I'm tired this morning, and I just called a young guy next door an arsehole. I am bad. But he was trampling on my garden to put up a security fence for a construction neither we nor the council wanted which got approved on a technicality upon appeal. He's lucky I didn't start reading at him.

I'm feeling happy today. This is not earth-shattering news, but Vonnegut said you should always stop to acknowledge a good moment - "If this isn't nice, what is?"

Just had developers start construction next door this morning. Worst thing is their doof doof music. Can't concentrate. Can't work. A year of this! This might be the last coherent thing I ever write!

I've spent all afternoon doing nothing because I don't want to sweat all over my book. Why, when you live in Australia, do people buy you Christmas socks?

The good thing about giving books for Christmas is that even if no one wants them, they are easy to wrap!

New to Bluesky. Watched video yesterday about exodus from X and BlueSky growing. Signed up a decade ago to Twitter. Never used it. Thought it would be cool to add to the stats: +1 Bluesky, -1 X/Twitter. But I forget my old Twitter password. Email account now defunct. How can I ever now show the Man?

I’m sitting here - it’s a Sydney Christmas - and I’m still waiting for the snow. My childhood sold me a lie!