Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 8-11-2026 — Monty Python’s Life of Brian

8th November, 2026: Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

Right … I now have three new pairs of glasses.

Yes: three.

One for working at my computer, another for reading in bed, and a third for watching TV.

They seem OK, for the most part.

Although I suspect I’ll have to tinker with my display’s settings, to avoid eyestrain.

Here’s hoping.

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Just as an obscure point?

Today’s earworm is Althea and Donna’s “Uptown Top Ranking”: possibly the first song I can remember hearing in Jamaican English.

What was surprising?

Was quite how young the pair were, when they wrote the song!

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Just as a last point … ?

I had a phone-call, yesterday.

From someone inviting me to join a ‘whisky investment plan’.

Or possibly a ‘whiskey investment plan’.

It’s possibly the most pointless call I’ve ever had.

I don’t drink: so it’s on a par with asking a devout Catholic to invest in a condom factory.

Understandably?

I politely turned the offer down.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7th November 2026.

7th November, 2026.

OK … Prunesquallor — the faux-Gormenghast version of me lurking in the above video’s thumbnail — has escaped.

Oh, at least, is in the thumbnail, picking up my new spectacles!

Something I’m going to be doing myself, later today: as the new set have turned up, and need to be fitted.

The only problem?

Is that the appointment’s at one.

Lunch may have to wait.

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As you’re no doubt aware, Russell Brand has been convicted of various sexual offences: and is now facing sentencing, on Monday.

I’m tempted to call him a comedian: except I never found him especially funny*.

At any rate?

The former performer has spent his first night in HMP Wandsworth.

In what’s called the Care and Support Unit, where especially vulnerable prisoners end up: a block that’s separate from the usual Vulnerable Prisoners wings.

Even knowing Wandsworth’s reputation?

I’m not exactly sympathetic.

If he didn’t want the time, he shouldn’t’ve done the crime.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 6-11-2026 — And Then There Were None (Six Questions)

6th November, 2026: And Then There Were None.

Right … 

If anyone’s found this link from Instagram — some of my reels are doing well — I’ll say this: “Thank You For Coming!”

It’s always nice to get new readers.

Feel free to take part in the Teaser: just make sure you read the rules, and leave a social media link!

At any rate … ?

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Please remember that using TorBrowser to visit torrent tracking sites, then using a BitTorrent client — Transmission is good, I’m told — to download files from those sites, is illegal, morally objectionable, evil, naughty and wrong.

So don’t do it … !

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Did I mention it’s been chilly, over the past few days?

At least, compared to recent summers?

It’s been chilly, over the past few days: compared to recent summers … … … 

Obviously, I’ve been out and about: in long sleeves, I should add!

And pants, trousers and a coat, I should add.

And shoes, obviously.

I digress.

Have you heard a variation on the phrase “It feels like it wants to rain/snow/be windy”?

I’ve heard a few versions.

And have been using a version, myself, recently.

Because?

Because, for a couple of days, it’s felt like snow.

It turns out there’s a reason for that.

According to this article from the BBC, we’ve been experiences an SSW, a sudden stratospheric warming.

Which means we are likelier to get snow in the eastern parts of the UK.

I’m looking forward to the next payday.

I might just need a winter coat.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-11-2026 — Oh *Fawkes* … !

5th November, 2026: Remember, Remember … 

Yes, it’s officially official: it’s Guy Fawkes Night.

And … ?

That mask looks vaguely ridiculous on me, doesn’t it?

And it steams my spectacles up, as well.

The perils of vlogging, hey … ?

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th November 2026

4th November, 2026.

Right … 

I think I can say a couple of things.

One … ?

I’ve officially been covered in KY jelly, and been ultrasounded.

Or, at least, my liver has had an ultrasound scan.

I’ll learn the results when my GP gets them.

Alongside the results of liver function blood tests … that I still haven’t managed to book, yet!

Pass the phone, Vicar!

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The other thing to mention … ?

Is simply this.

Yes, I have finished another review of an episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds: and thought you’d want to share it … 

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