“The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off” and other things noticed in the UK

… on the way to another week here in the UK.  Some random thoughts, no order…

"The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off," incidentally, is the name of an actual documentary airing on Virgin Atlantic flights right now.  The description includes the following phrase: "contains scenes that some passengers may find disturbing."

I would like to confirm this.  Some passengers may.  Yes indeedy.

Nothing against the skinless, mind you.  Honest.  I have nothing but admiration and respect, I swear.  I was uplifted and inspired.  Also, disturbed.

Other disturbing things: the dollar is dropping like a Democratic overvote.  I wouldn’t be all that surprised to see