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Looks like I can finally put the podcast out.
Today's other Hitchin cemetery grave that caught by eye was William Wilberforce Whitney, a man presumably named in honour of anti-slavery campaigner (eventually successful, but after Mr Whitney was named for him) William Wilberforce.
I liked the fact that his initials were WWW and I bet his friends had some fun calling him "three Ws" - though had they known what was to come they could have had some fun with website addresses. It's sad that none of them lived to make that joke, but I am here for you guys.
His epitaph is "Jesus saith unto her, thy brother shall rise again." No sign yet though.
It's another grave shared by siblings and presumably Emma Day has married someone else (or had a different father) and is Eliza his wife or sister - hard to be sure.
Anyway I was drawn to this grave, so presume there's some amazing story there for people with Ancestry to find out!
I travelled to my TV job today. My train to London was delayed because apparently someone in a train in front of us had attempted to get out in a tunnel whilst the train was still going at 100mph. It's a dangerous way to travel these days. If you're not being stabbed you're getting derailed or someone is trying to get out of the train much too early.
I had been given first class train travel to the final destination, which was a nice treat (usually I have to steal this privilege) and it was nice to enjoy this on someone else's dollar. I even resisted all the treats on offer at Euston 1st class lounge and on the train in an effort to continue my healthy diet.
This is a huge step forward for me. All that free stuff and I didn't feel the need to consume as much as possible. Well, I felt the need, but ignored the need. I am very mature. I am heading to a place where there will be snacks all over the shop. I will need a will of iron. Yet my will, previously made of cheap plastic, seems to have been replaced by an iron one.
Iron can rust.
I will be back and forth on these trains over the next few weeks and based on today's experience I am not going to mind that at all. I can do a bit of work, the first class seats are noticeably plusher on this line and I could play online poker if only the fucking wifi worked.
I cannot reveal what this job is just now, but it's going to be a fun and challenging one. I am so far out of my comfort zone on this one that I actually feel quite comfortable. I am hoping it will be a good laugh and not just humiliating. I like being humiliated though. Only whilst being filmed. Especially if I am being paid. All will be revealed eventually, but don't build your hopes up, lest it is an anticlimax.
