ANOTHER reason for kids to stay at home and another day for me to feel guilty about having to leave them for the day.
Parents can’t take time off and my younger two are old enough to know they don’t have to be sent to school. Teachers say they’ve got the hardest job, but it’s hard to buy that one. But I do hope they get whatever it is they’re asking for because I’d rather the kids were at school than destroying my house.
Literal sweet nothings
I love Chat, but not in the way some people seem to. I was vacuuming the other day and listening to a podcast about a company called Replika that allows users to download an AI friend. All well and good except for the bloke that ended up having an affair with his chatbot (I mean, at least he asked his wife if it was okay, so maybe that’s more poly… maybe). Then there was erotic chats that came into play if you downloaded the ‘pro’ subscription service. Of course I would have thought there were more erotically interesting things to do than sexting between you and a server, but it turns out there are millions of people that consider this to be the pinnacle of modern-day love. God help us.
They’re cooking with gas
I left my child to help the builders finish the install of our kitchen during the strike. It had been dragging on and a pair of helping hands wouldn’t have gone astray. I called at midday to ask how things were going. Answer? Sounds like they’re busy. Apparently they hadn’t left their bedroom.
Last word
Can we please never see another video of Steven Miles weightlifting ever again.