Puberty blockers save lives. End of.

Thank you @ghet.bsky.social for the beautiful necklace made by ginbottlejewels.co.nz I love it. It’s definitely past time for a proper gin’n’tonic session.

A parcel arrived today from @ghet.bsky.social and I am being very good and not opening it until Friday, except I have to hide it from Mollycat as she seems determined to open it for me.

I highly recommend watching Hīkoi - Speaking Our Truth on TVNZ+ 
tvnz.co.nz/shows/hikoi-speakin...
I did have quite a moment when a short clip of Dad appeared from the Wellington leg of the hīkoi.

I'm not saying I bought this USB-C docking station just because it looks like a first generation Macintosh computer (with secondary portable hub that looks like a first generation Mac keyboard). But I'm not NOT saying that's the reason, either.

Just finished crocheting this little turtle memory game for my nephew. It’s not perfect but it’s so cute and silly. 
The mama turtle contains the 16 baby turtles. There are 8 pairs of baby turtles with matching colours on the underbelly.

I feel like this sort of thing ought not to be allowed.

We have just discovered the Russian folk/polka/absurdist band Otava Yo and I’ve gotta admit I love how much fun they seem to be having 
youtu.be/WBz56yRKcAQ?si=IgD9iG...

The failure mode of "clever" is "asshole."

what if we kissed on the vegetable shelf

Just finished this set. Absolutely delighted with how it’s turned out.

I have had the kind of difficult-problem-solving day that calls for a very cold, very strong g&t. But we are out of the t. Now wondering what gin and ginger beer would taste like.

I made it into a cross stitch pattern in case having it printed is not enough and anyone needs to stab it hundreds of times ko-fi.com/s/cb5904d902

Not now, giant predator worms, we are BUSY phys.org/news/2024-01...

1984 was quite the year for music.
youtu.be/wi3ig5jYBCo?si=IQQYiE...

I was helping mum out with some computer stuff while in Nelson and found this sticky note on Dad’s laptop. Mum has no idea what it’s referring to, but leaves it there in case it’s important. I think after more than two years it might be too late.

Huh. Dad (Māui John Mitchell) mentioned a couple of times in this article. There’s a bit of bending of the actual story, but nice to see an acknowledgement. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3501...

Don't Google "Jar Jar Binks Nude" Or do, I'm not your dad

Oh my heart. Mum just sent me this passport photo she found of Dad from (probably) the early 1970s. He looks so young and so serious and so very like my brother.

There is a seen in The West Wing where Josh says to a woman, "It seems like your job is to wait until Doug leaves the room and then say, 'What Doug meant to say is...'" And she says, "That's not fair. Sometimes I do it while he's still in the room" and I'd like to petition to call this a "Willis"

Matt got interviewed by a couple of film students about books and how they help people switch off from technology. 📸 Look at this post on Facebook www.facebook.com/share/tdmgp2...

A little side project today as Matt wanted something to protect his new kobo. Had fun with a new stitch variation

GYABBAFRAK CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Gated suburban FREQUENCY: Very rare NUMBER APPEARING: 0-1 ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral ARMOR CLASS: 0 HIT DICE: 12+2 THAC0: 9 SPECIAL ATTACKS: Self-Immolation SPECIAL WEAKNESSES: Rain, gentle slopes GM NOTE: In legends the gyabbafrak is arrow-proof. This is not the case.

Time for new nails.

I’m pretty open to language changing/developing in weird and wonderful ways, but I can’t stand the term “funovation”

Omg. This is too real

Scorpio: Nothing goes right for you today. Lock yourself indoors, inside a steamer trunk wrapped in the ancient chains of the old gods.

There is nothing quite like the sound of an elderly cat about to throw up on the bed at 3.30am.

Damn. That was a bit close for comfort today. Wordle 854 6/6* 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It’s very much a first world problem, but I just sent a work email with the mistyped sentence “Let me now how you get on” in it and I’m mortified.

We’ve now moved to HPV screening so unless you’ve recently had an abnormal smear, you should be eligible to do a self-swab, which is a better test, and if negative, you won’t need another for 5 years. More info at www.timetoscreen.nz/cervical-scr...

I’ve had the kind of day which makes me hate everyone and everything. But then I came home to a lovely cocktail made by my very patient and thoughtful husband and I’ve decided some people can live. Ingredients in alt text.

Because tonight was getting so depressing, I decided to try to make something for a colleague who is both obsessed with Halloween and the colour pink. So I whipped up this very silly coaster for her.

Bloody hell. Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but I wasn’t expecting this. Councillors have unanimously labelled Martin Connelly's performance "wholly unacceptable", but he says he's not going anywhere. www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...

If I can’t have cheerful sunny weather, then I can at least have cheerful sunny nails.

I’m having a play with a new (to me) stitch pattern for a baby blanket. I’m rather liking the effect.

This is FANTASTIC news.

Huh. Is this a new thing with iPhone photos app where it can identify things in the photo?

I love this thought. Wishing you all lots of glimmers. 🇳🇿

Just finished this baby blanket. It’s going to a couple of colleagues whose baby arrived last week ahead of schedule.

Ive done the obligatory cat pic, so must be time for yarn craft. Here’s some berets I’ve crocheted over the last couple of weeks while experimenting with patterns.

This is the innocent-looking face of an 18 year old bastard who has caused me to wash the bedcover and the duvet cover and then I had to dispose of a very dead starling