SUNDAY 23rd JUNE 2013 09:30 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd June 1943)
In the Black Sea...
Soviet vessel Leningrad sunk by U-18

In Albania...
SOE liaison officers make initial contact with Enver Hoxha, leader of Albanian Communist partisans.

In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessel Nilo Matkovic sunk by RN submarine HMS Unshaken.

In the Atlantic...
British vessels Volturno and Shetland sunk by Luftwaffe Kondor aircraft.

In the Pacific...
The first phase of the Japanese evacuation of Kiska Island is completed
On the way to Guadalcanal, US vessel Aludra is sunk and US vessel Deimos is heavily damaged beyond repair by IJN submarine RO-103
Advance elements of US 158th Infantry Regiment land unopposed on Kiriwina Island in the Trobiand Islands overnight

In Australia...
Prime Minister John Curtin survives a vote of no confidence

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Hull, England by the Luftwaffe
Bay of Biscay Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
La Spezia, Italy by RAF Bomber Command
Buka Island by US AirSols

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The milk run
Me Time
Lunch
Meditation
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
The ability to stay mindful faced a good test yesterday at a particularly busy shift 2 of the Weekend Job. The behaviour and responses of "Gary Blonder observed" wasn't greatly different from "being" Gary Blonder. However, they were a little "damped down" because consciousness was somewhat detached from the experience.

My objective now is to persevere with mindfulness and observe what the character does when acting purely intuitively.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What are you really?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers, some heavy and sunny intervals in the morning
Mainly dry and overcast in the afternoon
Showers, often heavy will return in the evening, gradually petering out after dusk.
Mainly dry with clear periods thereafter
Wind will be strong and westerly, veering gradually north-westerly and easing.
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 04:36
Sunset at 21:42

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
In dog-years, I'd be dead! : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Bill Bailey plays "Enter Sandman" on car-horns

8. TRIVIA
Approximately 75% of drunk drivers involved in fatal collisions weren't wearing their safety belts.

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is the quality of courage that makes a life brilliant.