Had dinner here this week: latingeisha.dk - it was a couple nights ago and still left with a vague sense of perplexity. As Asian/South American fusion places go, this has to be one of the very best- ‘eclectic’ doesn’t do the vibe of the place justice and the food was delicious, if a tad bewildering!

The hottest May temperatures in the uk since records began, and my neighbour is running his tumble dryer. We are fucked as a species.

Broad beans, scapes, asparagus and the first scant handful of strawberries

It’s not perfect, but I do love my allotment plot

Cucumber, sweetcorn and squash in!

Cucumbers, squash and sweetcorn plants ready to go to the allotment

Interesting‘conversation’ with ChatGPT where it confidently and incorrectly made some chemistry up (complete with fabricated refs still). Don’t need to retire just yet!

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Wonderful evening listening to @theunthanks.bsky.social live in Exeter- beautiful!

Slightly increase a band Cobalt Maiden #ChemChat

Leek scapes are delicious, but elephant garlic makes the greatest scape. I’ll get me jacket.

Slow progress on the big bed due to shoulder injury- but getting there! Should be ready for squash and sweetcorn soon!

Spuds are coming up nicely!

Three rows of beetroot in in front of the runner beans: half golden Detroit, half Egyptian turnip rooted. Grew them in modules first as an experiment this year, rather than direct sowing - time will tell!

The irony of asking my smart speaker to play New Model Army’s 225 is not lost on me!

I find running computational chemistry calculations soothing and relaxing- is that normal or do I need to talk to someone about it?

Elephant garlic coming along nicely!

Love a nice stand of broad beans!

Planted the tomato plants in the allotment greenhouse today

Saw an AI generated tree on our walk this morning!

Not sure what my very favourite thing from the allotment is, but at this time of year you can’t beat fresh asparagus!

Nebraska is Springsteen’s finest album: this is not open to discussion.

Listening to cowboy junkies’ trinity session for the fist time in a while:?is there a more a heartbreakingly beautiful voice than Margot timmins’?

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Has anyone had any joy with growing loofahs for pan scourers? If so, any tips for preparing them?

Nice play of colour between the apple blossom, bluebells and (if I remember correctly) orange and yellow osteospermums- more luck than judgement!

First few asparagus spears off the allotment today. It’s an early variety, but even so, this does seem very early (but not complaining!)

Satisfying

This

Jesus Christ you can’t turn on radio 2 without hearing Gary fucking Davies!!! Make it stop!

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WE. ARE. OUT. OF. JAMMIE. DODGERS.

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

Enjoyable afternoon spent knocking up mrs B’s birthday tea: avoca fish cakes and tartare sauce then Prue Leith’s lush spotted dick for pud!

I beg your pardon!

One day, there will be dancing in the streets. Today is not that day.

Keir Starmer has dragged the UK into this war against our will. UK bases face further attacks - putting military personnel and civilians in the potential line of fire. This is a Prime Minister who promised a vote before any military action - that must now happen on Monday.

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The war will be over when I feel it in my bone spurs. #PutinPuppet

Six wars it would have been nice to end in a fortnight when they got boring buff.ly/EBhOfbS

Managed to have my lunch today while waiting for a single @rsc.org article to load, which was nice

Today’s allotment haul

I love doing searches for older @rsc.org journal articles - it reminds me of late 90’s search features and dialup speeds - all the nostalgic feels

I don’t want a single penny from British taxpayers to pay for wealthy tax-dodgers in Dubai to safely come home. They thought they didn’t need us because they greedily refused to pay their fair share … let Richard Tice and Isabel Oakeshott come crawling back with their own money.

Spent a good two hours wandering round my house one evening trying to locate the intermittent weird whistling noise. Turned out it was my left nostril.

Picked up the seed spuds from the allotment trading shed today: 4 kg of Charlotte and three each of maris piper and Picasso - exciting times!