TUESDAY 25th AUGUST 2015 06:18 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th August 1945)
Denmark...
Physicist Niels Bohr returns home

Philippines...
General Yamashita orders remnants of Japanese forces in the Philippines to lay down their weapons

Japan...
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 conduct patrols and recon flights unopposed

Kuril Islands...
Soviet troops land on Onekotan Island, Harumukotan Island, and Shasukotan Island unopposed

Sakhalin Island...
Soviet 16th Army captures Toyohara
Soviet 16th Army detachments conduct amphibious landings at Chonto and Otomari

China...
Chinese 6th Army occupies Nanking

Indochina...
Viet Minh forces take control of Saigon unopposed

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Client prep and session
Me Time
Meditation
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

You might think that a guy getting an erection is an unremarkable thing. Even in my case I still can have one, but what was particularly remarkable was that I had one yesterday during the day without any physical or chemical assistance - that hasn't happened for a very long time!

Early this morning I got another one - and it WASN'T a urine boner! Of course, this is hardly a return to virility, but it was a pleasant surprise. There is clearly at least some life in the old nob yet. My natural curiosity leads me to ask myself how I managed it. Unfortunately I cannot tie down any unique set of circumstances that would explain it. If I could, it would mean the restoration of reliable erections! 

As it stands (or more accurately doesn't stand) these events were simply pleasant surprises rather than a sudden return to functionality. If I do get more, I will attempt to identify the common circumstance that links them, if there is one!

I am long past getting depressed over this and the other signs of ageing. As Higher Consciousness, I am in fact rather enjoying the story, hooked on what will happen next. Ultimately, everything in past, present and future has always existed and so ultimately the life experience is really a movie, but nevertheless interactive in that you can change your experience by what you focus on.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you really understand what life actually is?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny in the morning
Cloudy thereafter but remaining dry
A moderate south-westerly will swing southerly or south-easterly in the later afternoon
Max Temp = 16 degC at 3pm
Min Temp = 12 degC at 6am
Sunrise at 06:02
Sunset at 20:15
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A passing ridge of high pressure will keep most of Britain dry today, but there will be weather fronts over the south-west

Air Pressure: 1004 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER

If I didn't overthink things, who would? Where would they live? What would they look like? Would it matter? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Bob Monkhouse meets Les Dawson - excellent!

8. TRIVIA

Earth was originally born as a twin to the planet Theia, which was about half as wide as Earth and roughly the size of Mars. The two planets shared an orbit for several million years until they collided. Earth absorbed Theia, and the remaining debris eventually coagulated into Earth’s moon. The mass donated by Theia gave Earth the gravity necessary to sustain a substantial atmosphere.

9. ZEN WISDOM

The secret of good dialogue is respect for the other person, a willingness to listen, and a readiness to learn from them.