the leap day (the three of rabbits, the six of hens, the two of crows...)

the three of rabbits.

the six of hens.

the two of crows (often).

it's true. we are coming up on the 2000th blogpost of this incarnation of the blog on blogspot. (we are on 1952 so we will cross that border sometime towards the end of april horsemouth thinks). we are rolling up towards 11 years of blogging here. three years plus of blogging everyday. 

there was of course a previous incarnation of this blog on myspace (currently stored in a zip file) that transitioned onto blogger through a more regular blog on facebook using the facebook 'notes' tool (when that existed). 

it is the leap day so we will be using this somewhat anomalous day for reflection on just what exact kind of craziness fuels this whole enterprise. 

it is the leap day. the last time it was a leap day was in 2020. the pandemic was about to arrive. horsemouth was comparing it to godzilla. because there are fewer leap year days than normal days there are fewer entries in his memory. 

currently the plan is to do a phonecall with his brother in the evening, then a zoom meeting friday 12-1 and then get a train down out of newport mid afternoon (then in the evening horsemouth goes to see a gig). 

saturday there's a plan to wander round charlton (british home of italo svevo). 

horsemouth has been researching the water industry. 

'since margaret thatcher’s government privatised england’s water companies in 1989, debts have been piling up almost every year, going from no debt in 1989 to a combined £60.3bn between them in 2023... 28% of thames’ customer bills were spent servicing debt...'

'thames water has been lobbying the government and regulators to let it increase bills by 40%, pay lower fines for breaches and keep paying out dividends as part of efforts to avert a taxpayer bailout...'