Enjoying the shade by the riverside. Betsy is experimenting with natural headwear 👒

oh no what have I done

It is 1am with a few whiskies down so it is time to respond to my emails with absolutely no caution and shimmering bravado 😎

if this isn't peak adulthood then it must be close 😌

Back up in teuchter country touching grass with Betsy. She insists on touching it with aggression 😂

expending so much energy being angry at people simply existing outside their wee bubble. Nigel please sit down, have a nice mug of Horlicks, and watch some Columbo. you'll feel much better 💜

Back up north to look after my special floof for a couple of days. She says hi 👋

one soldier remains for the photo shoot 😂 raspberry interior turned out nice and colourful which made up for the brown bread shells

Decided that I was going to start trying to be a bit less soft and squishy. Did 20 minutes with my hitherto doorstop and wow I didn't realise how unfit I have become. Turns out shaking espresso martinis isn't adequate upper-body exercise 😭

This weekend's fun fact! Lovely and wholesome if true 🥰

okay best attempt so far! they don't have cracks, got a wee bit of rise and are generally circular. shame about the colour though. :(

Macaron attempt #6 is go! Batter is thinner and they've piped generally circular so I'm optimistic 🍀 🤞

The circus is here. 1. Unnecessarily noisy 2. Vicarious fear of falling to my death 3. A reminder of how physically inadequate I am 4. Clowns 5. Clowns again for emphasis But I'm still tempted 😅

in case you were wondering my official generated Wu-Tang Clan name is Fortunate Tiger so you can call me that or Daniel I don't mind either way

when the tightrope walker tries to go too fast and falls

Et voila, an all-purpose protest sign for everything 2026 has brought upon us

It is arts and crafts time 🎨

Mundane one really but for me it was the Kinetic water fountain at McArthur Glen shopping centre in Livingston. Always loved watching it spinning and spilling out water when I was a wee lad, and reminds me of family holidays 🥰

Just had an El Nombre flashback. Does anyone else remember him? What a guy.

Nothing to see here just me being an absolute office badass 😎

It was 28°C in Dundee today (for you American breeds that's 82.4F). Simply put this is an unacceptable Dundee temperature, and I will be writing to the First Minister to insist that he exercises his powers to demand that the flaming skyball cease its hijinks immediately. 🥵

Ballsed them up again, folks! Made shortbread instead and that all got eaten today which helped my self-esteem 🧑‍🍳

Macaron attempt #5 is underway. I am maintaining a positive attitude with a David Attenborough audio book and a martini. 🍸

Macaron attempt 4. Burnt the buggers and they're still irregular but they have a nice rise!

I have an idea for a video about GenAI that involves eating soup in various ways. idk if it's a good idea (probably not) but anyway please do send suggestions for elaborate soup consumption methods 🍲

Back visiting for the weekend. Pleased to see Betsy's decided to wean herself off the cigarettes.

Back up north this weekend. Sister's birthday tomorrow - spent way too long making a card for her and then left it on my bloody coffee table 😭 Took some pictures so I'll just send her those instead. What a great brother I am 🙄

Quick question

Fully what now? Oooh. See? It's all about the detailing!

i see some cartoonists and comics people are coming in to say that historians are being too "precious" about citations...yeah. We are pretty precious about that. Because it matters. And its not "jealousy" are you high? Most of us are just glad other people are interested in our work.

Someone bashed down our flat block's security door at about 4am and it's completely broken off its hinges. Fellow block-mate said she knows it wasn't me because of my "physique" and idk how to feel about this 😅

Never give soy sauce to a sad person. It's wrong to Kikkoman while he's down.

Went to see the last Jackass movie yesterday. I first saw Jackass when I was 11 at a friend's house, and now at 34 they still made me laugh so hard. I'm sad that this is the end of it all. Maybe I need to be more mature, but something about a man getting floored by a giant hand still gets me 😂

Got my new frames today which has made me happy 🙂 idk why my upper lip refuses to give way for my teeth when I smile but I guess it doesn't matter

Yesterday was graduation for Science & Engineering at Dundee! Got to see my lovely students cross the stage and also got to meet their equally lovely families 😍 On a bit of a conflicted downer now - I know they're gonna be excellent people but I'm gonna miss them too 🥲

"Please bear with me ma'am, I can't seem to find your booking. Do you have a reservation number? No ma'am, not your phone number. The reservation number was emailed to y- no ma'am I don't know your Gmail password. Honestly ma'am I'm too fucking old for this shit"

It is Graduation Week at Dundee Uni once more! Always a lovely time of year. Dorothy is graduating with her PhD for new research into the healing properties of looking at hedgehogs 🥰

Heard a silly joke today that I would like to share with you all 😅

silliness

I ballsed up the macarons too 😭

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I am not cut out for DIY. Did an acceptable job but my spirit is broken and paint is everywhere 😭 Feeling better after a shower and a large brandy.

Painting isn't going quite as smoothly as anticipated

I have two goals this weekend - repaint my bedroom, and make raspberry macarons. I've never painted a room myself and haven't made a macaron in 8 years. Am psyching myself up for failure 😅

Spare a thought for the Dundee University staff who were told yesterday that their jobs are at risk, who today have to talk to prospective students and parents at an Open Day. They are expected to paint a confident picture. It will take quite a feat of imagination. @ducuuo.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

We jammin'! Not made any in a while but got lovely strawberries and a few blackberries on the cheap 🍓

So many proposed job losses, in the form of a document and a 5-minute "yeah sorry but we have to cut things so..." recording. I'm angry and sad for colleagues all over campus who are innocent victims of this management's shitshow. Unexpected? Not really. Unacceptable? Bloody right!

Made them into Frownies. Just brownies that are also pissed off with the world 💜

Baking brownies yaaay! 👩‍🍳 (le vin rouge is for direct chef consumption only and should probably not be included in the recipe)

Went for coffee with a good friend today. I don't have many friends but those I have, and the time I spend with them, are precious. 💜 Got this fancy-ass miso brownie too. 5/10 excessively salty but appreciate the presentation and love the mascarpone.