Kai announced last night that he thinks he's going through a 'phase'...
Yes. It's called 'growing up'. And at the moment it's making him somewhat stroppy. But that's OK - we were expecting it anyway, and a simple explanation of
why it isn't nice to be on the receiving end of such behaviour is enough to change it. Though I don't expect that to continue, he is at least self-aware enough to know what's happening and why...
Doesn't help that he has three very loose teeth at the moment, two of them pre-molars, one on each side, and it's uncomfortable for him to eat. Eh well. Perhaps tomorrow's pizza will be enough to make them drop out.
I've finished jigsawing the stones around Roeg's Pool - worked mellow Bath stone covered with moss and lichen from their sojourn behind the shed. It looks interesting, a subtle landscape of sculpted green-hazed pale gold whose shapes and shadows change with the light, a contrast to the white quartz-studded rocks at the sunrise end and the russet flat stones around the pool itself.
I'm pleased with it.
I had a reply from the body shop's customer relations. Most of it was the same sort of self-justifying guff as the
statement I had from them, with this paragraph added:
We can assure you that The Body Shop and L'Oréal believe that protecting and enhancing the values of The Body Shop is an essential part of the proposed partnership. Any agreement to acquire The Body Shop would be reached solely with L'Oréal. The Body Shop would remain as a standalone business within L'Oréal. L'Oréal is quoted on the French stock exchange and, as such, operates entirely separately from shareholders such as Nestlé.
To me it doesn't matter: by associating themselves with such a company they tacitly give their support to its activities. The taint is there and isn't going away. The body shop state their five 'core principles' are - Support Community Trade,
Defend Human Rights [my emphasis], Against Animal Testing, Activate Self-Esteem, and Protect Our Planet. Unless large sums of money are concerned, apparently.
The Hunt for Red October has almost finished on Beeb 3 - not my usual sort of fare but I've thoroughly enjoyed it. Fine acting (mind you, with
that cast I wouldn't expect anything else!), a decent plot, wonderfully tense climax!
I'd better get this posted before the scheduled outage, and get back to
Palingenesis (taking a break from
2AC for the moment): I have a lot of re-writing to do...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
pontificated this at 1:00 pm
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