It’s totally worth it (but that could also be the sleep deprivation talking)

Woohoo! Exciting times!

Chicken nugget chilli and pasta

Don’t hate me… but here’s chicken nugget chilli with pasta.

Got better reviews than lunch.

Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff

As much as I dislike Palantir, this is standard practice to onboard any consultant or contractor. And it’s so standard that literally every organisation does this.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Although the Dow looks very similar right now

My portfolio

Last seven days of my portfolio performance

It was fun while it lasted…

Chicken nugget salad with bbq sauce vinaigrette

For lunch we pulled out a miracle for an edible salad of chicken nuggets with a barbecue sauce vinaigrette.

As my wife said: “I wouldn’t have it again but it’s edible.” High praise.

Now we’re making an Oreo and strawberry trifle…

Disagreement between Little O and Little P on the inclusion of custard, so we’re having custard on the side.

Un mélange de chips avec de la sauce barbecue

Two thumbs up from Little P

Next up… crisps and bbq sauce

Random food shop from a 5 year old

Like, what do I do with this?

Took Little O to the supermarket to get “ingredients” for dinner and he’s selected random things and now I have to figure out how to pair chicken nuggets with pasta…

But we have made a smoothie from the berries that were chosen.

Definitely written by someone who has never visited the Falklands.

Might as well write the same article about any cold and remote island or group of islands.

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned C...

This is such a one dimensional view of PE. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

PE is a tool and, like most tools, it reflects the intentions and constraints of whoever wields it.

And there’s something, something corn laws… the good folks at the MERL (a Reading institution) would possibly know.

I have a fondness for Reading that can only be explained by three years as an undergraduate.

I thought it was before that… like 1760s

Back when the dollar was the crypto

Saw a bunch of weirdos in Ringwood protesting against central banks.

6 7 repeated at scale

Little O: “if we stare at this long enough it will enter our minds…”

The six seven meme has finally infected our household.

Not loving the 182.9p per litre though

Estates vs SUVs: there’s no competition It may not be the sexiest motor, but the station wagon will always be a winner

I absolutely adore my Passat estate. Couldn’t agree more with this article

www.ft.com/content/0331... Estates vs SUVs: there’s no competition

It would make the house prices in Esher even more expensive

Little O thinks that anything 8-bit is from Minecraft… whom do I complain to?

If only he were guided by his faith…

Middle of the pack is where it’s at

All of them at once

Tartiflette A creamy and comforting oven bake of potatoes, cream and bacon – tartiflette is classic après-ski dish, originating from France's Haute-Savoie region.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/mary...

But instead of cutting the cheese into chunks, I just cut it in half. And I used double instead of single cream.

A tartiflette straight from the oven. Golden, bubbling cheese

It might be spring, but I am in need of a mountain meal.