Being 7 years old is convincing your mum at the video shop that THIS is the film we should be renting tonight on the off chance that it MIGHT be tangentially related to one of Spider-Man's Amazing Friends...

So, in conclusion, the critical consensus for 'Captain America: Brave New World' is: "Meh..."

And, frankly, I needed a lot more than that to convince me that the MCU is worth getting excited about anymore...

My enjoyment of #Paradise would be exponentially increased if I weren't dreading the dreary, downbeat cover version of the 80s/90s hit that concludes EVERY SINGLE EPISODE!!

I really should say 'hello' on here a bit more often but it still feels too eerily similar to 'the other place' - not in content and interactions, mind, just the habitual nature of scrolling and reacting and replying. I feel like I've been a lot happier since I stopped doing that on a daily basis! 😆

Pseudohalogenic compound cyanogen. Uh huh.

This evening it’s cold enough to justify my first ever attempt at the Scandinavian ‘top down lighting’ approach to wood burning.

Why yes, I AM embracing middle age? What prompted you to ask?!

(Works like a charm, btw)

No, BBC News...
I guarantee that was very much something that NOBODY missed. 😆

Final night of my holiday last night was greatly improved by the hotel’s resident piano player deciding to serenade the cocktail sippers at the bar with a Zelda: Ocarina of Time medley. 😂

🎵🎵

When an eel, you do spy;
Patterned skin, teeth, small eyes…

That’s… a moray. 🎵🎵

Well, ‘The Tetris Effect’ is very much real. Although in this case you can call it the ‘Balatro Effect’! Curse Charlie Brooker for mentioning it in an interview and thus being the sole cause of my seeing hands of playing cards when I close my eyes…

On a related note, I’ve very much reached the conclusion that a game that gives you ‘the freedom to approach each mission in any way you like’ is infinitely less enjoyable than a game that creates a variety of scenarios that force you to use every tool you’ve been given.

When I told Bluesky during sign up that I liked animals, I had no idea the cat:dog ratio would be so skewed in the felines’ favour. C’mon, where are all the ‘good dug’ pics? I’ll start…

I have arrived at BLUESKY!!!
(Stands expectantly - gets zero interaction)

OK, as you were …

I guess I should try following a few accounts first…