Our household is preparing itself for the upcoming storm season. The Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, is prone to massive summer storms, and current conditions indicate a dangerous bushfire risk. The world's weather is going haywire, as you've seen in Europe, Tibet and Southeast Asia.

The local Council has a very good level of readiness, response and advice should such events occur. Here's their site: https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Emergencies-disasters-outages/Get-Ready

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I receive loads of exciting emails. Warnings, pleading, bleating, and greetings. I manage to avoid nearly all of them. It turns out I'm not off to Hollywood, but staying here in my room. This email threatens my well-being, and no, I'll not be opening the attachment, thanks very much.

𝖶𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖯𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗒 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗋𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌.

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If you enjoy dark, cynical, unapologetic humour, this collection is likely to suit you.

Told through the voice of a retired Environmental Health Officer with a lifetime of grievances, these interconnected stories take sharp, often hilarious aim at bureaucracy, hypocrisy, and everyday human stupidity. Outlaw motorcycle clubs, eccentric religious figures, reluctant food operators, and even murder all feature, and just when a story seems predictable, Crawford steers it...