Mary C
@maryocarolan.bsky.social
The Chief Brody of wasps. Cat herder. Buzzkill.
I enjoyed this too much:
February 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM
I enjoyed this too much:
I have a Vicks inhaler stick up one nostril, which I swap intermittently.
If I’d had the foresight to buy two inhaler sticks, I could have one up *each* nostril, and that would perhaps be more effective. 😕
If I’d had the foresight to buy two inhaler sticks, I could have one up *each* nostril, and that would perhaps be more effective. 😕
February 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I have a Vicks inhaler stick up one nostril, which I swap intermittently.
If I’d had the foresight to buy two inhaler sticks, I could have one up *each* nostril, and that would perhaps be more effective. 😕
If I’d had the foresight to buy two inhaler sticks, I could have one up *each* nostril, and that would perhaps be more effective. 😕
Excellent rainbow day today (yes, the eternal bloody rain is back, but on the upside: rainbows).
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Excellent rainbow day today (yes, the eternal bloody rain is back, but on the upside: rainbows).
Bear is just going to glide through that bunch of salmon with its mouth open.
Efficient, unbothered, bobbing along.
Efficient, unbothered, bobbing along.
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Bear is just going to glide through that bunch of salmon with its mouth open.
Efficient, unbothered, bobbing along.
Efficient, unbothered, bobbing along.
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Become ungovernable
February 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Become ungovernable
He is playing the theme tune to Cricket on the BBC in the late 80’s. This is a step up from Menswear though. I had not needed a reminder of Menswear. 😧
February 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
He is playing the theme tune to Cricket on the BBC in the late 80’s. This is a step up from Menswear though. I had not needed a reminder of Menswear. 😧
Husband has taken his special neck medication and is… quite high.
Just had a lengthy discussion about the unit of measurement for sunlight- is it or is it not lumens, which involved him dining out on the words “lumen” and “candle” and then playing ‘Blinded by the sun’ by The Seahorses.
Just had a lengthy discussion about the unit of measurement for sunlight- is it or is it not lumens, which involved him dining out on the words “lumen” and “candle” and then playing ‘Blinded by the sun’ by The Seahorses.
February 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Husband has taken his special neck medication and is… quite high.
Just had a lengthy discussion about the unit of measurement for sunlight- is it or is it not lumens, which involved him dining out on the words “lumen” and “candle” and then playing ‘Blinded by the sun’ by The Seahorses.
Just had a lengthy discussion about the unit of measurement for sunlight- is it or is it not lumens, which involved him dining out on the words “lumen” and “candle” and then playing ‘Blinded by the sun’ by The Seahorses.
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Someday, the tourists will come...
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Someday, the tourists will come...
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This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This rules. I love how delighted they all look!
No. Nope. I can’t look at the rugby.
February 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
No. Nope. I can’t look at the rugby.
Upsetting myself with more rugby today and watching Uachtarán na hÉireann survey the teams.
Lads, we, as a nation, have bad hair. The Italians were all pristine, blown dry, coiffured. We looked like we brought our self-cut mullets in on a motorbike.
Lads, we, as a nation, have bad hair. The Italians were all pristine, blown dry, coiffured. We looked like we brought our self-cut mullets in on a motorbike.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Upsetting myself with more rugby today and watching Uachtarán na hÉireann survey the teams.
Lads, we, as a nation, have bad hair. The Italians were all pristine, blown dry, coiffured. We looked like we brought our self-cut mullets in on a motorbike.
Lads, we, as a nation, have bad hair. The Italians were all pristine, blown dry, coiffured. We looked like we brought our self-cut mullets in on a motorbike.
1. I miss my dog. The best boy, the most dog. 😔
2. The advertiser is called chewy. The dog I miss was called Chewie. 😔
3. Did I mention that I miss my dog? I really miss my dog.
2. The advertiser is called chewy. The dog I miss was called Chewie. 😔
3. Did I mention that I miss my dog? I really miss my dog.
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
1. I miss my dog. The best boy, the most dog. 😔
2. The advertiser is called chewy. The dog I miss was called Chewie. 😔
3. Did I mention that I miss my dog? I really miss my dog.
2. The advertiser is called chewy. The dog I miss was called Chewie. 😔
3. Did I mention that I miss my dog? I really miss my dog.
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The only good thing about the wild proscription (and active enforcement of that prescription) of Palestine Action has been to show in neon brightness, the hypocrisy of the British Government when it comes to ensuring police tackle armed and actively recruiting, proscribed terrorist orgs here
February 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
The only good thing about the wild proscription (and active enforcement of that prescription) of Palestine Action has been to show in neon brightness, the hypocrisy of the British Government when it comes to ensuring police tackle armed and actively recruiting, proscribed terrorist orgs here
EBV is a nasty wee beast, with its potential footprint in a lot of things, from MS and ME to lupus and long covid.
All the herpes variants are nasty actually. Lying in wait in various ganglia for their time to reactivate and cause chaos.
All the herpes variants are nasty actually. Lying in wait in various ganglia for their time to reactivate and cause chaos.
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 AM
EBV is a nasty wee beast, with its potential footprint in a lot of things, from MS and ME to lupus and long covid.
All the herpes variants are nasty actually. Lying in wait in various ganglia for their time to reactivate and cause chaos.
All the herpes variants are nasty actually. Lying in wait in various ganglia for their time to reactivate and cause chaos.
What’s this?! The sky is (partially) blue, the nearest star is visible and it is not currently raining.
But for the sheer quantity of snot I’m currently bathed in, I could be moved to go outside 😯
But for the sheer quantity of snot I’m currently bathed in, I could be moved to go outside 😯
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
What’s this?! The sky is (partially) blue, the nearest star is visible and it is not currently raining.
But for the sheer quantity of snot I’m currently bathed in, I could be moved to go outside 😯
But for the sheer quantity of snot I’m currently bathed in, I could be moved to go outside 😯
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I don’t want to sound ungrateful but perhaps that’s enough rain for a bit.
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I don’t want to sound ungrateful but perhaps that’s enough rain for a bit.
I will not be cynical, I will not be cynical. I’m sure the massive fire in the listed and unique Beetling Mill was simply a bunch of bored local ruffians with nothing to do over half term.
February 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I will not be cynical, I will not be cynical. I’m sure the massive fire in the listed and unique Beetling Mill was simply a bunch of bored local ruffians with nothing to do over half term.
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Everyone else: AAAGGHHH TEETH FALLING OUT!! SNAKE!!
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Everyone else: AAAGGHHH TEETH FALLING OUT!! SNAKE!!
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
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A reminder of one of the loveliest pairs of siblings in the dictionary: ‘muscle’ and ‘mouse’. To the Roman imagination, the flexed biceps of a (typically naked) athlete resembled a rodent scuttling under the skin. ‘Musculus’, in Latin, means ‘little mouse’.
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A reminder of one of the loveliest pairs of siblings in the dictionary: ‘muscle’ and ‘mouse’. To the Roman imagination, the flexed biceps of a (typically naked) athlete resembled a rodent scuttling under the skin. ‘Musculus’, in Latin, means ‘little mouse’.
Something big is on fire near the north coast. Passed several fire engines on the way to work and a load more have since gone past along with a water truck.
February 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Something big is on fire near the north coast. Passed several fire engines on the way to work and a load more have since gone past along with a water truck.
I had twelve, yes twelve, vials of blood removed today, not exactly against my will but certainly not as I willed it.
Blood should remain within.
Other people’s blood can be removed, but my blood can and should stay inside.
Dislike. 😔
Blood should remain within.
Other people’s blood can be removed, but my blood can and should stay inside.
Dislike. 😔
February 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I had twelve, yes twelve, vials of blood removed today, not exactly against my will but certainly not as I willed it.
Blood should remain within.
Other people’s blood can be removed, but my blood can and should stay inside.
Dislike. 😔
Blood should remain within.
Other people’s blood can be removed, but my blood can and should stay inside.
Dislike. 😔
Vowel sounds! Extended, high pitched, vowel sounds!
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Vowel sounds! Extended, high pitched, vowel sounds!
That is one big unit.
The Ardennes Draft Horse or Ardennais is considered one of the oldest breeds of draft horse
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
That is one big unit.
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Now the King's Evil Counsellor is deposed we shall be govern'd well.
February 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Now the King's Evil Counsellor is deposed we shall be govern'd well.
Educating my children through the medium of Winter Olympics films (ish) this week.
So far: Cool Runnings (masterpiece), The Cutting Edge (Bag.Of.Shite) and tonight, Blades of Glory (unwise but they loved it).
Still to come: The Mighty Ducks.
So far: Cool Runnings (masterpiece), The Cutting Edge (Bag.Of.Shite) and tonight, Blades of Glory (unwise but they loved it).
Still to come: The Mighty Ducks.
a group of men are sitting in a bathtub and the word swerve is written on the bottom .
Alt: a group of men are sitting in a bathtub and the word swerve is written on the bottom .
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February 7, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Educating my children through the medium of Winter Olympics films (ish) this week.
So far: Cool Runnings (masterpiece), The Cutting Edge (Bag.Of.Shite) and tonight, Blades of Glory (unwise but they loved it).
Still to come: The Mighty Ducks.
So far: Cool Runnings (masterpiece), The Cutting Edge (Bag.Of.Shite) and tonight, Blades of Glory (unwise but they loved it).
Still to come: The Mighty Ducks.