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Professional Nerd, living the dream.
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magichatgrok.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

this is my favorite quote in the entire series

merry Hogswatch, everyone
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable." REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE. "Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—" YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES. "So we can believe the big ones?" YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING. "They're not the same at all!" YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED. "Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—" MY POINT EXACTLY.
December 25, 2023 at 5:03 PM
Day 73 44x25m

Overslept, had to book a later session. Zzzzzzzz
November 14, 2023 at 10:47 AM
Day 72.

41x25m

Late swim!
November 7, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Day 71
46x25m

Slightly late start today.
October 31, 2023 at 10:11 AM
Day 70 54x25m

Busy pool, top lanes were double booked.

Some improvement. Arms hurt after 2nd session in the week though.
October 29, 2023 at 10:14 AM
Day 69

50x25m

Back at it.
October 26, 2023 at 10:36 AM
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tanngrisnir.bsky.social
It has been a bit wet round here.
Photo posted by Network Rail Scotland showing a (very) flooded railway at the entrance to two tunnels. Caption: “Here's the state of play at Dalmuir Twin Tunnels. As you can see, the water level is massive - it's up to around the window level on a train. The fixed pumps here have been completely overwhelmed by the extreme rainfall. It'll take time for this to clear once the rain stops.”
October 8, 2023 at 11:50 AM