Exile and Elvis

Always took candy from strangers, didn't want to get me no trade

There are, I think, three must have Rolling Stones albums:

Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street.

I did say 'I think' there, before hanging, drawing and quartering. I've realised that of those three, I most often turn to Exile, despite there being much to forgive. It's messy. Big, sprawling, a double album (in olden vinyl terms) that probably could've been cut back with more aggressive editing. Loose. Undisciplined.

Well, his coat is torn and frayed

it's seen much better days.

Just as long as the guitar plays

let it steal your heart away

Big, messy and undisciplined as it is, Exile on Main Street is beautiful. Warm. Human. Warts 'n' all.

You don't wanna walk and talk about Jesus

You just wanna see his face

Bad word

Sky Go is a wonderful thing, even if the tightwads are withdrawing the download now, watch later facility as part of the service and then adding it back at an additional monthly charge. They seem unaware that their competition in this respect is cut-throat, and the £5 / month is poor value.

I can watch sport on the laptop while BLISS and DLL watch the telly. I only 'book' the TV for the occasional event.

I'm usually very relaxed about 'bad' language, and don't subscribe to the myth that only inarticulate people swear. However, there's a word that pops up all to regularly, one that has no place on the football, rugby, or cricket pitch:

BUFFERING

Elvis is cool...

...until he melts. Our neighbour's magnificent snow Elvis: