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12.08 – 12.14
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Sun Dec 14 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Life

The ever-tenacious Andy P brought the ex-Friday team together for our annual night out in Farringdon (not a particularly convenient location for anyone, it turns out). Four years on from its inauguration we were back in The Slaughtered Lamb discussing the same old AI nonsense. I got the impression I felt the most threatened by our future metal overlords and everyone else thinks the promise of AI is overstated. I should try to be comforted by that since I rate the other Fridayers’ tech skills well above my own so hopefully they know best. It was great to see everyone. Sad that Fionnbharra couldn’t make it.

Me and Σσ had Tuesday off and remarkably neither child managed to ruin it by being sick. We went for a leisurely breakfast, paid lip-service to the idea of doing something cultural in town, then promptly went back to bed till pick-up time. Most relaxed and refreshed I’ve felt in a very long time.

We got a Christmas tree that’s already showing signs of quite dramatic needle shedding. There’s a good chance it’ll be bald by the 25th. Maybe next year we’ll stop contributing to the inescapably problematic deforestation situation.

Baba and Gangan came to visit on Thursday and the kids have been over the moon. B & G obviously can’t stop thinking (or talking) about Aila. I don’t think it’s going to be easy for them to extricate themselves from the situation when the time comes for Johnny and Dani to go it alone.

We all went out to King’s Cross to look at the lights and eat churros. Ηη threatened to be a total prick but ultimately sorted his act out. Churros with Nutella was a hit.

Ηη got a new pb at Junior parkrun. He was brimming with pride as G & B cheered him on.

I survived a soft play birthday party with Ηη on Sunday afternoon. I have vociferously nominated Σσ to take the hit on the next party.

We closed out the week with a full family nit wash which is always a sure-fire way to ensure there isn’t a shred of goodwill to be found anywhere in the flat. I think Jim and Ange were impressed with the various levels of melting down on display.

The current phase of design system noodling at work is almost complete. I couldn’t have done it without Chromatic and Claude (even though he wasn’t as good at doing it right first time as I’d have liked). And yet here I am bemoaning the ubiquitous onslaught of AI, eh?

Reading

Running

Nearly puked after track on Tuesday. Not sure if that should be taken as evidence of a ‘good’ session or not. I was definitely glad it was over. Then I equalled my Finsbo parkrun pb on Saturday, and Strava even has me going sub 18 minutes for 5k which I think I’ll claim. Ended the week entirely pain free which feels like a small miracle, and my hopes for sub-3 are alive once more.