[No. 632] Invest in Mikeycoin

There's no such thing, but who cares, these days?

And, yes, yes, do it![1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![1], and, yes, yes, do it![2], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![2], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[1], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[2], and Mikeycoin is the future![1], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![1], and Mikeycoin is the future![2], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![2], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![1], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[2], and I love you, a lot[1], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![2], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[1], and I love you, a lot[2], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![1], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[2], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[1], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![2], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[1], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[2], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[1], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[2], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[1], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[2], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[1], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[2], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[1], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[1], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[2], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[2], and do, do, do ... it!!![1], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[2], and, yes, yes, do it![3], and do, do, do ... it!!![2], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![3], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[3], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[3], and Mikeycoin is the future![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![3], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[3], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![3], and I love you, a lot[3], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[3], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![3], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[3], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[3], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[3], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[3], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[3], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[3], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[3], and do, do, do ... it!!![3], and

And, yes, yes, do it![1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![1], and, yes, yes, do it![2], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![2], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[1], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[2], and Mikeycoin is the future![1], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![1], and Mikeycoin is the future![2], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![2], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![1], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[2], and I love you, a lot[1], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![2], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[1], and I love you, a lot[2], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![1], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[2], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[1], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![2], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[1], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[2], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[1], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[2], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[1], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[2], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[1], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[2], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[1], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[1], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[2], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[2], and do, do, do ... it!!![1], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[2], and, yes, yes, do it![3], and do, do, do ... it!!![2], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![3], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[3], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[3], and Mikeycoin is the future![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![3], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[3], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![3], and I love you, a lot[3], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[3], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![3], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[3], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[3], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[3], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[3], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[3], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[3], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[3], and do, do, do ... it!!![3], and

And, yes, yes, do it![1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![1], and, yes, yes, do it![2], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[1], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![2], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[1], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[2], and Mikeycoin is the future![1], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![1], and Mikeycoin is the future![2], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![2], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![1], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[2], and I love you, a lot[1], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![2], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[1], and I love you, a lot[2], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![1], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[2], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[1], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![2], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[1], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[2], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[1], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[2], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[1], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[2], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[1], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[2], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[1], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[2], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[1], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[1], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[2], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[2], and do, do, do ... it!!![1], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[2], and, yes, yes, do it![3], and do, do, do ... it!!![2], and yes, little coins with my face on, uh, painted just for YOU(!) ... with Microsoft Paint, ha![3], and you might get RICH - !!! / and, or ... I might[3], and I can email them to you / and that's how technological I am, man[3], and Mikeycoin is the future![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't think too hard, please![3], and I suggest you use your emotions ...[3], and YOU(!) ... are almost great ... but you need my coins, son/daughter, yes![3], and I love you, a lot[3], and I don't want you to feel manipulated ... even though I'm manipulating you, obviously[3], and you're here NOW(!) ... so do it![3], and what are you scared of? / and, Jesus! ... you're barely alive without lots of lovely Mikeycoins[3], and you're so brave, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... it's really simple ... give me your money, man, and I'll give you mine[3], and you trust people, a-ROUND, yes[3], and, listen ... cash is very nice for me / and I like it for sentimental reasons ...[3], and you enjoy taking risks, a-ROUND, yes[3], and I know you want to be truly alive ... / ... and it's something I can help you with[3], and tell me ... what do you deserve?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and this is the best thing that's ever happened to you[3], and what will I buy, once I've made it? / and maybe your soul, fool ...[3], and do, do, do ... it!!![3], and

Tech investment in the UK

A huge boost, apparently. Not that it will do much good with Brexit on the horizon. 'Don't be so negative, boss.' Shut up, Voice! 'Ha! Only joking, man. Be as negative as you like.' Well, thank you. / Yeah, it's only £300,000, anyway. Maybe it will do some good, and maybe it won't. What do I know?

Last week saw Sadiq Khan launch a major new initiative to provide a boost to the tech sector in the capital. Announcing the programme at WIRED Live, he confirmed that City Hall intends to fund 20 investment days across the next four years. The Mayor will have full funding support from the UK Business Angels Association following their promise to match the Mayor's contribution.

So, uh ... angels, then. 'What ... real angels?!' I don't know. I hope so. It would be nice, wouldn't it? In these dark times, we could do with some hardcore spiritual help.

These investment days are vital to the UK tech sector, with over £140m raised through existing TechInvest days.

Okay, okay. £140 million. Not bad, I suppose.

The Mayor announced that the Greater London Authority will be investing £280,000 into the events programme, however this will be doubled following the UK Business Angels Association's announcement that they will match it. The events schedule will focus on different aspects of the tech sector over the next few years, allowing funding to reach a wider tech audience. The programme will also offer coaching for business leaders, who will be connected to experienced investors in the industry.

Right. The thing is, I don't think angels get involved with business, do they? Is it even allowed by God? 'No, it sounds dodgy, boss.' That's the problem with these PR emails, man. Can we trust what they say? I mean, I could send out emails telling everyone I'm the second coming of Jesus Christ. 'Yeah. I'm surprised you haven't done it already.' And I could ask people to invest in the holy Mikeycoin, but ... 'It would be total bullshit, boss.' Exactly! Of course it would.

Anyway, Jenny wants to say something ...

Jenny Tooth, CEO of the UKBAA, said: "The Mayor's new campaign reflects the huge range of innovative technologies, products and services being developed here in the capital; and demonstrates a strong capacity for scale and market disruption. UKBAA is delighted to continually support and highlight the success stories of the fantastic entrepreneurs in these sectors, as well as recognizing the contribution made by their investors who bring such vital finance and support. At UKBAA, we will continue to support the UK's tech growth with capacity building actions, including new regional Angel Hubs, combined with our new national e-learning programme on angel investing."

Okay, okay. Uh. Well, at least they believe in angels. That's something. So many business people are just awful squares who believe in nothing supernatural. 'What are angel hubs though?' Er, I presume they are ... well, offices for the angels to hang out in. You dig? 'Oh.' If they're coming to earth to help us, man, it's only fair that we give them a base to work from.

Okay, that's enough, dear reader(s). Laters.

[No. 631] Are you motivated?

No kooks, please. Only squares.

And, uh ... you need my help, yes[1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[1], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[2], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[1], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![2], and ... do it, do it now![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[2], and squareness is a sickness, after all[1], and ... do it, do it now![2], and ... real truth[1], and squareness is a sickness, after all[2], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[1], and ... real truth[2], and, well, well ... well[1], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[2], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[1], and, well, well ... well[2], and it's for your own good, obviously[1], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[2], and it's satisfying for me, too[1], and it's for your own good, obviously[2], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[1], and it's satisfying for me, too[2], and how does eternity grab you?[1], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[2], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[1], and how does eternity grab you?[2], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[1], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[2], and the cosmos is watching ...[1], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[2], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![1], and the cosmos is watching ...[2], and think big, too![1], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![2], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[1], and think big, too![2], and how would you cope? Seriously[1], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[2], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[1], and how would you cope? Seriously[2], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[1], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[2], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[1], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[2], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[1], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[2], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![1], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[2], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[1], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![2], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[1], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[2], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![1], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[2], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[3], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![2], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[3], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[3], and ... do it, do it now![3], and squareness is a sickness, after all[3], and ... real truth[3], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[3], and, well, well ... well[3], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[3], and it's for your own good, obviously[3], and it's satisfying for me, too[3], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[3], and how does eternity grab you?[3], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[3], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[3], and the cosmos is watching ...[3], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![3], and think big, too![3], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[3], and how would you cope? Seriously[3], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[3], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[3], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[3], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![3], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[3], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[3],and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![3], and

And, uh ... you need my help, yes[1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[1], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[2], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[1], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![2], and ... do it, do it now![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[2], and squareness is a sickness, after all[1], and ... do it, do it now![2], and ... real truth[1], and squareness is a sickness, after all[2], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[1], and ... real truth[2], and, well, well ... well[1], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[2], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[1], and, well, well ... well[2], and it's for your own good, obviously[1], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[2], and it's satisfying for me, too[1], and it's for your own good, obviously[2], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[1], and it's satisfying for me, too[2], and how does eternity grab you?[1], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[2], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[1], and how does eternity grab you?[2], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[1], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[2], and the cosmos is watching ...[1], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[2], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![1], and the cosmos is watching ...[2], and think big, too![1], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![2], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[1], and think big, too![2], and how would you cope? Seriously[1], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[2], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[1], and how would you cope? Seriously[2], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[1], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[2], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[1], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[2], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[1], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[2], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![1], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[2], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[1], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![2], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[1], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[2], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![1], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[2], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[3], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![2], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[3], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[3], and ... do it, do it now![3], and squareness is a sickness, after all[3], and ... real truth[3], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[3], and, well, well ... well[3], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[3], and it's for your own good, obviously[3], and it's satisfying for me, too[3], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[3], and how does eternity grab you?[3], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[3], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[3], and the cosmos is watching ...[3], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![3], and think big, too![3], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[3], and how would you cope? Seriously[3], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[3], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[3], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[3], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![3], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[3], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[3],and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![3], and

And, uh ... you need my help, yes[1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[1], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[2], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![1], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[1], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![2], and ... do it, do it now![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[2], and squareness is a sickness, after all[1], and ... do it, do it now![2], and ... real truth[1], and squareness is a sickness, after all[2], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[1], and ... real truth[2], and, well, well ... well[1], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[2], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[1], and, well, well ... well[2], and it's for your own good, obviously[1], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[2], and it's satisfying for me, too[1], and it's for your own good, obviously[2], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[1], and it's satisfying for me, too[2], and how does eternity grab you?[1], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[2], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[1], and how does eternity grab you?[2], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[1], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[2], and the cosmos is watching ...[1], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[2], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![1], and the cosmos is watching ...[2], and think big, too![1], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![2], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[1], and think big, too![2], and how would you cope? Seriously[1], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[2], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[1], and how would you cope? Seriously[2], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[1], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[2], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[1], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[2], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[1], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[2], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![1], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[2], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[1], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![2], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[1], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[2], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![1], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[2], and, uh ... you need my help, yes[3], and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![2], and, listen ... I'm an expert in saving people from the misery of boring, everyday life[3], and, no, I ain't got no diploma, man - Christ![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND is ... the best way I can cure you, probably[3], and ... do it, do it now![3], and squareness is a sickness, after all[3], and ... real truth[3], and, listen ... I suggest that you take massive spinning action RIGHT NOW[3], and, well, well ... well[3], and, please, please, please ... you must get incredibly DIZZY(!) ... you dig?[3], and it's for your own good, obviously[3], and it's satisfying for me, too[3], and if you don't dig, man ... this is going to take a long time / and, fortunately, we have a long time[3], and how does eternity grab you?[3], and a-ROUND here ... insanity makes sense / and you are looking at a new world of opportunity, son[3], and, uh ... daughter, yes, equal opportunities[3], and the cosmos is watching ...[3], and, you, you, you ... uh, be a-ROUND here, always![3], and think big, too![3], and if the GREAT POWER - out there!!! - poured its consciousness ness into you, well ...[3], and how would you cope? Seriously[3], and that's for professionals, anyway / and I'm talking about tuned-in shamans like myself, man[3], and spiritual aristocrats, goes without saying[3], and I wish YOU(!) ... the best of luck, yes, but I don't know how much longer I'll be here[3], and I could turn into a rock star ... or a dolphin[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... I'd like to be a dolphin, oh, swimming away![3], and, actually ... a cosmic dolphin, flying though space, just like a rocket, heading for the sun[3], and what am I like, eh? / and not like you ...[3],and, so ... be a kook ... WAKE UP!!![3], and

Put your troubles to the back of your mind, and put your goals to the front of your mind

Right. Okay. Day One of my new motivational blog. 'What, boss?!' This is my new motivational blog, Voice. 'Oh, you're not serious! Where's the financial news?!' Ha! No one has sent me any decent PR emails, man. I've looked around for news, but it's nearly August. Everyone's on holiday. No one's interested. There's NOTHING going on. I want to do SOMETHING else. ANYTHING!!!

Right. Okay. Anyway, what you've got to do, dear reader(s), is put all your troubles and fears, etc, to the back of your mind. You can't get rid of them. There's no chance they're going to leave you alone. But the trick is, to be vaguely aware of them ... while you focus on your goals and dreams and visions at the front of your mind. Focus on what you want to achieve. Hopefully, your troubles and fears will be behind your goals, pushing them forward. You dig? But what you don't want to do is spend your time thinking about all the bad shit in your life ... while the good shit you're going after just disappears. / Right. Touch the back of your head, reader(s). Do it now! And say to yourself: "This is the bad shit. I want nothing to do with it." Have you done that? Good! You can do it a few times, if you want. Right. Now, touch your forehead, and say: "This is the good shit. This is what I want, and I want all of it." Okay?

There's no need to thank me. Do it every day and see if things improve in your life. 'That's great, boss!' Thanks, Voice.

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Anything else? I didn't record my songs yesterday. I've got a bad back. However, I'm not thinking about it, you dig? What I am thinking about, man, is the FACT(!!!) that I can record the Citizen Kane of albums with the songs I already have. Another song like Nothing would be nice, but I don't think it's needed. So I'm happy.

Brexit? Uh. Christ! I'm not happy about that. I'm sorry. I'm not happy about the army guarding supermarkets. That's not my idea of sunlit uplands. 'Put it to the back of your mind, Mikey!' I'm not happy about the Kremlin running our country - and America, too! / I suppose you've got to take your hat off to Putin. He's a clever guy. I mean, winning the Third World War without even firing a shot is just pure fucking genius. However, we shouldn't be happy about it.

Actually, we shouldn't think about it. You dig? Let's be happy!

Laters.

So, uh ...

Yeah, yeah ... / It's the last post of the week, and I have absolutely no desire to write about the financial news because it's supposed to be the hottest day ever today. And I'm not so crazy that I would write about finance on such a day.

Also, there's no Voice today. I told him to not bother turning up for work. It's too hot to be dealing with his idiocy. He's probably on the astral plane now, getting a suntan. Good luck to him! Oh, we'll see him again next week. Well, not actually see him. The bastard is invisible. But we'll hear him. You know what I mean, dear reader(s) ... ? Yes, of course you do.

I'm looking forward to Sunday, frankly. They reckon it might be in the low twenties then. And that's a perfect temperature for recording my songs. Over the next three days, I hope to rehearse five or six hours a day. [Maybe I'll work on a new tune, too.] I'll just sit and play in front of the fan, man. And I don't mean pop fan. Christ! I don't have one pop fan following me around. I mean the fan to keep cool, you dig?

Actually, I think the fan gave me a migraine yesterday - which knocked me out from midday onwards. I can get a migraine from anything. It's a real nuisance. If I were touring, I would have to cancel gigs. That's how bad it can be.

So, uh ... The Beatles made a big mistake not putting Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane on Sgt. Pepper. [George Martin said it was the biggest regret of his career.] There are too many weak songs on that album. And those two songs would have made it more like a Citizen Kane of albums. Never mind, eh?

I've been listening to quite a few unsigned bands and artists on Twitter. All the songs are weak. The mistake they make - and it's the same mistake I made with my first demo - is ... the songs are just good enough. I mean, maybe they write a couple of songs which would be good enough to get on a Beatles album, and then, I suppose, they get the idea in their heads that they can write like Lennon and McCartney. But the songs won't be on the level of Hey Jude or A Day In The Life. They'll be like Dr Robert or The Night Before. You dig? You can't get a deal with such material, man. And the hard part is keeping a deal, by the way. One of my favourite albums is So Much For The City by The Thrills. But they were dropped eventually.

Anyway, I'm listening to The Thrills now. It's perfect Californian summer music. Laters!

It's far too hot for financial news, but Paul Spendiff has got a job

Well, well ... / A new job, I mean. He had a job, another job, a good job, probably, but ... you know how it is, dear reader(s). These people are never happy.

Paul Spendiff was working at Apex Fund Services. 'What did he do there, boss?' Er ... hang on a minute, Voice. [A minute passes.] Uh ... he was head of European sales, and some sort of managing director ... of their UK operations, I imagine. 'You don’t have to imagine, boss.' That's true. 'So, where is he going to now?' Ha! Where are any of us going to, Voice? As I keep saying, there were billions of years of life in the universe before we were born. That's time we missed out on, man. And after we die, there will be billions of years more. That's time we will miss out on, too, I'm afraid. We won't know what's happening ... on earth, or anywhere. And people - idiots, basically - like to say, "Oh, we'll have a lovely time in the afterlife". But there's no guarantee of that. There may be NOTHING after death, or ... there may be a sort of life where you lose your identity, your personality, and just, uh ... merge with the spirit power of the cosmos. So you won't be aware of anything, really, you'll just - 'No, boss. I mean what firm is Mr Spendiff going to now?' Oh. FundRock Group.

FundRock is a leading independent UCITS Management Company and Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) offering solutions for Luxembourg, UK and Ireland based funds, with paid up capital in excess of the €10 million capital requirement ceiling.

Our clients are established blue-chip companies and leaders in their domestic market. This is important to us and increasingly to asset managers and investors, as it means there is low contagion risk to their brand and investments.

You see, dear reader(s)? FundRock. It's nothing like the afterlife, and maybe that's for the best. 'They can use that, boss.' Yes, Voice. They can put that on their website.

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Okay, okay. Anything else? Music? BBC Weather reckons it'll be a bit cooler this coming Sunday. I'll believe it when I see it, feel it, but it might be a good time to try recording my songs again. / I'll have to put some new Elixir strings on my guitar. Amazingly, the present strings have been on for well over two hundred hours and still sound reasonably okay. That could be down to the new Tusq saddle.

Anyway. Later(s), blog and pop fan(s)!

[No. 630] It ain't half hot, kook(s)

Let's cool off.

And Jesus H. - !!![1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and it's worse than hell ...[1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[1], and it's worse than hell ...[2], and, uh ... the incredible heat![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[2], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![1], and, uh ... the incredible heat![2], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[1], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![2], and I can't think straight, thank God![1], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![1], and I can't think straight, thank God![2], and ... YES - !!![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![2], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[1], and ... YES - !!![2], and ... ha![1], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[2], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[1], and ... ha![2], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[1], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[2], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[1], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[2], and come on![1], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[2], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[1], and come on![2], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[1], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[2], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[1], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[2], and keep going, kook(s)![1], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[2], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[1], and keep going, kook(s)![2], and shut up, idiot, please![1], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[2], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[1], and shut up, idiot, please![2], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[1], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[2], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![1], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[2], and ... Christ - !!![1], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![2], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and ... Christ - !!![2], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[3], and it's worse than hell ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[3], and, uh ... the incredible heat![3], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![3], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[3], and I can't think straight, thank God![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![3], and ... YES - !!![3], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[3], and ... ha![3], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[3], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[3], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[3], and come on![3], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[3], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[3], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[3], and keep going, kook(s)![3], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[3], and shut up, idiot, please![3], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[3], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[3], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![3], and ... Christ - !!![3], and

And Jesus H. - !!![1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and it's worse than hell ...[1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[1], and it's worse than hell ...[2], and, uh ... the incredible heat![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[2], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![1], and, uh ... the incredible heat![2], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[1], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![2], and I can't think straight, thank God![1], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![1], and I can't think straight, thank God![2], and ... YES - !!![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![2], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[1], and ... YES - !!![2], and ... ha![1], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[2], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[1], and ... ha![2], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[1], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[2], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[1], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[2], and come on![1], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[2], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[1], and come on![2], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[1], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[2], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[1], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[2], and keep going, kook(s)![1], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[2], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[1], and keep going, kook(s)![2], and shut up, idiot, please![1], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[2], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[1], and shut up, idiot, please![2], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[1], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[2], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![1], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[2], and ... Christ - !!![1], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![2], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and ... Christ - !!![2], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[3], and it's worse than hell ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[3], and, uh ... the incredible heat![3], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![3], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[3], and I can't think straight, thank God![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![3], and ... YES - !!![3], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[3], and ... ha![3], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[3], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[3], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[3], and come on![3], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[3], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[3], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[3], and keep going, kook(s)![3], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[3], and shut up, idiot, please![3], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[3], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[3], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![3], and ... Christ - !!![3], and

And Jesus H. - !!![1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[1], and Jesus H. - !!![2], and it's worse than hell ...[1], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[1], and it's worse than hell ...[2], and, uh ... the incredible heat![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[2], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![1], and, uh ... the incredible heat![2], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[1], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![2], and I can't think straight, thank God![1], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![1], and I can't think straight, thank God![2], and ... YES - !!![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![2], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[1], and ... YES - !!![2], and ... ha![1], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[2], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[1], and ... ha![2], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[1], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[2], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[1], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[2], and come on![1], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[2], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[1], and come on![2], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[1], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[2], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[1], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[2], and keep going, kook(s)![1], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[2], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[1], and keep going, kook(s)![2], and shut up, idiot, please![1], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[2], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[1], and shut up, idiot, please![2], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[1], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[2], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![1], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[2], and ... Christ - !!![1], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![2], and Jesus H. - !!![3], and ... Christ - !!![2], and, uh, uh, uh ... our minds, our souls, eh?[3], and it's worse than hell ...[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and, oh, maybe we'll find some shade, eh?[3], and, uh ... the incredible heat![3], and who wouldn't lap that up? Me![3], and ... my consciousness ness, and yours / and we're in this together, you dig?[3], and I can't think straight, thank God![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND here ... / and is it really the best time to get DIZZY(!) - ?![3], and ... YES - !!![3], and it's worse than the astral desert ...[3], and ... ha![3], and I can hardly move my body, but ... that don't matter a-ROUND here, you dig?[3], and ice cold is a state of mind, state of soul[3], and the faster we get, the better we will feel ... / ... and it's only a theory, obviously[3], and come on![3], and the wind is all a-ROUND us, yes, yes, yes[3], and ... 'Mikey, I'm exhausted!'[3], and we wouldn't have such trouble beyond the THREE ... I'm sure of that, man[3], and keep going, kook(s)![3], and the best is yet to come ... remember, we'll never stop / and ... 'Boss, I want to get off!'[3], and shut up, idiot, please![3], and a-ROUND, yes, yes, yes ... until you feel, yes[3], and ... how exciting!(?) 'How?!'[3], and one more(?), and one more(?), and one more(?) ... for the bloody cosmos![3], and ... Christ - !!![3], and

Euan Munro on those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer

Okay, okay. Yeah, I've been speaking to my mate again, Euan Munro, the chief executive of Aviva Investors. 'A mind connection, boss?' No, no. Ha! Not in this heat. Christ! 'Oh. A soul connection then.' Are you stupid, Voice?! If it's too hot for a mind connection, how the hell am I going to establish a soul connection with our Euan?! 'Okay, okay. A phone call then.' Yes, a phone call. Late last night. To his mobile. In the tent. 'Tent?! Wow! It sounds like an Elon Musk situation. He must be working really hard. That's impressive!' No, no. It's a tent in the park, Voice, for fun, not work. They've all got tents now. 'Why?!' Look, just let me do this, man ...

Mikey! Hello, Michael. How are you doing, son? Fine, Euan. How are you? Great. Really great. I've heard you're camping out in the park now. Yeah, man. Big time. We've had some lovely nights. And during the day, if it gets too hot, we just go inside our tents for a while. Are you actually allowed to do that, Euan? I mean, camping in the park, like. Oh, we had some guy from the council come round, giving us a bit of grief. But, uh ... I just slipped him a hundred quid, you know? He lost interest in us after that. Ha! That's the way to do it, Euan! Money talks, after all. Fuckin' A it does! / Hey, why don't you pay us a visit sometime? I know all the Aviva Investors boys and girls would love to see you. I'm too busy, man. I mean, I'm either blogging or playing my guitar. I don't have a spare moment. For Christ's sake, Mikey! Life is for living. Yeah, yeah. You're nuts, man. Okay, Euan. Laters. Bye!

What a character, dear reader(s)! But as long as he's happy ... / I mean, not everyone is ambitious, you dig? And maybe Euan and the gang have got it sussed. The good life. 'It helps, boss, that those Schroders mugs are backing them up.' Yes, I suppose. Me, I'm on my own. If I don't write this blog, no one else will do it. 'I'll give it a go.' Oh, shut up! Seriously. Ha, ha, ha!

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Anything else? Brexit? Well, it looks like we'll have to start buying tinned food in preparation. I don't remember that on the side of the fucking bus. Vote Leave and live on starvation rations. Doesn't sound quite as good as millions for the NHS, does it?

Well, laters.

[No. 629] Deal with it, square(s)!

We're going beyond the THREE - !!!

And ... yes, yes, YES - !!![1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[1], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[2], and ... have faith, please![1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[2], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[1], and ... have faith, please![2], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![1], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[2], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![1], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![2], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![1], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![2], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[1], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![2], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![1], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[2], and I deserve it ...[1], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![2], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[1], and I deserve it ...[2], and I want more devotees ...[1], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[2], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[1], and I want more devotees ...[2], and ... where are we going?[1], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[2], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[1], and ... where are we going?[2], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[1], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[2], and one spin ... too many?[1], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[1], and one spin ... too many?[2], and I might be losing my grip ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[2], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[1], and I might be losing my grip ...[2], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[1], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[2], and - uh![1], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[2], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![1], and - uh![2], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![1], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![2], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![2], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[3], and ... have faith, please![3], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[3], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![3], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![3], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![3], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[3], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![3], and I deserve it ...[3], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[3], and I want more devotees ...[3], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[3], and ... where are we going?[3], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[3], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[3], and one spin ... too many?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[3], and I might be losing my grip ...[3], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[3], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[3], and - uh![3], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![3], and

And ... yes, yes, YES - !!![1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[1], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[2], and ... have faith, please![1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[2], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[1], and ... have faith, please![2], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![1], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[2], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![1], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![2], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![1], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![2], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[1], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![2], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![1], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[2], and I deserve it ...[1], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![2], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[1], and I deserve it ...[2], and I want more devotees ...[1], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[2], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[1], and I want more devotees ...[2], and ... where are we going?[1], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[2], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[1], and ... where are we going?[2], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[1], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[2], and one spin ... too many?[1], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[1], and one spin ... too many?[2], and I might be losing my grip ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[2], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[1], and I might be losing my grip ...[2], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[1], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[2], and - uh![1], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[2], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![1], and - uh![2], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![1], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![2], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![2], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[3], and ... have faith, please![3], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[3], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![3], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![3], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![3], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[3], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![3], and I deserve it ...[3], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[3], and I want more devotees ...[3], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[3], and ... where are we going?[3], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[3], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[3], and one spin ... too many?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[3], and I might be losing my grip ...[3], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[3], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[3], and - uh![3], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![3], and

And ... yes, yes, YES - !!![1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[1], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![2], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[1], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[2], and ... have faith, please![1], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[2], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[1], and ... have faith, please![2], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![1], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[2], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![1], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![2], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![1], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![2], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[1], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![2], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![1], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[2], and I deserve it ...[1], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![2], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[1], and I deserve it ...[2], and I want more devotees ...[1], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[2], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[1], and I want more devotees ...[2], and ... where are we going?[1], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[2], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[1], and ... where are we going?[2], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[1], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[2], and one spin ... too many?[1], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[1], and one spin ... too many?[2], and I might be losing my grip ...[1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[2], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[1], and I might be losing my grip ...[2], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[1], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[2], and - uh![1], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[2], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![1], and - uh![2], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![1], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![2], and ... yes, yes, YES - !!![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![2], and, uh ... not today(?), obviously(?), because ...[3], and, but, but, BUT(!) ... we, us, kook(s), I mean, we will, I mean, we're heading in that direction, you dig?[3], and ... have faith, please![3], and ... 'Today, and today, and today, Mikey!'[3], and, oh ... a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... here we go, and back we come again, FFS![3], and the cold world won't hold us back, man![3], and, ha! ... it's a mystery ... what ... we'll find when we get there - and we don't care![3], and, uh, some sort of paradise, I suppose[3], and it will beat ... whatever the squares are living with - YOU(!)? / and be a kook, just for me![3], and I deserve it ...[3], and surely not ... ... ... YOU(!)?[3], and I want more devotees ...[3], and the cosmos is divided into kooks and squares ... so pick a side, my friend(s)[3], and ... where are we going?[3], and if I decide to stay in the cold world ... I'm only one song away from true greatness[3], and, so ... come on / and are YOU(!) coming?[3], and one spin ... too many?[3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND now ... / ... and they don't call me aeronaut of the spirit for nothing[3], and I might be losing my grip ...[3], and my nerve went ages ago, like yours[3], and I'm feeling a bit sick, man, and a bit scared, and I don't know if I'm ready for such an adventure in my life[3], and - uh![3], and NOW I'm going -?! ... no, no, no, oh, hold me back![3], and, Christ! ... a-ROUND again![3], and

Nick Pepe is going to Mill Hill Capital

Yes. Eventually. I wish him the best of luck, obviously. (It would be churlish not to.) 'Er ... what do you mean, "eventually", boss?' I mean, Voice, it's the summertime and the living is easy and our Nick doesn't actually want to be in no sweaty office at the moment, so ... he'll be joining Mill Hill in September, once the weather has cooled down a bit. 'Oh. Lucky him!' Exactly! / Here's a bit about the firm (from its website), dear reader(s) -

Mill Hill Capital is an investment adviser based in New York. The firm focuses on market-neutral relative value investments in US Credit. The fund seeks to identify asymmetrical strategies across securitized and corporate bond markets. We concentrate primarily on the following asset classes: CLOs, corporate financials, corporate transportation, Aircraft ABS, Esoteric ABS, non-agency mortgage-backed securities, and credit indices. The firm is led by David Meneret, formerly Head of Securitized Debt Trading at Macquarie and Senior Portfolio Manager for Macquarie Credit Nexus Fund.

You see? Over in New York, of course. I'm sure it's hot over there. It's certainly hot here. 'It ain't half hot, boss!' Whatever. / By the way, our Nick used to be at Citigroup, doing something or ... other. Uh. Probably other, knowing him. 'What will he be doing at Mill Hill, boss?' More of the same, I should think, Voice. Or something similar. Guys like our Nick don't change.

I think it's nice they don't change. The world is a mess. Let's have some consistency! Please!

...

Right. Anything else? My music? Oh, it's a fresh start today. 'Ha!' Yeah. Believe it, Voice, pop fan(s). / Man, one thing I've learnt from Elon Musk is, don't be afraid to think big and tell people that you're thinking big. You dig? I mean, he just tells people, "I'm building a city on Mars. Deal with it!" / Well, I reckon I only need one more song as good as Nothing to give me the material I need to record what I call the Citizen Kane of albums. The greatest album of all time. And future-proof, too. [If anyone ever surpasses the album, it will be me. No one else.] So ... deal with it!

Okay. Brexit? Christ! It's pretty obvious what's going on now. Look at all the leading Brexiters, man. They're running away and putting their money in safe places. What does that tell you?

Okay. Laters.

It's the Friday morning blog post!

Well, well ... / So, uh ... 'What's the Friday morning blog post, boss?' It's, uh ... this, Voice. 'Oh. / And what are you going to write about?' Well, I did receive a PR email about artificial intelligence and how it will create lots of jobs in Britain. 'Ha!' Exactly. It's bollocks. Jobs will be lost. So I'm not writing about that.

Finance? No thanks. Not today. Man, I might change this blog into something else. 'A self-help motivational blog?' Oh, maybe. I don't know.

DO IT!!! DO IT NOW!!!

Ha! 'Ha!' Never mind.

...

Okay, okay. Music? Er ... I've said it before, pop fan(s), but I really need/want to write more songs like my big three, including Nothing - my best. I find it hard to get the enthusiasm together for "normal" songs now, even though they still need to be written, of course. Masterpieces are the way forward, man. [Maybe they always were.] Look at T.S. Eliot. 'He didn't write songs, boss.' Shut up, idiot! Eliot became one of the two greatest poets of the twentieth century [Yeats the other] by writing two poems, The Waste Land and The Hollow Men. Shamanic masterpieces! However, his early poems aren't all that, and Four Quartets is a load of phoney rubbish. You dig? And because those two poems are so MASSIVE!!! ... Eliot probably beats Yeats, who was arguably the better poet. / The polish and refinement and concentration and beauty of Yeats is something else. I successfully matched those qualities with my Nothing lyric, which is why I think it's better than any Bob Dylan lyric, even though it's quite a bit shorter than works like Desolation Row, It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands ... and countless others. / Also, in the third verse I achieved Shakespearean grandeur which Dylan hasn't done in my opinion [despite reaching for it, admirably]. 'Show us!' Ah, it will all become clear when I finally put the songs on my other blog, the music one, yeah?

Not that you care, dear reader(s), because you're into FINANCE!!! ... for reasons best known to yourself. Have you seen a doctor about it? Seriously, son/daughter, we're not living in the age of Gordon Gekko no more. Wake up! Since 2007 it's all been shit. 'Yeah, and you've been writing about it since then, boss.' Yes, Voice, for my sins. I'm burning my bad karma off, man. And it's nearly done.

Well, have a nice weekend, alligator(s)! 'Later(s)!' Bye.

Six million football pitches

Okay, Okay. It's a PR email. 'About football pitches, boss?!' Yes, Voice, six million of them. The maps are missing. We don't know where they are. 'We don't know where the, uh ... maps are?' Don't be such a bloody idiot, man! We don't know where the football pitches are. 'Oh. Where should they be?' In the jungle, somewhere. 'The jungle?! This isn't making any sense, boss.' Shut up! 'Maybe you should copy and paste a bit of the email, so that everyone knows what you're going on about.' Okay, okay. Here -

Efforts to monitor and manage the impacts of the tropical forestry sector are being hindered, due to many companies failing to accurately disclose where they operate - leaving biodiverse forests at risk of unsustainable exploitation. This is just one finding of an in-depth evaluation of forestry companies, published today on 18 July 2018 by ZSL (Zoological Society of London).

Uh. Obviously, this has got nothing to do with finance, dear reader(s), but I sometimes receive random emails like this and ... NO ONE has sent me any hedge fund emails, so you can't blame me. I've got to work with the material I'm given. You dig? / Anyway ...

In assessing 50 of the world's most significant tropical timber and pulp producers, ZSL's SPOTT (Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit) found that most are failing to publish accurate maps of their operations. With 2017 the second worst year on record for tropical tree cover loss, the forestry sector must now move to publish maps that support independent monitoring of corporate commitments targeted at addressing risks to forests.

Okay, okay. 'What about the football pitches?' Ha! You want football pitches, baby, you got them!

ZSL's SPOTT assessments cover timber and pulp producers with combined land holdings of over 350,000 square kilometres, an area the size of Germany. In the latest annual assessments, only eight companies were found to publish clear and comprehensive maps of their forestry operations, while 27 companies disclosed incomplete information. A further 15 companies do not provide any suitable maps of their operations, meaning the location of over 45,000 square kilometres - or over six million football pitches - of forestry operations remains unclear.

You see? Football pitches. Six million of them. Very clever too, considering that the World Cup has just finished.

To increase accountability, the tropical forestry sector should freely publish digitized maps that allow the exact locations and boundaries of their operations to be identified. Certification schemes such as the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for Endorsement of Forestry Certification) should also take steps to encourage the publication of certified companies' mapped boundaries.

Er ... / Hang on, everyone! We've got a finance quote. Look! 'Oh, thank God!' Yes! This is awesome!

Robert-Alexandre Poujade, ESG Analyst at BNP Paribas Asset Management, said: "Responsible investors and banking institutions are increasingly aware of the impact that unsustainable commodity production can have on forests globally. Tools relying on satellite imagery are already proving crucial in tracking deforestation, but the loop can only be closed when companies publicly disclose the exact location of their operations."

Nice one, Bobby-Alex! You've probably saved my skin today. I mean, I don't want the readers getting angry.

Right. Obviously, the solution to this problem is for Elon Musk to get into his flying Iron Man suit thing and, uh ... well, fly over the forests to get a proper idea of what's going on. 'Ha! I don't think that's wise, boss.' Ha! Maybe not. Never mind. It's just a suggestion, man.

ENDS

Laters!

[No. 628] If you go away ...

You've got to come back.

And, uh ...[1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![1], and, uh ...[2], and ... Christ![1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![2], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[1], and ... Christ![2], and it's a tragedy, man![1], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[2], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[1], and it's a tragedy, man![2], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[1], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[2], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[1], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[2], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[1], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[2], and ... silly me![1], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[2], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[1], and ... silly me![2], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[1], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[2], and if in doubt - spin![1], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[1], and if in doubt - spin![2], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[2], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[1], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![2], and it could be comforting[1], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[2], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[1], and it could be comforting[2], and the glass is half full, I reckon[1], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[2], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[1], and the glass is half full, I reckon[2], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[1], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[2], and don't get upset, please![1], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[2], and, so, yes ... we're going back![1], and don't get upset, please![2], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![1], and, so, yes ... we're going back![2], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![1], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![2], and, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![2], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![3], and ... Christ![3], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[3], and it's a tragedy, man![3], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[3], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[3], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[3], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[3], and ... silly me![3], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[3], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[3], and if in doubt - spin![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[3], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![3], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[3], and it could be comforting[3], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[3], and the glass is half full, I reckon[3], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[3], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[3], and don't get upset, please![3], and, so, yes ... we're going back![3], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![1], and, uh ...[2], and ... Christ![1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![2], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[1], and ... Christ![2], and it's a tragedy, man![1], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[2], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[1], and it's a tragedy, man![2], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[1], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[2], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[1], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[2], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[1], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[2], and ... silly me![1], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[2], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[1], and ... silly me![2], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[1], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[2], and if in doubt - spin![1], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[1], and if in doubt - spin![2], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[2], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[1], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![2], and it could be comforting[1], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[2], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[1], and it could be comforting[2], and the glass is half full, I reckon[1], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[2], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[1], and the glass is half full, I reckon[2], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[1], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[2], and don't get upset, please![1], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[2], and, so, yes ... we're going back![1], and don't get upset, please![2], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![1], and, so, yes ... we're going back![2], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![1], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![2], and, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![2], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![3], and ... Christ![3], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[3], and it's a tragedy, man![3], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[3], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[3], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[3], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[3], and ... silly me![3], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[3], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[3], and if in doubt - spin![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[3], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![3], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[3], and it could be comforting[3], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[3], and the glass is half full, I reckon[3], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[3], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[3], and don't get upset, please![3], and, so, yes ... we're going back![3], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![3], and

And, uh ...[1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![1], and, uh ...[2], and ... Christ![1], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![2], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[1], and ... Christ![2], and it's a tragedy, man![1], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[2], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[1], and it's a tragedy, man![2], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[1], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[2], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[1], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[2], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[1], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[2], and ... silly me![1], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[2], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[1], and ... silly me![2], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[1], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[2], and if in doubt - spin![1], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[2], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[1], and if in doubt - spin![2], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![1], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[2], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[1], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![2], and it could be comforting[1], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[2], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[1], and it could be comforting[2], and the glass is half full, I reckon[1], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[2], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[1], and the glass is half full, I reckon[2], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[1], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[2], and don't get upset, please![1], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[2], and, so, yes ... we're going back![1], and don't get upset, please![2], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![1], and, so, yes ... we're going back![2], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![1], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![2], and, uh ...[3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![2], and ain't that the goddamn awful truth?![3], and ... Christ![3], and if you go a-ROUND ... you can be sure you'll be back here soon enough[3], and it's a tragedy, man![3], and, or, or, OR(!) ... an opportunity to get wise ... ?[3], and I wouldn't like to say, kook(s), no, no, no, because I'm feeling rather clueless at the moment ...[3], and I've hardly got the energy to talk, type ...[3], and ... what do you think? / and, ha! ... uh ... I forgot, you don't think, do you?[3], and ... silly me![3], and that's my fault ... because I told YOU(!) to feel[3], and it's confusing, I know / and I confuse you, yes / and I confuse myself, seriously[3], and if in doubt - spin![3], and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND, and a-ROUND ... / ... and don't you feel a whole lot better?[3], and ... 'I'm feeling worse, boss' / and I wasn't asking you, idiot![3], and here we are / and NOTHING changes / and maybe we shouldn't be complaining ... ?[3], and it could be comforting[3], and you've got to look at the situation a certain way / and you've got to twist your mind[3], and the glass is half full, I reckon[3], and, of course, we haven't even mentioned life beyond the THREE yet / and ... 'No, boss, no!'[3], and, uh ... okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ... / and okay, okay, okay ...[3], and don't get upset, please![3], and, so, yes ... we're going back![3], and, but ... Bodhi didn't go back![3], and, yes, yes, yes ... FFS![3], and