Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 1)

One of the names I have reserved space for as a villain in a yet-to-be-written novel is “Elsevier.”

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Hell yeah. (Which is also to name the place where those money-grubbing gatekeepers of publicly funded research should go. If, you know, such a fiery place actually existed.)

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Tons of time in a federal prison would be a more realistic desire – although one without tennis courts and free movement within the facility would be just as realistic as Hell.

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Go, Captain Moore.

It’s about to pass the £10 mil mark.

ETA: Now close to passing the £11 £24 mil mark.
This is like the perfect storm of a gentleman reaching his century innings, a WW2 vet and a cause that everybody can get behind - namely the NHS, which all of us rely on. Seems to me a particularly british thing but it gives us a collective bit of uplift when every day is bringing us down.

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Encouraging! Thank you.

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John-Paul Drake, who runs Drakes supermarket in Adelaide, says he gave the customer the middle finger after the man tried to return approximately 5,000 rolls of toilet paper and 150 one-litre bottles of hand sanitizer earlier this month.

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Aggressive dog gives in to hugs for first time after rescue from his aggressive owner

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giphy

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Heroes:

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Most attorneys were pushing for this, even quite a few prosecutors. Glad that it finally happened.

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Candido is still entirely alive and turned 99 today!

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As long as he’s socially distant, I support this.

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Maybe no need on their part, since others will likely steer clear instead!

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Oh, you know there’ll be some jack ass who won’t. There always is some jack ass.

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He needs to make sure his scythe is nice and sharp, then.

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