People putting stuffed animals in their windows so kids could see them while out on walks. I didn't have any so I printed out a picture of a Teddy bear and taped that to my front door.

@hmilnej.bsky.social has swears! They've used 75 profanities in their last 618 posts. 🥇 "fuck" (17 times) 🥈 "fucking" (9 times) 🥉 "damn" (9 times)

Pretty sure I know what word is going to come up most for me @profanity.accountant

Poor Deanie is having a bad day. First I got her out of bed at the crack on noon, then later she got her flea treatment, and now I'm vacuuming. She's going to need a LOT of Temptations to right these wrongs.

When DHS was first created I thought using the term "homeland" sounded fascist-y and was honestly shocked that no one else seemed to think the same thing. I sure didn't expect it to become explicitly fascist though. This horrifies me to the core. These monsters need to go.

A friend is coming to visit early next year and I've been having a grand time planning our little roadie around the central North Island. Glow worms? ✅ Hobbiton? ✅ Amazing geo-thermal activity? ✅ Stunning beach? ✅ I can't wait to show off this beautiful country.

I don't really do Thanksgiving but I treated myself this morning to pancakes topped with a lemon and passionfruit sauce. Delish.

I saw a yellow pohutukawa today! I was driving so couldn't take a pic. I knew they existed but this is the first one I've seen in person.

One of my favorite Thanksgivings was just after I had gotten out of the army and moved back to Baltimore. A bunch of us army buddies got together and had a Tex-Mex feast. To this day I still think about how good Meagan's guacamole was.

Friend is coming to visit in January. Her last trip she sailed down the Nile and saw pyramids in Egypt. That Taihape gumboot is going to really have to pull its weight.

Today's Final Jeopardy is a quote by Douglas MacArthur and I will never forget that I first learned who he was from an episode of M*A*S*H where Radar pretends to be him.

The Trinity for me, not for thee.

I'm an any kind of animal person but cats do hold a special place in my heart. Love all kinds of mystical/cryptid creatures but don't have any particular favourites. #SecretSantaAoNZ

Would not be surprised if Karoline called ICE herself.

Stopped by supermarket after work. Had a list of "cotton balls, trash bags, toilet paper, and *throws hands* dinner stuff." Midway through the store I confidently put the list in my pocket, job done. Get home w/out the toilet paper. Brain fog has defeated a written list, FFS.

It's a small thing but I've just started watching The Beast in Me and I'm immediately relieved that Claire Danes looks like a normal 40 something woman.

47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.

Boys are fully ass grown up pūtangitangi now. Mum and dad have let other ducks get back in the pond and I saw a fresh crop of fuzzy little yellow ducklings! Not sure what the breed is, Mum is pure white, maybe pekin duck?

It’s wild that the tradition of singing anthems before sports matches started with a Wales v NZ rugby match in 1905, as the Welsh wanted to drown out the haka. The haka is a longer and more established tradition than pre-game national anthems. 🤯 No more moaning that the AB’s should stop doing it.

My queendom for a single article like "What rural Americans need to know about urban Americans." Yes, I did just read my millionth article about how urban residents just don't understand good old rural folk, you know, "real" Americans.

Was asked to sub in for a fours game today. My teammates kept saying "Don't be nervous, just have fun!" and I'm such a bowls ignoramus I didn't know why I should've been nervous. Turns out this particular game was the premier team playing another top team, yikes. We still kicked they ass though 😈

I'm a big reader. Have just started playing lawn bowls. I like to write and am learning how to play the piano. Sort of knit/crochet/embroider but have more "on hold" projects than live ones. #SecretSantaAoNZ

Woohoo! It's giftee assignment day! #SecretSantaAoNZ

Nope! #SecretSantaAoNZ

Nine almost fully grown up pūtangitangi. I had it reversed in an earlier post, these are all boys. And I saw an eel in the pond, had no idea that any were living here. That makes it even more impressive that mum and dad successfully raised these fellows. Ka pai.

I would say ditto New Zealand but he never actually came here when becoming a citizen.

Watched the first episode of Boots and it's ringing pretty true for my experience so far. I remember being screamed at right off the bus in truly unhinged ways and thinking "What movie did they get this from?" Then I came to know that one of the DSes was off her rocker for real. She scared me.

Saw the nine pūtangitangi "ducklings" this morning. I say "ducklings" because they're pretty much all grown up. And all girls 🦆🥰

Played two games of pairs today and won both! And it wasn’t just my partner, I played decently for the most part. Better than yesterday and vastly improved from last weekend.

Watching a documentary on the show M*A*S*H and still tearing up over the death of Henry Blake.

Had an okay outing at lawn bowls today. Love my new bowls but still need to work on the old Heather. A seriously good player asked if she could coach me and I was like "Yes, please and thank you."

New set of lawn bowls just dropped. I wanted customised ones but the lead time is minimum two months and I didn't want to wait so long. These adorable seals will have to make do 🦭

Love dark chocolate, nuts, cheese, coconut. Loathe olives, mushrooms, fish, cruciferous vegetables. Go to for MORALE are pasta, pizza, ice cream, fries. #SecretSantaAoNZ

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

New guy at work is freshly out of the army. He was telling a story about some stupid shit he went through in training and turns to me and says, "Sorry if this brings up any Vietnam flashbacks for you." VIETNAM FLASHBACKS. Worst part was I don't think he was trying to roast me.

I dunno, stick the author in a room with this darling and I bet they'd figure out how to bring Misery, errr, Bond back tout suite.

I usually come home for lunch and Deanie and I have a nice pet/scratch session. Missed lunch today and when I walked through the front door after work she came flying down the hall meowing all the way. I missed you too, Deanie cat 😻

I have Deanie, possibly the most adorable cat in the world. #SecretSantaAoNZ

Imagine being a government employee who sacrificed all the way through this shutdown only to have chuck schumer sell you out for nothing.

I’m in!

Played two rounds of fours today. Played like shite in the morning but better in the afternoon. One of my bowls was even a part of us tying it in the last end. Then we went on to win the tiebreaker :-)

We are going to stupid our way into WWIII.

I got that much over 20 years ago to join the army.

Every now and then I think maybe I've been too harsh on not talking to my brother and then I check his Facebook feed and see a meme with the twin towers burning and the caption "New York, You Forgot" regarding Mamdani's election and am completely justified in not dealing w/ his fuckery.

Friday morning roll call. Nine pūtangitangi / Paradise shelducklings out of the pond and on a field trip. Can barely call them ducklings anymore, they're getting their adult feathers and are so big. #Paekākā

Fuck me, that was a no doubter. #eqnz

Such Sergeant Jay Landsman energy. Just sub McNulty for Trump.

When Rocker first came under fire for his reprehensible remarks back in 1999 (?) a guy I worked with who had previously been in the Braves minor league system w/ him said "He wasn't racist at all" But... the guy I worked with was 100% racist so that testimony didn't help much w/ me.

Got my hair cut and my stylist was telling me how she saw a person driving a car hit a pedestrian right outside the salon. Somehow the story ended up with how the new bike lanes have made everything worse. I can't with these people.

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