FRIDAY 28th MARCH 2014 07:03 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (28th March 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front fights its way into besieged Tarnopol,and blocks the escape of the surrounded 1st Panzer army
German and Romanian forces are evacuated from Odessa by ship

In the North Sea...
RN submarine Syrtis is sunk by a mine 

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine vessel MT-3 sunk by RN submarine Sportsman in the Aegean
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-6073 is sunk by Free French submarine Curie

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Kairyu Maru is sunk by USN submarine Silversides

Japanese aircraft unsuccessfully attack USN Task Force 58 as it approaches the Palau Islands

In Burma...
Japanese forces attack Chinese 22nd Infantry Regiment around Shaduzup
In the Arakan, Indian 114th Infantry Brigade is engaged fighting around Kyaukyit 

In India...
Elements of the Japanese 31st Infantry Division attack towards Kohima 
US 20th Bomber Command HQ opens to control B-29 operations

In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Yasushima Maru is sunk by RN submarine Truculent 

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France on Luftwaffe airfields by US 8th Air Force, and V-Weapons sites by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Northern Italy on rail lines at Verona and military targets by US 15th Air Force
Truk Atoll, Jaluit Atoll, Mille Atoll, and Maloelap Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Hollandia, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Penfoei, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul, New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Aberdeen Chindit Airstrip, Burma by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation/Me Time
Online Marketing
Quality Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,727 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF OBSERVATION
The latest thing I've noticed starting to decline is my ability to subconsciously task - that is tasks that I could formerly do without any conscious thought now get done wrong without conscious focus. This is most obvious when I'm typing, but happens in other tasks too like making breakfast. I am fortunate that I do not have a lifestyle that currently requires lots of organization and multitasking, or it would be more serious a handicap. On the other hand there is a benefit, you are forced to be more grounded - your mind cannot wander into dark places or stuff won't get done!

With no Weekend Job, there is a possibility of a "Honeymoon Weekend" at home if Son follows through with his intention to spend the weekend away. In any case, a weekend at home is a real treat - lots of me time as Missus will visit Daughter daytime Saturday.

I may be a carer for Missus but this in no way makes her a passenger in the relationship. As well as being chief breadwinner, she has qualities I deeply admire, most notably absolutely phenomenal patience in the face of unreasonable behaviour. I have been considerably unreasonable in the past as I've worked through my issues, yet have zero tolerance for unreasonable behaviour myself (apart from when she was psychotic - I had no choice then!) Missus tolerated it all patiently and is now doing the same thing with Daughter.

My most profound disappointment is the way Daughter has turned out - highly intelligent yet tortured by the emotions of a 14 year old, completely devoid of empathy for anyone else yet excruciatingly sensitive to any remark, and prepared to respond in an utterly ruthless and vindictive manner. Myself and Son find her absolutely intolerable and unapproachable, but Missus simply responds with more love. For this she has my deep admiration - it's one of those things she can do that I can't.  

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you living a life that plays to your strengths while having honesty about your weaknesses?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry cloudy start
Heavy showers arriving late morning will peter out by evening
Dry but heavily overcast thereafter
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 7 degC
Min Temp = 5 degC
Sunrise at 05:51
Sunset at 18:35

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand. : D    

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
QI: The Oldest Trick In The Book  

8. TRIVIA
The pipistrelle bat weighs less than two pennies and is only as long as a person’s little finger, yet it can eat 3,000 insects in one night. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
A great human revolution in just a single individual can achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, even a change in the destiny of all humankind.