The Dead Zone
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izmeinaHow the Gods laugh when serpents make plans.
On Monday I turned on my Big Mac computer for the first time since September 2023.
I kept procrastinating for so long.
It took ages to get online and I was logged off from most of my accounts.
But today I thought I could go back this evening and write a "nostalgic" post about a certain anniversary.
I wasn't chatting with Daisy today like is usual on Sunday evenings and Sunday evenings I usually don't do Duolingo.
So I assumed it was the perfect opportunity to finally get back to some serious squiggling using a real keyboard.
But that was before I started mucking around with a bunch of pathology tests which have to be done between 11pm and midnight.
Then more distractions on Substack along with some scenes from the news straight out of a Stephen King novel.
I guess the only reason that trump didn't use a toddler as a shield this evening was because there wasn't one nearby.
I was living in Ireland at the time but the story of the other Dead Zone - Chernobyl was huge all over Europe.
The British government used the accident as an opportunity to take out the trash at Sellafield (formerly Windscale)
What I vividly remember, a thing that happened again in September 2001 was how fire fighters and first responders turned up on the scene knowing that they would not get out alive.
Later came the pictures from Pripyat - a town near the reactor that was abandoned.
It's hard to believe it's 40 years ago this very day.
The USSR and East Germany was still a thing back then and the Cold War was in full swing.
I never did get to see the miniseries made in USA that apparently got rave reviews.
It sounds like it may be worth a look.
Lately, I keep thinking of the saying
Choose your enemies carefully lest you become like them.
The Soviet Gerontocracy of the 1980s used to be a standing joke in the West along with the whole culture of party loyalty being valued over actual competency.
And of course, the constant arse covering and buck passing.
And now 40 years on, that's exactly the sort of government they have got in the USA.
The current circus in the Capitol makes Brezhnev and bros look like bright young geniuses.
I wonder what the world will be like on 28th February 2066.
The 40th anniversary of the insanity that is Operation "Epic Fury"
As for me, I won't be around to see it.
On Monday I turned on my Big Mac computer for the first time since September 2023.
I kept procrastinating for so long.
It took ages to get online and I was logged off from most of my accounts.
But today I thought I could go back this evening and write a "nostalgic" post about a certain anniversary.
I wasn't chatting with Daisy today like is usual on Sunday evenings and Sunday evenings I usually don't do Duolingo.
So I assumed it was the perfect opportunity to finally get back to some serious squiggling using a real keyboard.
But that was before I started mucking around with a bunch of pathology tests which have to be done between 11pm and midnight.
Then more distractions on Substack along with some scenes from the news straight out of a Stephen King novel.
I guess the only reason that trump didn't use a toddler as a shield this evening was because there wasn't one nearby.
I was living in Ireland at the time but the story of the other Dead Zone - Chernobyl was huge all over Europe.
The British government used the accident as an opportunity to take out the trash at Sellafield (formerly Windscale)
What I vividly remember, a thing that happened again in September 2001 was how fire fighters and first responders turned up on the scene knowing that they would not get out alive.
Later came the pictures from Pripyat - a town near the reactor that was abandoned.
It's hard to believe it's 40 years ago this very day.
The USSR and East Germany was still a thing back then and the Cold War was in full swing.
I never did get to see the miniseries made in USA that apparently got rave reviews.
It sounds like it may be worth a look.
Lately, I keep thinking of the saying
Choose your enemies carefully lest you become like them.
The Soviet Gerontocracy of the 1980s used to be a standing joke in the West along with the whole culture of party loyalty being valued over actual competency.
And of course, the constant arse covering and buck passing.
And now 40 years on, that's exactly the sort of government they have got in the USA.
The current circus in the Capitol makes Brezhnev and bros look like bright young geniuses.
I wonder what the world will be like on 28th February 2066.
The 40th anniversary of the insanity that is Operation "Epic Fury"
As for me, I won't be around to see it.
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Date: 2026-04-27 12:20 pm (UTC)Oh and I'm curious about these tv series too but haven't got around to watching, too many things in the queue and too little energy for the exercise bike which is a prerequisite for any TV binge ;)