Submissions close at midnight tonight, and this makes submitting against this terrible bill simple and quick. definitionsbill.org#generator

#Writing update. Realised the three arcs of my story had blended together somewhat, my last mad rush single-pass edit making their styles too uniform, so am doing another pass making sure each character has their own voice. Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. I hope this isn't rubbish.

Our tuxy boy Myrddin doesn't so much rub his face on stuff to mark with scent glands as ram his skull into it. Violent headboops vs hands/legs = cute and funny. Violent headboops vs Furiosa's fluffy ginger face out of nowhere = shock and panic. #Cat

The man-children of the internet have been up in arms about this one but I cannot wait to play it, it looks fucking cool.

Was a hair off turfing today in the bin before I left home, was past that point by the time I got to the office, only to immediately get told every single thing I did yesterday including overtime has been invalidated due to changes and I need to start again. *headdesk*

Not allowed to use my chair, a VIC has claimed it.

Got my grubby mitts on this at long last, in a format I can tolerate.

Just arrived. Been hanging out for this one.

My roleplaying venue rescued another litter from the guy across the road (who has finally got his cat spayed).

Absolute nightmare fuel

Mental health day company

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Work has increased our yearly wellness allowance to $600 and I'm wondering if I can persuade them that my wellness would be improved with a $600 sword.

@sincendiary.bsky.social and her stack of power tools and hammers has taken over the lounge for a project, while I've just gotten home with the grocery shopping and plan to settle down with a book. We definitely don't do stereotypical gender roles in this house.

Man, watching someone fuck up their life and future in real time is a trip when there's no choice but to sit back and let it happen.

The thing about writing is that it sucks and I hate it except when it's good then I love it.

Project Hail Mary was great. Faithful to the book, but for some trimmings I feel would have improved the experience but were probably cut for time. A touch overboard on the goofy but the book is similar in tone and I feel like it was to balance out the serious stakes so minor complaint.

This pleases me. Growing up a short walk from Lake Ontario's edge, I had no idea otters were even a possibility in the area. The thought of ever going back and catching a glimpse of any thriving in the wild is lovely.

So, any ancestor in Canada since the beginning of time that's ever lived in Canada & we can have dual citizenship. Wow. Thanks, Canada, for helping us while also trolling the current administration. I'm gonna need Scotland to do this, too. UK??? Please!!! www.cicnews.com/2026/03/proo...

Spicy baby taking full advantage of available lapspace while I lay on an ice pack after my lower back gave out doing exercise.

i would sooner staple my dick to a moving car than use this trash tech4gamers.com/windows-12-r...

First Rob Grant and now Dan Simmons. I grew up watching and re-watching Red Dwarf and I love the Hyperion Cantos (if not Simmons' politics later in life, which were fucking awful).

New #dinosaur just dropped, this is the type of news I want to see.

The inexplicable urge to order the #HotOnes line-up of sauces to pointlessly torture myself with after every episode.

Anyone else spend too much time collecting #books and #graphicnovels and not enough time reading the bloody things? At the point where I need a self-imposed ban from online stores.

The guy renovating our office bathroom is somehow making at least half the noises from his grinder sound like a saxophone freestyling through the wall.

One Fluffy Boy out and about being handsome. #cat

Lap-gremlin returned for another session of #roleplaying and Stripe the #kitten was very tired so conked out across the table for almost the entire game. #cats #Shadowrun

I wish they'd released season 2 of The Pitt all at once like season 1, being able to binge it really let you bite into the tension they were building. Stopping after an episode leeches it right out, for me anyway. (I give no shits for medical drama but it's just so well executed).

Hard to concentrate on roleplaying today when this 17-year-old buddy claimed my lap for the entire session.

Got to see Batushka last night, which was awesome, even in spite of flying solo, sobriety, extreme social anxiety, and having ruined myself with leg day.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, leans hard into doing things differently, with both more ridiculous and far better realisation than the first 28 Years Later film. Unique film, pushing the lore forward, and highly suited to the big screen. Hoping it earns enough to justify finishing the trilogy.

First Zoom meeting of 2026, spent largely with Tempest's fluffy tail waving back and forth in front of the webcam. She's had claim to my lap for 2 weeks and she's not about to give it up now.

Back to work. Soooo....what are my passwords again? Oh, and we have a VPN? Shit, how does anything work? What do I even do? I need a holiday.

I don't do new years resolutions but as a general principle, from now on I'm going to try and waste less time and stress pissing up ropes.

#DeathStranding part 2

Finally finished Death Stranding, after a very thorough 142 hours over 2025. Walking simulator it may be, but only for part, and it's also so, so much more. Fantastic game. Must play the sequel. Part 1 #DeathStranding

The animal, not the acronym. Cute when younger, kind of a grumpy asshole when older? Seems legit.

Been a shit year but can finally say at its death that Tempest has forgiven me at long last for the tabby and calico kittens who took over her space months previous. Been nice hanging out with the fluffy baby again. #cat

How I'm walking out of 2025

Does anyone else find themselves really bad at holidays? I'm unable to sleep in, unable to relax because I always feel like I need to be doing something, and my attention span is as short as my energy levels are low, despite the angry tension in my muscles to move 24/7. Modern living is killing me.

Officially on holiday, thank fuck, because I am worn down to the bone. Epic plans: sleeping in and playing video games again. My dreams are small but achievable.

When you need to add weight to your side leg raises but haven't got around to buying leg weights yet.

Next year, work is going to start enforcing the no-eating-lunch-at-your-desk thing so I will be forced to hide in my book around other people instead. #Iobject

The Algorithm has figured out that I desperately want a dog and thus feeds me wholesome dog reels that gradually transition into American kill-shelter horror stories. Every. Damned. Time.

So apparently Exploding Head Syndrome is a thing, which I just read about after trying to fall asleep and it sounded like a gunshot went off inside my skull. Fun addition to my myoclonic jerks. Definitely awake now.

Burnout.

Overly aggressive barber chopped off half my beard and a lot more hair than intended.

When everything is awful, at least there are cats.