Calling all Melbourne & Victoria #bookgroups & #readinggroups! Rally together this Saturday to help save the State #Library of Victoria, on its steps, at 12.30. (Here's a pic of the poet Edith Sitwell & big reader Marilyn Monroe: reading makes friends.) #StateLibraryofVictoria #ReadingMakesFriends

First salad of the season tonight using some home grown produce. 👏 I love summer.

I cannot over-emphasise the absolute joy being able to shop from my phone brings. I hate shopping centres with a passion. 😭😫 I now only have to pop into the posh nursery tomorrow & grab some gift cards next time I’m at the supermarket & my Christmas shopping is done. 🙌

"What a load of bulls---!" Sir Geoffrey Boycott not holding back as he slams Ben Stokes & Co after England go 2-0 down in the series. #Ashes

Never let this man stop being the coach of England. www.bbc.com/sport/cricke...

My bestie came for dinner, we cooked lamb & roast veg, she brought wine and dessert, love her guts. We watched the end of the ashes match between eating, very bloody satisfying. And I think that’s the end of the birthday festival. Can’t complain. 🍖🍰🍷🏏

They'll have to find a new winner of the most mass murdered children award

Luckily the Moral Ashes remain up for grabs

Cannot help myself: watching Love Actually & internally screaming at so many problematic relationships, but somehow still loving it. And seriously, Bill Nighy is the least of my concerns. 😂

Nice wicket Boland.

I beg your fucking pardon?

Didn’t mind the rain today. It was a good excuse to park my bum on the couch & enjoy a very nice day of cricket. #ashes

Used to do a lot of these type of posts on my old blog. Always a joy when the media releases quote don’t really reflect what was actually said… thepoint.com.au/news/251206-...

Took middle son + partner out for a lovely dinner at Movida to belatedly celebrate our joint birthday. Train in, a great meal, excellent service as always, train back home & I was in bed just after 11:00pm. Perfect Friday night. Especially since husband paid. 😊

“Anti-trans activist and Binary Australia spokesperson Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 in fines and issue a public apology after she was found to have vilified two trans women earlier this year.” Look, it’s possible to hold transphobes accountable for abusing trans people.

Oh, look: another “high profile” man behaving appallingly who gets to keep his name out of the news. 🙄

Told husband I was going to bed early, since there wasn’t much happening in the cricket anyway. The score had sat on 4 wickets for ages. Then I said “Of course, now I’ve said that, we’ll take several wickets in quick succession.” Guess what? 😑

If there was a reality TV show called Australia’s Biggest Legal Loser, Bruce and BRS would definitely be the finalists

"How could someone be so twisted?" said the media regarding the person making nursery rhyme videos. From the archive: chaser.com.au/entertainmen...

Switched watches from Garmin to Apple & it’s a steep learning curve. At least setup was a piece of cake. I’m reserving judgement on functionality & ease of use.

What could possibly go wrong

It's kind of amazing just how more affordable Melbourne now is, and also how expensive is Adelaide #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251203-...

Everyone under age 16 in Australia just got this notification from YouTube. Everyone under 16 will no longer be able to sign-in, block channels, disable ads, or browse anything other than the default algorithm moving forward. Brain dead decision-makers.

Just in! Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation appeal has been DISMISSED by the Full Federal Court! He was also ordered to pay costs

Usman Khawaja has been ruled out of the second Test at the Gabba after failing to recover from the back spasms that he suffered in the opening match in Perth

All sorted and my apps are loading super fast! 😍 It’s been so bad lately, I’ve been turning off wifi & running on phone data. 💩

six months, then a permanent extension www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve been asking husband to upgrade our internet to FTTP for ages because of drop-outs & slow speeds on our FTTN service, but he’s refused. Youngest son starts temporarily working from home at our place 1 day a week, complains about the internet once & suddenly we have a tech here installing cable.🙄

Fuck it, I’ve turned the heating on. Snow on Mount Buller on the 1st of December, ridiculous.

Why yes, apparently it is necessary to have four different home brew beers on tap. 😂 I don’t drink the stuff, so luckily he’s dedicated to his craft.

Are these people OK? 👀 Also: “Etsy witches” are a thing?

Ugh. I think we’ll be turning the heating back on this afternoon.

After a man set fire to his wife and children, Det Insp Mark Thompson: “Is this an issue of a woman suffering significant domestic violence and her and her children perishing at the hands of the husband? Or is this an instance of a husband being driven too far?” He was promoted to superintendent.

New tree arrived & looks easy to assemble AND the box is quite small. 🙌 But it’s staying in the box till after my birthday next week. My rule: no trace of Christmas in the house until the birthday celebrations are done. Idk why, it’s just how my brain says it has to be. 🤷‍♀️

DIL & the toddler (henceforth referred to as Patient Zero) are testing negative. Baby is improving, son is still quite sick & they’re both testing positive. Fuck this virus. Maybe I can go over there by Thursday?

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild: (All of these just in my front yard 😂) Kangaroo Blue-tongue lizard Echidna Ringtail possum Eastern brown snake

OK, now he dared me to sing the Super Chicken theme song. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

The only people quoted as being pissed off are Jeff Kennett and one opposition State MP. "Furore" much many "rebuff" extra "cancel."

Sipping my first wine & Benny & the Jets comes on. I start belting it out & husband is cacking himself laughing, remembering me & our old neighbour Kim in her kitchen about 20 years ago, absolutely shitfaced, singing along to this. 😂

First pak choy & first zucchini of the season have been harvested! 💃🏻

Trains suspended between Clifton Hill & Reservoir due to a “level crossing incident”. Replacements buses apparently running. 🙃 Good thing I went on a public transport jaunt yesterday, not today.

Imagine expecting a business to make “reasonable adjustments” for your being a complete arsehole.

Local FB pages: People mad at the council about having to mow their nature strip.

BREAKING 🚨: The government has just announced that they are ending new oil and gas exploration in the UK and have started a plan for workers and communities to transition away from fossil fuels. 🧵

The parliamentary year is done, which means the blog is down until it returns on Feb 3. Thank you to everyone who has joined this little project - it has meant the world to have your support. Please - take care of you. It's only going to get more unhinged next year x

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Love to get myself ready for a medical appointment at 11:20am, only to double check & find it’s not till 1:40pm. Oh well, extra time to work on this beauty.

Ugh, the COVID saga continues. Son now has it. No functional adults in the house with a sick 3yo & 5mo. And nobody can go over to help out. 💩

This is outrageous. No reason given other than a vague “knife crime” reference. 🙄 Disgraceful infringement of rights.

*yawn* These taxes are already imposed in Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland & many other countries. It doesn’t seem likely to be a dealbreaker for travelling Australians.