frog
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I make stuff. I watch stuff.
Mostly just shouting into the void.
Mostly just shouting into the void.
Best present this year was an entirely unexpected pair of thongs from a friend. I had a blowout in my old cheap pair a few weeks ago, and the one friend who knew that found me these to replace them. Even managed to guess my shoe size correctly.
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Best present this year was an entirely unexpected pair of thongs from a friend. I had a blowout in my old cheap pair a few weeks ago, and the one friend who knew that found me these to replace them. Even managed to guess my shoe size correctly.
Sci-Friday became Spy-Friday this week with the 90’s Pierce Brosnan Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.
A media mogul manipulating world events and trying to start a war between China and the west? You could almost remake it now.
A media mogul manipulating world events and trying to start a war between China and the west? You could almost remake it now.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sci-Friday became Spy-Friday this week with the 90’s Pierce Brosnan Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.
A media mogul manipulating world events and trying to start a war between China and the west? You could almost remake it now.
A media mogul manipulating world events and trying to start a war between China and the west? You could almost remake it now.
I guess we’re solidly in fly season now because I can’t even distract them with a decoy chewed on chop bone to keep them away from the uneaten ones.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I guess we’re solidly in fly season now because I can’t even distract them with a decoy chewed on chop bone to keep them away from the uneaten ones.
I bought stickers to go on my cast. Now to work out placement.
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I bought stickers to go on my cast. Now to work out placement.
Sci-friday tonight; where, on the occasional Friday, I go to a friend’s house and we watch a movie. Mostly sci-fi, obviously, but could has also been action or fantasy.
Tonight’s movie was Ad Astra. Not something I would have normally watched, but I thought it was alright.
Tonight’s movie was Ad Astra. Not something I would have normally watched, but I thought it was alright.
September 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Sci-friday tonight; where, on the occasional Friday, I go to a friend’s house and we watch a movie. Mostly sci-fi, obviously, but could has also been action or fantasy.
Tonight’s movie was Ad Astra. Not something I would have normally watched, but I thought it was alright.
Tonight’s movie was Ad Astra. Not something I would have normally watched, but I thought it was alright.
Mixed Carman’s Apple, Sultana & Cinnamon Gourmet Porridge with a pack of Sweet Potato, Pumpkin & Caramelised Onion soup (powder).
Its saltier than I would like, but I would eat it again.
The croutons and sultanas are a texture surprise though.
Its saltier than I would like, but I would eat it again.
The croutons and sultanas are a texture surprise though.
July 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Mixed Carman’s Apple, Sultana & Cinnamon Gourmet Porridge with a pack of Sweet Potato, Pumpkin & Caramelised Onion soup (powder).
Its saltier than I would like, but I would eat it again.
The croutons and sultanas are a texture surprise though.
Its saltier than I would like, but I would eat it again.
The croutons and sultanas are a texture surprise though.
Hug your loved ones tonight folks. You never know when it might be the last chance to do so.
June 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hug your loved ones tonight folks. You never know when it might be the last chance to do so.
The folks who were supposedly coming over this afternoon have not turned up yet and have not made contact about it. It is not the first time that this has happened.
More for me, I guess?
More for me, I guess?
June 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The folks who were supposedly coming over this afternoon have not turned up yet and have not made contact about it. It is not the first time that this has happened.
More for me, I guess?
More for me, I guess?
Not me crying because the friends I wanted to visit in NZ this year sent me a little care package after I let them know I probably won’t be able to make it due to my wrist injury.
Kiwi chocolates, a hat, a card, and a letter.
Kiwi chocolates, a hat, a card, and a letter.
May 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Not me crying because the friends I wanted to visit in NZ this year sent me a little care package after I let them know I probably won’t be able to make it due to my wrist injury.
Kiwi chocolates, a hat, a card, and a letter.
Kiwi chocolates, a hat, a card, and a letter.
I have lost so much with my wrist injury. It’s been 4 months. I lost my ability to do most of my job, I lost my hobbies, I lost the dream I had for this year. I am losing my mind dealing with it because everything causes pain.
Now they’re talking about surgery, which puts recovery back at step one.
Now they’re talking about surgery, which puts recovery back at step one.
Chronic pain can truly shred a sufferer's sense of personal identity & authenticity. It's hard to remember who you are, what you're all about, what you want, & what you need, when you're forced to devote massive bandwidth to coping w/ pain.
And that's not your fault.
And that's not your fault.
May 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I have lost so much with my wrist injury. It’s been 4 months. I lost my ability to do most of my job, I lost my hobbies, I lost the dream I had for this year. I am losing my mind dealing with it because everything causes pain.
Now they’re talking about surgery, which puts recovery back at step one.
Now they’re talking about surgery, which puts recovery back at step one.
About to venture out and see what damage the wind has done.
I had to dodge a large tree branch as it tumbled across the road yesterday.
I had to dodge a large tree branch as it tumbled across the road yesterday.
April 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
About to venture out and see what damage the wind has done.
I had to dodge a large tree branch as it tumbled across the road yesterday.
I had to dodge a large tree branch as it tumbled across the road yesterday.
Ten-ish weeks since the injury, and 4 weeks of my wrist being in a
brace 24/7, after some poking and prodding the OT has said that I can start spending some time out of the brace.
This means progress, right?
brace 24/7, after some poking and prodding the OT has said that I can start spending some time out of the brace.
This means progress, right?
April 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ten-ish weeks since the injury, and 4 weeks of my wrist being in a
brace 24/7, after some poking and prodding the OT has said that I can start spending some time out of the brace.
This means progress, right?
brace 24/7, after some poking and prodding the OT has said that I can start spending some time out of the brace.
This means progress, right?
I turned another year older the other day.
I’d planned to be in NZ for this one, but between injury & the fact at some point mediation will turn into emptying every cent out of my bank accounts, I’m not there.
I’d planned to be in NZ for this one, but between injury & the fact at some point mediation will turn into emptying every cent out of my bank accounts, I’m not there.
March 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I turned another year older the other day.
I’d planned to be in NZ for this one, but between injury & the fact at some point mediation will turn into emptying every cent out of my bank accounts, I’m not there.
I’d planned to be in NZ for this one, but between injury & the fact at some point mediation will turn into emptying every cent out of my bank accounts, I’m not there.
Welcome to… Tuesday? Where I’ve been invited to use a gov website to make my life easier (ha!) and I’m now going in circles between “Accept invitiation?” and “It looks like you already have an account, login?” and then no way to make the 2 things talk to each other.
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Welcome to… Tuesday? Where I’ve been invited to use a gov website to make my life easier (ha!) and I’m now going in circles between “Accept invitiation?” and “It looks like you already have an account, login?” and then no way to make the 2 things talk to each other.
I have so many not-good things going on at the moment, but my favourite thing right now is discovering microbats.
I go outside as the sun sets to watch them fly circles in the sky and it brings me such joy.
I go outside as the sun sets to watch them fly circles in the sky and it brings me such joy.
March 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I have so many not-good things going on at the moment, but my favourite thing right now is discovering microbats.
I go outside as the sun sets to watch them fly circles in the sky and it brings me such joy.
I go outside as the sun sets to watch them fly circles in the sky and it brings me such joy.
Wrist update at ~9 weeks.
Cortisone injection a week ago & I discovered what I would call almost 8 on my pain scale.
Told many people that I wanted to smash my wrist with a brick. The “adjustment to injury” counsellor will have me doing some sort of pain management thing once it gets signed off.
Cortisone injection a week ago & I discovered what I would call almost 8 on my pain scale.
Told many people that I wanted to smash my wrist with a brick. The “adjustment to injury” counsellor will have me doing some sort of pain management thing once it gets signed off.
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Wrist update at ~9 weeks.
Cortisone injection a week ago & I discovered what I would call almost 8 on my pain scale.
Told many people that I wanted to smash my wrist with a brick. The “adjustment to injury” counsellor will have me doing some sort of pain management thing once it gets signed off.
Cortisone injection a week ago & I discovered what I would call almost 8 on my pain scale.
Told many people that I wanted to smash my wrist with a brick. The “adjustment to injury” counsellor will have me doing some sort of pain management thing once it gets signed off.
I finally have a real, thermoplastic splint for the wrist I hurt at work 7 weeks ago. I have to wear it 24/7 for the next 4 weeks, but the difference its made in the 24 hours I’ve had it is already measurable.
However, I still don’t understand why it took me this long to get it.
However, I still don’t understand why it took me this long to get it.
March 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I finally have a real, thermoplastic splint for the wrist I hurt at work 7 weeks ago. I have to wear it 24/7 for the next 4 weeks, but the difference its made in the 24 hours I’ve had it is already measurable.
However, I still don’t understand why it took me this long to get it.
However, I still don’t understand why it took me this long to get it.
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Hey.
I know everything is on fire right now.
I need you to stop, drop, and roll, for just a second.
Take a real deep breath.
Another, deeper this time. Let it sigh out of you like the grumble of winter slipping away.
I know it's hard.
But you are the beautiful thing in the midst of wreckage.
I know everything is on fire right now.
I need you to stop, drop, and roll, for just a second.
Take a real deep breath.
Another, deeper this time. Let it sigh out of you like the grumble of winter slipping away.
I know it's hard.
But you are the beautiful thing in the midst of wreckage.
March 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hey.
I know everything is on fire right now.
I need you to stop, drop, and roll, for just a second.
Take a real deep breath.
Another, deeper this time. Let it sigh out of you like the grumble of winter slipping away.
I know it's hard.
But you are the beautiful thing in the midst of wreckage.
I know everything is on fire right now.
I need you to stop, drop, and roll, for just a second.
Take a real deep breath.
Another, deeper this time. Let it sigh out of you like the grumble of winter slipping away.
I know it's hard.
But you are the beautiful thing in the midst of wreckage.
I’ve been listening to Risky Or Not (and the associated Food Safety Talk) for a very long time, but have to admit that I might have made a bit of a squeaky noise when I got an email from one of the hosts after submitting some scenarios.
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I’ve been listening to Risky Or Not (and the associated Food Safety Talk) for a very long time, but have to admit that I might have made a bit of a squeaky noise when I got an email from one of the hosts after submitting some scenarios.
The highlight of my last week was getting a phone call from a friend about the satellites(?) they were seeing in the sky, spotting one, and then spending the next 20 minutes on the phone, knowing that we were both staring up at the same sky looking for more.
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The highlight of my last week was getting a phone call from a friend about the satellites(?) they were seeing in the sky, spotting one, and then spending the next 20 minutes on the phone, knowing that we were both staring up at the same sky looking for more.
I hurt my wrist 2 weeks ago, and I have an ultrasound on Monday to determine how bad the suspected TFCC injury is.
I’m doing my best, but balancing the need to rest it with the need to not feel useless is frustrating.
I’m doing my best, but balancing the need to rest it with the need to not feel useless is frustrating.
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I hurt my wrist 2 weeks ago, and I have an ultrasound on Monday to determine how bad the suspected TFCC injury is.
I’m doing my best, but balancing the need to rest it with the need to not feel useless is frustrating.
I’m doing my best, but balancing the need to rest it with the need to not feel useless is frustrating.
The bee guy visited the hives to put more boxes on last week. Apparently they’ve been eating the honey instead of making more because the weather has messed with their food supply.
January 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The bee guy visited the hives to put more boxes on last week. Apparently they’ve been eating the honey instead of making more because the weather has messed with their food supply.
Sitting just out of the rain, catching glimpses of lightning, listening to the sounds of thunder and the screech of cockatoos.
As a whole I dislike summer, but some moments are pretty good.
As a whole I dislike summer, but some moments are pretty good.
January 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Sitting just out of the rain, catching glimpses of lightning, listening to the sounds of thunder and the screech of cockatoos.
As a whole I dislike summer, but some moments are pretty good.
As a whole I dislike summer, but some moments are pretty good.
I just looked at the weather for the coming week.
I should have market-shopped for my groceries today instead of tomorrow so I can start the hibernating early.
At least the washing will dry quickly?
I should have market-shopped for my groceries today instead of tomorrow so I can start the hibernating early.
At least the washing will dry quickly?
January 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I just looked at the weather for the coming week.
I should have market-shopped for my groceries today instead of tomorrow so I can start the hibernating early.
At least the washing will dry quickly?
I should have market-shopped for my groceries today instead of tomorrow so I can start the hibernating early.
At least the washing will dry quickly?
Had big plans to not go to the shops between now (last grocery shop) and Monday (when I’m back at work after Xmas).
Then the washing machine shat itself and I will be finding myself at some sort of post-Xmas sale, because I don’t think washing all of my clothes in the shower is viable.
Then the washing machine shat itself and I will be finding myself at some sort of post-Xmas sale, because I don’t think washing all of my clothes in the shower is viable.
December 23, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Had big plans to not go to the shops between now (last grocery shop) and Monday (when I’m back at work after Xmas).
Then the washing machine shat itself and I will be finding myself at some sort of post-Xmas sale, because I don’t think washing all of my clothes in the shower is viable.
Then the washing machine shat itself and I will be finding myself at some sort of post-Xmas sale, because I don’t think washing all of my clothes in the shower is viable.