what can make good all the bad that's been done

hi there

to sound a cliche, albeit a true one, one should not rush to wish too much of their time away. but, that said, it is quite likely that many of us, look you see, look forward to this year (2020) being no more. for micro, macro, personal, societal, local and global reasons, not all that much of it has been so good. oh dear. better luck with the next one. 

should it be so that the "business end" of something relates to a conclusion of it, then here we are in november, very much within sight, if not touching distance, of the business end. and so, as a standard or indeed a given for you who prefers to just use images of my calendars than have your own, here is a gander at the calendars we have up for the month this month. 

for a bit of a change, should i be remembering the last few (monthly) posts what i have done of this, a look at the most splendid calendar of New Zealand off of Mum & Dad in New Zealand. Tunnel Beach in Dunedin, then, which looks most lovely. 

many reading this will be surprised (pleasantly so, i trust) at seeing such an aspect of Dunedin. rugby union fans would associate the place purely with the house of pain, for that was and maybe is how the rugby stadium there is known. to survive playing a match there is (or was) considered to be the greatest test any player could face. 

any notable, or interesting, dates in the month that is this month which is november? certainly. here are just a few things relating to such for your consideration.

1 - it was on this day in 1896 that National Geographic clocked how one could sell lots and lots of magazines. this was achieved by featuring images of semi (top half) naked ladies. 

3 - something of a musical day in history, for Bond theme composer John Barry, Lulu and the principal advocate of ant music for sex people, Adam Ant, all were born on this very date.

5 - not sure if i have ever mentioned this, but Tin Machine, fronted by David Bowie, played a gig on this night at the Newcastle Mayfair in 1991. i believe it was quite good. 

7 - raindrops keep falling on my head day, for it is believed that on this day in 1908 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in Bolivia. that's the real two of them, and not Robert and Paul. 

8 - a very, very happy birthday indeed to Sinan Güler, widely considered to be Turkey's best, greatest and most important ever basketball player, born this day in 1983

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9 - Sir Jimmy's funeral was held on this day in 2011. as you can read here. there are some who now consider such reverence, sadness and commemoration as being expressed rather hastily. 

11 - today is 11/11, even in the silly way what our friends in American write the date, so today is Nigel Tufnel day.

12 - seminal surprise hit film They Call Me Bruce(?) was released on this day (in the USA) in 1982. class film it was, remember renting it more than once off of petrol station at Marton Shops.

14 - today is world diabetes day, which i shall take as meaning it is a day on which international awareness of the disease or condition is raised, rather than it being people are encouraged to contract or develop it.

17 - an unsuspecting and presumably quite optimistic audience were subjected to the Star Wars Holiday Special on this day in 1978, in America at least. i saw it some years later in Australia, and now everyone who wishes to can, thanks to the magic of home taping and the wizardry of the internet. 

20 - it was so that Microsoft Windows 1.0 was unleashed on the world on this day in 1985. 

22 - on this day in 1963 two of the finest writers in the English language, Aldous Huxley and CS Lewis, passed away. their deaths, however, were not all that widely reported. instead, most world press coverage concentrated on an incident which culminated in the following question being asked - "but, other than that, what did you think of Dallas, Mrs Kennedy?" strangely, a significant date for authors to die it seems, for Anthony Burgess passed away on this date in 1993.

24 - happy birthday to Dwight Schultz, better known as Howlin' Mad Murdock out of A Team, born this day in 1947. today is a good day to say "ain't getting on no plane, Murdock" at every opportunity possible. 

29 - the greatest ever Christmas song ever, Cashing In On Christmas by Bad News, entered the charts on this day in 1987. it entered at 81, stayed there for a week, and then fell out of the chart. which meant it outsold Peel Sessions by New Order, which only made 95 before falling out of the chart. 

30 - a nice day for a, with a rebel yell, happy birthday to Billy Idol. i always get the sense that he was embraced and loved as the personification of British rock eccentricity more around the world than at home, but also i'd think he has a decent fan base here too. 

but, as ever, rather grab hold of the dates (and of course memories) which mean something to you rather than just things of relevance to the world at large. except of course the Bad News one. 

yes, of course, in the greater glory of Commodore 64 mode, here's a look at the Star Wars calendar, off of Poundland, what is up in the kitchen. 

another shift to the dark side of it all with this one, then, with Darth Vader and some of them stormtrooper characters with him for good measure. i presume the latter are there for stylish effect, for there is no circumstances in which i could see Vader not being able to handle something better himself, what with all that force stuff. 

no, i have not selected (or picked up) calendars for the year what will in theory be 2021. i am not convinced it is a worthwhile investment, to be honest. we shall see. 

right then, good look and may fortune be yours for the month ahead!

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!