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About my own beeswax

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Happily beeswaxing new bookcases that have arrived from the recycled wood place. Less happily cleaning the Augean Stables of the cat litter trays, a labour that is necessary due to the inability of fat Basil to squeeze through the catflap. This leads to having to have a litter tray in the house, into which all three defecate with copious abandon. Minimal writing done as I mind mapped and wrote lists of things I need to do, which is far easier than actually doing anything. Eye test this afternoon by a loquacious optometrist. Interesting to see photographs of the back of my eye on his screen, which I was told are in decent shape. Better shape than the feeble jokes the man was creaking out. Still he was friendly, and told me that despite recent eye strain, I don't need a new prescription, a boon for the Kenny coffers. Home and a quiet night, listening to my Audiobook of  Ulysses , which has got easier when I realised I was listening to it on 1.5 x normal spe...