Morning Post: End of Agents of SHIELD Edition

Weather: Dull, damp, cool. We have a yellow rain warning, but we're on the outer edge of it, so I dont expect a lot to happen.
Breakfast: Hash browns, bacon, eggs, toast coffee.
Wearing: Black jeans, black tshirt. Standard issue Tesco socks.
Things done yesterday: ... I 'unno, time is weird. I know I cooked, and I took the dog for a walk, and I did sleep in, and I set up a new Discord server for the shire, but that doesn't seem like a whole day.
Things to do today: Several job applications and the acquisition of some stuff from Lidl already done. I have the final episode of the final season of Agents of SHIELD on hand, and will watch that at some stage. And later, dog walking and cooking.
Still planned writing: Commonplace issue about stuff from the vIMC, assuming I can get my brain in gear.

Final Episodes

I've recently watched the final episodes of The Magicians and Agents of SHIELD. And I am thinking about the endings of narratives; novels and TV series. And film series, too. I have, I think, about 13 points to make on this.

( No actual spoilers... )

Irish not-a-famine of 1925

Apparently, Ireland almost had a famine in 1925. I didn't know about this until I tripped over a reference to it today, and it seems that it was kept quiet by the government of the day.

But here's a quote from the Irish Times of May 27, 1925, in an article on taxation on donations: "Some months ago, when the West of Ireland was in the grip of incipient famine, a large firm in England offered to send a ton of chocolate to Connaught to help to keep the children from hunger. We understand, however, that this offer was withdrawn promptly when the firm in question was informed that duty must be paid on the chocolate. This kind of red tape is merely irritating, and steps ought to be take in Committee to put an end to it."

The past is not actually as weird as the present, but it can still be pretty weird.