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02 May 2021 So I have been tinkering yet again with my phlog writing script. When will this be finished? Who knows!! I suppose only when I go beyond my skill level probably. Anyhow, I now can update phlog posts to my heart's content without having to remove duplicated entries in the gophermap. There was no desire to leave the house today. Weather was fine but desire left me. Only 1 more week until the next sumo tournament though! Having 6 tournaments a year is a great part of sumo. Each tournament is 15 days long so there is plenty of action in a sort of intense period. Thankfully there are great people who edit the afternoon's bouts so that they fit into 30 minutes each day. This stops life from getting in the way of the sumo. It is shaping up to be an important tournament with several of my favourites hopefully fighting their way from the second division to the first division. One of the second highest rankers (ozeki) is at threat of demotion (kadoban) which always adds an element of excitement. I do enjoy hearing all the preparation gossip thanks to the hard work of Kintamayama who runs a mailing list. You can subscribe to the mailing list at dichne.com. I heartily recommend it as you get a lot of background information. However, the wrestlers do tend to keep repeating the same positive vibe statements about working hard and keeping focused. I have been enjoying a TV series called Unforgotten. It is a UK series which currently sits on Netflix. The programme focuses on a couple of detectives who look into cases where a body has been found after many years. There are lots of twists and turns with lots of parties involved but it does not take the piss with it. Events feel like they could possibly happen but keeps dramatic. There are 3 series of 6 episodes which means it is nicely manageable. I heartily recommend it if you want a good detective series. I do love a good detective series of books or programmes. My only issue is that I tend to compare them against the greatest series of films, TV programmes and books - Henning Mankell's Wallander. It is both ridiculous, comedic, tragic and most importantly human. Wallander is a typical person with the same sorts of concerns we all have - getting old, concerns about relatives and what to eat next. The crimes are sensational and can be towards the extremes but the route to solving the case is not. Henning Mankell uses the books to discuss social themes of Swedish society in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This is in the same spirit as the Martin Beck series by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo. Wallander in film often involves adapting books but occasionaly new stories appear. There are 2 Swedish series of films and a BBC series of TV programmes. Netflix has started a series about Wallander's early career. It is good but involves a shocking instance which starts it all off. This seemed a bit too shocking for the sake of the spectacle. However, the writing seems to make up for that lapse. There is a second series appearing and I am looking forward to it.