Time to fly. ✈️

Looking down the length of a plane from the aero bridge. Tail, wing and engine are visible.

🛫 Out of office set. Time to get on a plane and ignore work for 12 days.

I have to get through work today and then I’m done and on leave until 2 January. I have my list of things I need to finish so if someone asks for anything today I’ll be adding it to the 2024 list.

Working at our graduation ceremonies and one of the staff that help with putting academic staff in their robes gave me a lapel badge he made. He remembered I like badges for my jackets. It’s perfect for graduation ceremonies! 👨🏻‍🎓

A lapel badge pinned on a blue shirt. The badge is a black mortar board with red tassle above a rolled up white document with a red ribbon around it.

I’m working at a graduation ceremony this morning. It’s already 33°C at 7:45am. I feel for the students dressed very nicely to celebrate finishing university and end up being very sweaty just getting there. At least they’re in AC once they’re there. I’m leaving my AC on ready for when I get home.

🍷 Last trivia for the year with Team Napoleon Pete.

I loved the three Doctor Who specials and intend to rewatch before the Christmas episode. Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker in the third one was brilliant casting. His routine inside UNIT HQ was wonderful silliness.

I have no issue with the way the regeneration played out in the third one. 📺

I’d like to drop gmail as it’s the last bit of Google I haven’t removed from my life. However, I have a grandfathered free Workspace having set it up in about 2010 when it was Google Apps and cost nothing. Email addresses across multiple domains for free is a big hook I haven’t been able to get off.

Having successfully avoided any references to Doctor Who online today I’m going to settle in and watch the first 60th special. I’m a big fan of the Tennant and Tate 2008 season so very much looking forward to them together again on my screen. 📺

Happy Doctor Who Day! The show hits the 60 year mark today and is the one tv show that I can safely say has been a favourite my whole life. Can’t wait for the three specials and then a new Doctor. 📺

A Radio Times article from 21 November 1963 promoting the new BBC tv show, Doctor Who. The article has a photo of William Hartnell, the first actor to play the role.