M&S's viral strawberry sandwich has had a second spin in the spotlight thanks to budget supermarket Aldi, which has mock-launched a random alternative.

Anyone else excited by this?

So yesterday I rescued a young Robin that caught its leg in our garden feeder. All OK.

Yesterday evening I went to the kitchen to start dinner and there was a sparrow flapping about by the kitchen window. The kitchen door next to window was wide open, but our cat Daisy was prowling round so that probably stopped the sparrow from flying out. Managed to get hold of it and it too was uninjured. Off that went as well.

Don’t think Daisy had caught it as she is too slow. So much that that she either ignores the birds (apart from making funny noises at pigeons and magpies), or they stay out of her reach.

Wonder what animal rescue I have today.

iPlayer link here.

I found this documentary jaw dropping. Japanese tv producers have to be some of the most evil people on the planet. Did anyone else catch it?

We've had a few newspapers write stories about it too:

RAG WARNING - Daily Mail "BBC viewers left 'in tears and screaming at the TV' after documentary about 'absurdly cruel' reality show that saw contestant stripped naked, starved and locked up alone for a YEAR"

Manchester Evening News "BBC's The Contestant: What happened to Nasubi and how much money did he get for being on show?"

Mirror "BBC fans in shock over 'cruel' reality TV show where contestant starved and told to strip"

I sleep with the windows open and haven't heard a buzz or woken up with bites at all.

Am I the only one noticing this?

Fascinating development in kitkat technology

BBQ beef Hula Hoops. Amazing when they have plenty of seasoning, a little blegh when you get a batch that went light on the seasoning lol

7 pounds for a pack of boneless thighs, while breast is 4.58 for the same weight is absolutely mental

Anyone find it weird that we simply don't know where some significant historically documented battles took place.

Like Boudicea's final stand is somewhere near the London part of Watling street (a street that extends from Dover to Wroxeter via St Albans), with 80 000 losses, and we've just... never found the bones.

Same with the Battle of Stamford Bridge, where we know 8000 people died (including Harald Hardrada) somewhere in the Derwent River, but no bridge or bones found.

We know these events happened from written record, but the physicality of it just isn't present.

I don't know what I'm really trying to say other than that I feel there's a weird disconnect to a past that existed.

Just randomly stumbled on this song, and despite it being something I used to laugh at for its dramatics when I was younger, it really resonated with me just now.

Could be the beer talking

I've learned that not wearing pyjamas just soaks the bed with sweat, so might as well wear them and just change them out in the middle of the night as and when needed.

I've learned that sleeping with the window open only does nothing but ensure that I hear the birds at 5 in the morning

I've learned that a decent blindfold works better than any curtain