness that everything ultimately is.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you curious to find out how it really is and who you really are?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy with scattered showers in the morning.
Showers will become more frequent in the afternoon
Showers will be mainly clear by evening but it will remain heavily overcast.
A consistently moderate and distinctly cold north-westerly will blow throughout.
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 04:53
Sunset at 21:15
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
How can I miss you if you won't go away? : D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Eddy Izzard on American and British English
8. TRIVIA
People with extreme anorexia will develop downy body hair that grows on the back, arms, legs, face and neck. This is called lanugo and is the body’s attempt to maintain a normal temperature after losing so much fat. This type of hair requires fewer calories to produce than normal hair.
9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level." - Max L. Forman
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