TUESDAY 4th JUNE 2013 07:56 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (4th June 1943)
In the Arctic...
U-308 sunk by RN submarine HMS Truculent

In the Mediterranean...
USN sub chaser PC-496 is sunk by a mine off Bizerte

In the Atlantic...
U-594 sunk by RAF aircraft

In Argentina...
President Castillo is overthrown by a pro-Axis military coup

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army reinforces 13th Infantry Division around Itu

Today's Air Raids...
Gorki Tank Factory, Russia by the Luftwaffe
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Eastbourne, England by the Luftwaffe
Grottaglie, Italy by US 9th Air Force
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
New Guinea military targets by US 5th Air Force
Koepang and Lautem, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Housework
Meditation
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,674 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I had a few hours in the garden yesterday, and I feel like I've walked the Yorkshire Three Peaks! This is an unfortunate side-effect of a home-based existence - you can become very physically unfit. Still, at least I got some good exercise yesterday, and with housework to do today, let's see if we can keep things moving.

Missus has developed perimenopause nausea and vomiting, which is giving me some cause for concern. Going for the simplest answer first, I will add regular doses of powdered ginger to her diet to see if that relieves it.

Having greatly reduced random thought in my mind, I'm getting new insights into how the "software" works. Thought works in chains. A thought, particularly if accompanied by an or emotion, generates other thoughts and memories that match it. I can see the advantage from an evolutionary perspective, as you can then be fully geared up for specific situations, but it can also backfire and lead to very dark moods, as one negative thought generates a string of others. A calm focused mind is thus absolutely critical to the wellbeing of both myself and others.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you clear in your own mind about what's happening to your life?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny all day.
Clear overnight
A Consistent moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 04:40
Sunset at 21:30

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Someone keeps vandalising my hedge - the police won't help so I've hired a Privet Investigator : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Dara O'Brian on IT  very good!

8. TRIVIA
The superstition that the bridegroom must not see his bride before the wedding stems from the days when marriages were arranged and the groom might never have seen the bride. There was the chance that if he saw her, he might bolt. Other sources say that to see the bride in her dress is peering into the future, which is sorcery forbidden by the Bible, and can bring bad luck.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever." - Francois Muriac