
Development news... MoN-202, Chapter 6 continues development, when I can stop seething (see below)...
Here we go again... Unemployment is over two million, just as predicted, and yet again, there is talk of all kinds of "new help" for those claiming benefits. However, none of the previously-announced "help" has come "on line" yet - and here comes the wave of indignation, as thousands of armchair "experts" go ranting on about the "workshy" and the "spongers", offering only thinly-disguised slavery as a "solution". The vast majority of the rise in the unemployed are all the former employees of all the companies that have gone to the wall lately - Woolworths, Zavvi, several fashion outlets - and the best option would surely be to get them "back to work" as swiftly as possible, buoying up the struggling economy and building a decent foundation for the recovery, during which the remainder of the jobless register can be given proper, meaningful help and employment.
Naaah, far too easy. Such a waste of a good enemy for the nation to vent their hatred against. Why leave the way clear for them to direct their wrath at the true culprits behind the recession, namely Gordistair...?

Meanwhile... My experiment seem to be bearing fruit. Avoiding Gaia and its games appears to result in significantly better performance...
And finally... An out-of-town shopping trip this weekend looks increasingly likely, as does progress on a craft project - if I win the auction for the necessary materials.