SUNDAY 4th AUGUST 2013 06:44 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (4th August 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Operation Rumiantsev: Soviet Voronezh Front making progress against German 4th Panzer Army, whilst Soviet Steppe Front attacks around Belgorod.

In Sicily...
The British 8th Army pushes across the Salso River.
US 7th Army makes an unsuccessful attack against Troina, but 7th Regimental Combat Team successfully conducts an amphibious landing behind German defences on the coastal road.

In Algiers...
British ammunition vessel Fort la Montee catches fire and explodes in Algiers harbor, and is subsequently scuttled. RN destroyer HMS Arrow is heavily damaged by the explosion and subsequently written off.

In Gibraltar...
Italian manned torpedoes sink British vessel Stanridge, Norwegian vessel Thorshovdi and write off US vessel Harrison Grey Otis.

In the Atlantic...
U-489 sunk by RAF aircraft 

In the Pacific...
US 43rd Infantry Division and 37th Infantry Division are still clearing Munda airfield on New Georgia Island.

One IJN guardboat is sunk and one damaged by USN PT boats off Kolombangara Island

Japanese vessel Kaisho Maru sunk by USN submarine Finback in the Java Sea

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Dalfram sunk by U-181  

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Le Trait, France by US 8th Air Force
Italy Naples and military targets by USAAF
Palermo, Sicily by the Luftwaffe
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force, unaware it has been abandoned
Cape Gloucester and military targets, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Solomon Islands multiple military targets by US Air Sols 
Selaroe Island by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run 
Family Lunch
Meditation/Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,657 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated =0
New Followers = 0 

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A long cathartic conversation with Son, the latest of several we have had in recent times, drew us closer as we discussed his mother's illness and Daughter. We both realized that we are both still in a process of acceptance, him with Missus and me with Daughter. This was all very positive and healthy. The talking through of hurts, the casting off of both guilt and blame, and the Discipline of Acceptance is both healing and strengthening. I went to bed feeling more grateful than ever. 

"Holiday-At-Home" effectively ends today. I have thoroughly enjoyed a jolly good slob, but tomorrow marks a full return to discipline - it's discipline that is the guarantor of my wellbeing and will prolong the "Golden Age" I am currently enjoying.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What changes are you making to make your life more like how you want it?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Sunny/dry spells between scattered showers.
Heavy rain moving in overnight
A moderate southerly wind will blow throughout
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 14 degC
Sunrise at 05:26
Sunset at 21:00

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
The doctor told me I needed to stop masturbating - he said he wasn't going to examine me while I was : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Mock the Week standup - Sports, Osama Bin Laden, War On Terror, Wrong Numbers  

Things you wouldn't hear in a medical documentary 

8. TRIVIA
More people suffer from compulsive eating disorder than from bulimia or anorexia. 

9 . ZEN WISDOM
The outcome of your life does not hinge on any single battle.