I think, if I were American, and had a vote, I’d want to vote for Elizabeth Warren.
But you do you, America; you do you.
I think, if I were American, and had a vote, I’d want to vote for Elizabeth Warren.
But you do you, America; you do you.
After a few discussions around the topic, it occurs to me that my partner wants an Apple Watch, just not as a device on her wrist. I can’t imagine she’s the only one.
Doh, guess I should probably consider looking for a new VPN provider.
The worst bit about finishing a big miniature painting project is cleaning up my workspace afterwards.
The best bit might be having a clean workspace ready for the next project.
It was already pretty wet today, but I really want to go for a walk, to stretch my legs… it’s just that every time I start to think it might be ok to go out, the skies open up even more 😐🌧🌧
I had a nosebleed this morning. Not had one of those in a while.
Scream Queens is probably my favourite show at the moment, having only recently discovered it. It’s so bizarre, quirky, and dumb. I’ve genuinely laughed out loud more at this show than anything I can recall in recent memory.
A few photos from today’s walk:
Went for a lovely walk into Aberdeen today. We took a detour into Seaton Park, followed by the Cruickshank botanical gardens and Old Aberdeen. In all it was a 6.1KM walk, after which we treated ourselves to a toastie from Melt, followed by ice cream from Mackies, before walking 4.6KM home again. “Tired but content” best sums up how I’m feeling right now!
It’s strange to think that for years, and even at the start of this year, I didn’t like halloumi, but now I absolutely love it. Proof I guess that our tastes change and evolve over time.
I have to finish a large model painting project by this time next week. The unfortunate thing, is I’m about a week behind where I planned to be by now. I can still make it in time, but it’s going to be a crunch, and down to the wire…
According to the scales, I lost 5kg over the last week. Four more weeks of that (unlikely, but 🤞) and I’ll hit my weight goal.
While I was waiting to get my vaccine, there was a constant stream of people checking out the shelf of products marked “[will] help you sleep better.” I thought that was interesting in the context of my two posts from this morning.
Just had my annual flu vaccine. Even if my work wasn’t paying for it, I’d probably get it anyway, as vaccines are good.
I just had to walk out of the office because the three different conversations happening around me became overwhelming. This is your periodic reminder that open plan offices suck.
On the subject of lack of sleep.
I had a bad night’s sleep, and have been awake since the early hours of the morning, so I’m already starting to flag. Today is probably going to be very long.
Whoops! There goes Twitter, pulling a Facebook 🙃
There are a lot of managerial visitors to our office today —or as I put it to my PM: “there are more organ-grinders than monkeys.”
I snuck a taste of the cheesecake bites I made yesterday, and I’m going to have to make some more because they’re pretty much perfect.
“Dark mode” for this site has been one of those things on my todo list for a while. The in-development theme I’m working on has been built from the ground up to support it through the use of media queries and CSS custom properties — but I hadn’t actually implemented it. After a nudge from reading this post by Jeremy I’ve finally implemented something to try out:
For now I’m borrowing Jeremy’s colours, but I’m planning to tweak these as the design evolves.
My local grocery store has started to sell its own-brand plant-based burgers. I really want to try them, but I’ll have to wait until I’m on an “off keto” cycle, as they’re relatively high in carbs. It’s amazing and encouraging how quickly the newer plant-based “meat alternatives” are becoming mainstream.
After work I’m going to try my hand at making some mini keto cheesecake bites. I ❤️ cheesecake.
Some of the trees across from my office window look like they’re being blown horizontal by the wind, which is going to make the walking part of my trip to the dentist fun.