Dr Gaz J Johnson
@legionofllama.bsky.social
Hiking YouTuber, sometime voice-actor, university press supremo & former chief editor. Loves gaming, woodworking, renovation, scifi, Eurovision, comic books, nature, weasels & gooses. Frequently sardonic, occasionally witty. (https://linktr.ee/llordllama)
Starting work on the annual photo-calendar for Old Mother Llama - featuring the most baffling & confusing shots of me and @hordeofduck.bsky.social that I can find.
Only rule: Each month's photos must come from the preceding year's similar month (Jan == Jan) which yields some bizzarro combinations
Only rule: Each month's photos must come from the preceding year's similar month (Jan == Jan) which yields some bizzarro combinations
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Starting work on the annual photo-calendar for Old Mother Llama - featuring the most baffling & confusing shots of me and @hordeofduck.bsky.social that I can find.
Only rule: Each month's photos must come from the preceding year's similar month (Jan == Jan) which yields some bizzarro combinations
Only rule: Each month's photos must come from the preceding year's similar month (Jan == Jan) which yields some bizzarro combinations
On the phone to Old Mother Llama who threw in the phrase 'Oh we were all at hats and caps over it'.
Honestly, never a conversation with her goes by without a totally new phrase which she swears blind she's always used comes up! 😀
Honestly, never a conversation with her goes by without a totally new phrase which she swears blind she's always used comes up! 😀
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
On the phone to Old Mother Llama who threw in the phrase 'Oh we were all at hats and caps over it'.
Honestly, never a conversation with her goes by without a totally new phrase which she swears blind she's always used comes up! 😀
Honestly, never a conversation with her goes by without a totally new phrase which she swears blind she's always used comes up! 😀
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Best discovery with Baby in the last 12hrs since her installation - Steam now downloads at 15/16mbps over the previous 'highs' of 4.0 on a good day.
It's still glacial, but it IS the max our current countryside shonky pipes will allow. Might mean I can down a new game in slightly less than a month!
It's still glacial, but it IS the max our current countryside shonky pipes will allow. Might mean I can down a new game in slightly less than a month!
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Best discovery with Baby in the last 12hrs since her installation - Steam now downloads at 15/16mbps over the previous 'highs' of 4.0 on a good day.
It's still glacial, but it IS the max our current countryside shonky pipes will allow. Might mean I can down a new game in slightly less than a month!
It's still glacial, but it IS the max our current countryside shonky pipes will allow. Might mean I can down a new game in slightly less than a month!
Nothing like a night of lucid dreaming concerned with trying to fit a new egg-rack inside a kitchen in a house I no longer live in to start your day with a 'What the heck was that all about?'
I mean, I have a perfectly serviceable egg slide thingy in my kitchen these days!
I mean, I have a perfectly serviceable egg slide thingy in my kitchen these days!
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Nothing like a night of lucid dreaming concerned with trying to fit a new egg-rack inside a kitchen in a house I no longer live in to start your day with a 'What the heck was that all about?'
I mean, I have a perfectly serviceable egg slide thingy in my kitchen these days!
I mean, I have a perfectly serviceable egg slide thingy in my kitchen these days!
Wife just accused me of 'accidentally rocking the Jamiroquai look' while I was cooking dinner.
The flamming cheek of her, no idea where she got that idea! 🤔
The flamming cheek of her, no idea where she got that idea! 🤔
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wife just accused me of 'accidentally rocking the Jamiroquai look' while I was cooking dinner.
The flamming cheek of her, no idea where she got that idea! 🤔
The flamming cheek of her, no idea where she got that idea! 🤔
New PC up, humming and glowing away happily to itself, as I spend the afternoon transferring all my data across and keep discovering programmes I forgot to install as of yet.
Like Acrobat so I could read Mrs Dr Llama's new hoover's instructions. (As a manual...it sucked!)
Like Acrobat so I could read Mrs Dr Llama's new hoover's instructions. (As a manual...it sucked!)
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
New PC up, humming and glowing away happily to itself, as I spend the afternoon transferring all my data across and keep discovering programmes I forgot to install as of yet.
Like Acrobat so I could read Mrs Dr Llama's new hoover's instructions. (As a manual...it sucked!)
Like Acrobat so I could read Mrs Dr Llama's new hoover's instructions. (As a manual...it sucked!)
Out with the old...In with the new.
Which, yes, does rather look like a TARDIS now you mention it...
Which, yes, does rather look like a TARDIS now you mention it...
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Out with the old...In with the new.
Which, yes, does rather look like a TARDIS now you mention it...
Which, yes, does rather look like a TARDIS now you mention it...
Revisions to the Eurovision voting rules for the 11ieth time.
Will it make it any fairer? Will it disuade the dodgy voting practices? Will it let Moldova claim their rightful crown? Will it stop the country boycotts for 2026?
>shrugs<
eurovision.tv/story/voting...
Will it make it any fairer? Will it disuade the dodgy voting practices? Will it let Moldova claim their rightful crown? Will it stop the country boycotts for 2026?
>shrugs<
eurovision.tv/story/voting...
Voting overhaul announced for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
The European Broadcasting Union has announced a series of changes to the rules around voting in the Eurovision Song Contest, ahead of Vienna 2026.
eurovision.tv
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Revisions to the Eurovision voting rules for the 11ieth time.
Will it make it any fairer? Will it disuade the dodgy voting practices? Will it let Moldova claim their rightful crown? Will it stop the country boycotts for 2026?
>shrugs<
eurovision.tv/story/voting...
Will it make it any fairer? Will it disuade the dodgy voting practices? Will it let Moldova claim their rightful crown? Will it stop the country boycotts for 2026?
>shrugs<
eurovision.tv/story/voting...
Oh heavens, I just had to call on the enthalpy of a solution to answer a question Mrs Llama had about her washing liquid. That's rusty knowledge from a few decades past!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Oh heavens, I just had to call on the enthalpy of a solution to answer a question Mrs Llama had about her washing liquid. That's rusty knowledge from a few decades past!!
'GET OFF YOU FAT B@STARD!' roars Mrs Llama from downstairs.
Confused, as I'm quietly working upstairs, I tentatively stick my head out the office door.
Turns out Mr Nutkins the Garden Squirrel is attempting to overcome the anti-squeaker dome over the bird feeder again.
Such the drama. 😂
Confused, as I'm quietly working upstairs, I tentatively stick my head out the office door.
Turns out Mr Nutkins the Garden Squirrel is attempting to overcome the anti-squeaker dome over the bird feeder again.
Such the drama. 😂
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'GET OFF YOU FAT B@STARD!' roars Mrs Llama from downstairs.
Confused, as I'm quietly working upstairs, I tentatively stick my head out the office door.
Turns out Mr Nutkins the Garden Squirrel is attempting to overcome the anti-squeaker dome over the bird feeder again.
Such the drama. 😂
Confused, as I'm quietly working upstairs, I tentatively stick my head out the office door.
Turns out Mr Nutkins the Garden Squirrel is attempting to overcome the anti-squeaker dome over the bird feeder again.
Such the drama. 😂
Stargate Announcement | Prime Video
YouTube video by Prime Video
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November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Evening enlivened by four academics exchanging nonsense sounds clips in place of conversation.
Worked pretty well.
Worked pretty well.
November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Evening enlivened by four academics exchanging nonsense sounds clips in place of conversation.
Worked pretty well.
Worked pretty well.
The post-sickness fun of wading through 11ty billion pending emails and trying to remember what it was all about.
That's basically my morning I think.
That's basically my morning I think.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The post-sickness fun of wading through 11ty billion pending emails and trying to remember what it was all about.
That's basically my morning I think.
That's basically my morning I think.
Huzzah - first day since Sunday, where breakfast hasn't been followed by the hunt for the 2nd hankie of the day.
Also, we've had light snow overnight - winter-draws on!
Also, we've had light snow overnight - winter-draws on!
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Huzzah - first day since Sunday, where breakfast hasn't been followed by the hunt for the 2nd hankie of the day.
Also, we've had light snow overnight - winter-draws on!
Also, we've had light snow overnight - winter-draws on!
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I always suspected house clearance was a risky business
Bomb squad called to charity warehouse after 'grenade' found
People were urged to avoid the area
www.leicestermercury.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I always suspected house clearance was a risky business
Some more light reading from the in-laws' shelves. A family bible (one of two we have acquired from them) with space to trace a century of lineage in the flyleaf.
Thing is...no one ever filled it in.
Now to work out what to do with them!
Thing is...no one ever filled it in.
Now to work out what to do with them!
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some more light reading from the in-laws' shelves. A family bible (one of two we have acquired from them) with space to trace a century of lineage in the flyleaf.
Thing is...no one ever filled it in.
Now to work out what to do with them!
Thing is...no one ever filled it in.
Now to work out what to do with them!
Went for a country lane stroll to clear my lungs. Much needed, even if I still feel blurgh with this cold.
Amazing how quickly the neighbours move off when I meet them and mention I'm down with the sickness. 😅
Amazing how quickly the neighbours move off when I meet them and mention I'm down with the sickness. 😅
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Went for a country lane stroll to clear my lungs. Much needed, even if I still feel blurgh with this cold.
Amazing how quickly the neighbours move off when I meet them and mention I'm down with the sickness. 😅
Amazing how quickly the neighbours move off when I meet them and mention I'm down with the sickness. 😅
Ah, and so we reach the 'desperately need to shave, but my nose is too chapped from sneezing' stage of the cold.
Such fun this one.
Such fun this one.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ah, and so we reach the 'desperately need to shave, but my nose is too chapped from sneezing' stage of the cold.
Such fun this one.
Such fun this one.
Finally finished slogging through Alien: Earth.
I was rooting for Mr T Eyeball Esq by the end.
I was rooting for Mr T Eyeball Esq by the end.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Finally finished slogging through Alien: Earth.
I was rooting for Mr T Eyeball Esq by the end.
I was rooting for Mr T Eyeball Esq by the end.
Ah good, now Mrs Llama is down with my foul cold as well.
I'll tell you this for nothing, it's going to be a fun Casa della Llama for a few days...
I'll tell you this for nothing, it's going to be a fun Casa della Llama for a few days...
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ah good, now Mrs Llama is down with my foul cold as well.
I'll tell you this for nothing, it's going to be a fun Casa della Llama for a few days...
I'll tell you this for nothing, it's going to be a fun Casa della Llama for a few days...
Apparently it was Children in Need on Friday.
Literally no idea until just now when I was trying to find this week's HIGNFY...and discovered it wasn't on.
Darn it!
Literally no idea until just now when I was trying to find this week's HIGNFY...and discovered it wasn't on.
Darn it!
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Apparently it was Children in Need on Friday.
Literally no idea until just now when I was trying to find this week's HIGNFY...and discovered it wasn't on.
Darn it!
Literally no idea until just now when I was trying to find this week's HIGNFY...and discovered it wasn't on.
Darn it!
Today is brought to you in association with the common cold and the number 'Blurgh'
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today is brought to you in association with the common cold and the number 'Blurgh'
Ah good, Mount St B's is literally just down the road from Casa Della Llama - so, yeah it was wet here yesterday.
Today...let's watch the local floodwaters rise!
Today...let's watch the local floodwaters rise!
Storm Claudia brought lots of rain leading to flooding as well as widespread travel disruption
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
Top totals include Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire recording 96 mm since Friday 14th November 0700 am👇
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Ah good, Mount St B's is literally just down the road from Casa Della Llama - so, yeah it was wet here yesterday.
Today...let's watch the local floodwaters rise!
Today...let's watch the local floodwaters rise!