If we had any clue at all and were not in utter thrall to the familiar, we’d already be there

6.40am

Turn on the morning radio and god it’s just a vast carnival of wrongness. Wall to wall WTF.

There is a Code Red for humanity, the power companies have marked the coldest night of the year by not making enough electricity, and a boat full of covid has had nearly 100 unvaccinated New Zealanders aboard. Good luck to us all.  Let’s try to make for the shore. Can’t see it yet but if we swim for a while maybe something will come into view.