Janblog 2026
The International News seems somewhat worse than usual. Some used to say back in the Cold War days, that geopolitically, the Russians play Chess whilst the Americans play Poker. Today Trump seems to play Risk whilst the Chinese play Go, Putin replays National Socialism (Third Reich edition), and the Europeans replay the Decline and Fall of the Western Roman Empire.
In the absence of a physiology adapted for Hibernation we should perhaps consider making the whole of January a holiday. I recall that the 1974 Three Day Week did not occasion a drop in overall productivity, so why don’t we all have August off as well and go for a ten month year? A couple of months a year where everyone worldwide stops politicking, fighting, trying to take territory, and the relentless and self-defeating quest for economic growth.
Since my retirement from active business the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas have extended themselves to about thirty to include Druidical Solstice, Xmas itself, New Year, the nativities of self and the Memsahib, and Bardic Grove.
Leisure activities over the period have included discussions with a publisher about compendium books on The Magic of Austin Spare and a revitalization of something like Chaos International, perhaps with selected gems from the original, (POTENTIAL COLLABORATORS PLEASE GET IN TOUCH), podcast interviews with Dr Angela Pucca and another looming with Sean Haslett (links to follow after editing), plus this latest interpretation of quantum physics: -
An explanation of which appears in this revised article: -
https://specularium.org/3d-time
Which follows on from material presented in Decblog 2025.
All the best for 2026. Death to Tyranny and Religion!