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Bats! Peach Orchid Grove café, blackburn (my 2nd time) for Inglewood coffee 2 PM We've seen bats at Yarra Bend. Approx 3,000-50,000 according to the sign, which seems like quite a big range Back to my place for a 42 min rest & shower 5:30 PM Mitcham social, shared an entre (vege samosa) & a main (steak) 8:15 PM Foragers, free pool ____ On this day: 2025 . BIG NIGHT: Dinner at The Moat with S. Solo to Miss Gunn, met a fan of serial killer podcasts. Then got invited to C's Hens Night in Smith St, then we migrated to Old Bar. Then ~3am walked up Brunswick St to Glorama (but i instead went home).

Outside of Blackburn café where we parked We woke at about 9:15am. The closed curtains made the morning seem quiet dark. I was unable to guess the time. A lovely, looong sleep-in. Breakfast at The Blackburn Café, Blackburn Rd, Mount Waverley. They played the same 4 or 5 songs on a loop: GnR's Sweet Chil' O' Mine, Sweet Home Alabama, Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, ... B.L.A.T. was amazing, a little messy. Coffee was remarkable, "Five Senses" BLUE SKIES + SUNSHINE Mullum mullum, we saw 1 young male kangaroo (twice) when we bush-bashed off the walking path quietly. We could watch it from either side of a very wide gum-tree tree trunk. Later, up at the carpark we saw 2 more: a huge male, and a smaller roo. The huge male didn't seem to mind us too much. He was watching, half-watching, and even sat down at one point: so fairly relaxed Back to my place to check on the fish: 1 pixel, 3 tiny mosquito-fish in the middle tank, 1 big and 1 small mosquito-fish in the...

Morning coffee w/ egg & bacon roll at S.O. 8:45 AM @ Ultra Tune Knox Evidently, a new head mechanic at knox. I wasn't there for 15 min getting an encyclopedic run-down. I hope this new guy is good Orange engine light. Been on about a week. Unsure what that's all about 2:45 PM My car issue is (apparently) carbon build up on the air intake filter, which will cost me $275 — not too bad, hopefully that's all it is I'm stopping now for lunch / workout / dishes / meditation. I might even stay logged off because yolo 5 PM Car is back with me. All okay. It was just carbon build-up, which needed to be flushed and clean  Picking up N soon for a movie night. Likely will grab a pizza from Forno 88 on the drive back to mine. We might watch The Running Man (1987 or 2025) ____ On this day: 2025 . School night. TV. Steamed bao. Two boozey fridge beers. Looong phone-call with D.

Central Core café There are 3 kinds of twilight:  • Civilian • Nautical • Astronomical 6 / 12 / 18° below the horizon (centre of the sun) 12:45 PM My coles-online order is due soon. I've told N that i'm surviving on (flat) ginger beer, toaster crumbs, and floor water 5:15 PM I've had a good day & a productive afternoon (three meetings) 6:30 PM Uber to Johnson St to meet up with T at Bad Decisions (or Sugar Gliders) We had Mexican for dinner: chicken softshell tacos at Frankie's Trivia at Sugar glider was fully booked so we didn't stick around We went to Bad Decisions for 1 or 2*. They had no beer taps & a rap battle upstairs, so it wasn't really our scene *1 me, 2 T Next we tried the Irish pub, Three Brothers. They had 6 irish musicians in a circle playing fiddle, flute, accordion, etc  We had a pint of Guinness & then a pint of bottled Magners cider out the back (because T had to vape) The uber driver talked the whole way home 11:59 PM...

Autumn colours of my next-door neighbour's tree Bumped into A and his daughter E at jolimont café. Had granola & coffee 11:30 AM Weights My heart still feels a bit "heavy" from either stress or my flu shot (8 days ago) i can't tell the difference 5 PM Yesterday, i used Google Gemini to generate a powershell script to help me backup my cheat-sheets (*.txt files). It took about 10 min to clearly state what i wanted. That script seems to work. First time. It is giving me structure to my task I have to be very careful to redact or: not exfiltrate 1. Corp Cloud: OneDrive (many subfolders) *.txt 2. Corp Laptop: The new PowerShell .ps1 script 3. Outputs: yy-mm.bat file with md & copy cmds 4. When executed: C:\git\cheat-sheets\...\abc.txt 5. After txt has been reviewed: redacted/removed  6. Push to github.com (repo: belongs to my personal email). The above procedure let's me step thru my old txt files (review one-at-a-time) to keep or cull them...

Portuguese flag, near work I was a bit late into the office, but i made stand-up at 9:15am 10:30 AM Finally having my morning coffee & egg bacon muffin. And a walk ... 2 PM Nando's for lunch. And a 2nd walk ... 6:30 PM I just jumped into an uber. My trivia team is going to Thornbury Local tonight - they like to try different places We came 3rd out of 19 teams — with a team of 6. We scored 50 points out of a possible 60. The first 2 teams tied (but we didn't hear what score they won with) I had a po'h boy (beef brisket) and The Mile pale ale (2 pints and a pot). All of which was delicious ____ On this day: 2025 . WFH.Boronia Rd café w/ A. Weights as a lunch-break. Had that Anchorage DIPA (skull, crown) impressive!

Toadstool season, autumn Decided to work from home today, feeling tired 8 AM Walked around vermont area I bumped into A and B at jolimont café, so i skipped stand-up & started with a little late 12 - 1 PM Lunch-time workout  My fish look good • Tank 1: Pixel, half hiding behind his celery plant • Tank 2: Three miniatures, swimming calmly  • Tank 4: Big guy & little guy, seem happy enough  4:45 PM Finished work a little early ____ On this day: 2025 . Oh Hi café. Gang-gang cockatoos at Heatherdale Rd. Mitcham Social.

Riverlea estate Red Cup café, box hill Warrandyte, creek (canoe launching area)  RIVERLEA ESTATE 1912 winery, cellar door - tasting flight. The shiraz was next level. Chardonnay and rosé sitting good too ( Pinot noir: no ) It wasn't busy (apart from a 98th bday in the 1912 restaurant) so after we did a wine tasting we took one of the staff up on their offer to give us the full tour - huge place. Cigar bar. Original 1984 pub, which is now a chapel and upstairs B&B 5:15 PM Mitcham Social for the Sunday roast 7:30 PM Back home, to bed ____ On this day: 2025 . Barbariön. Catfish. Bar Nearby. Natural Science. Foragers.

Westerfolds park, kangeroos (no wild deer) 11 AM Blackburn breakfast at Republic café 2:30 PM Home to rest 5 PM Showered, ready to go out. Quick meditation - was designed for panic, but i wasn't even feeling particularly anxious. By the end of 8 min, i noticed i felt nourished Benchwarmers , japanese beers at west melb near Erryl St (north melb). Awesome Japanese beers, Hazy IPAs, stouts Walked to Yarra Falls (secret bar) King St, Flinders Ln I took 4 don't look down photos tonight's Walked 10 min to Russell St, The   Whiskey Den . Bumped into PT, L, A - they had just come from the Collingwood game (mcg) via the Duke of Wellington  11:45 PM Uber back to Foragers for 1 rocket science. Several patrons far more toasted than us Total autos: 16,000 ____ On this day: 2025 . Played guitars with Dad. Watched footy with Mum.

Lewin reserve ~ 1pm 8:30 AM Easy drive to work, despite heavy fog ~ 30 min Feels icey, no wind. Thankful for my leather jacket  12 - 1 PM Team lunch, sushi. Don't feel like going back to my desk  It's sunny, warm enough inside my jacket 11 PM Mando & Grogu at eastland (ringwood). As i had summed, it's mostly action. Basically for kids. Amusing. It had the right star warsy look at least. Looked expensive Total steps: 10,000 ____ On this day: 2025 . Breakfast with 3 foragers people. Birmy trivia. Beermash. Amazing Anchorage DIPA (USA, skull, crown).

The real-estate agent busted me taking this photo 9:15 AM Dropped my car off an the automobile electrician in Springfield Rd Had a sit-in coffee at Peddlers café, then caught uber home 10 AM Logged in, did very little work. Investigating memory usage ("out of memory") of cloud software. From what i saw, suspect memory leak  Sandwiches for lunch: Doritos, salsa, cheese, tuna, microwave on high ~ 85 sec 2:30 PM With call with the cloud vendor 3:15 PM Uber to pick up my car ~ $125 6:30 PM APOD chosen 13 ipa's - the website wouldn't let me choose Pick-Up Foragers for 2 pots. V said i had a calming presence 8:45 PM Home, cereal, bed ____ On this day: 2025 . Rise & Grind. Up early.

Schneider quote (Secrets & Lies, 2000) 8 AM Left the house too drive to work, Hawthorne East  NIGEL CAFÉ Barista: What can i get you? Middle-aged bloke wearing hi-vis: Irish Latte. Have here.  Barista: Your name for the order?  Prominent Irish accent: Darryn McGlare. D-a-r-r-y-n. Listened to podcasts on the way to work  • Late Night Live: Bruce Shapiro on USA politics • Late Night Live: John Saffron on "offensiveness" 12:15 PM Coffee break with B, then a lunchtime walk My employer is asking me to fill in a form that explains why i don't attend the office. The reason is because i attend my customer's office. This feels like an inefficient procedure. Typical for I.T. I heard black cockatoos when i left work  Workout when i got home. Listen to podcasts: SYSK (Eels) Bodriggy "Jr" Hazy IPA 6.4% tasted excellent Watched the tv show Gruen on ABC ____ On this day: 2025 . Movie night. Wireless headphones. 

My work laptop has a issues: Windows patch fails Bitlocker also fails to encrypt my hard-drive 8 AM Kopcha café. I tried the O.G. Polo Yao (no "kaya" butter: i'm unsure what that is) which i found out is like a sweet, round, Asian croissant. Very tasty Weighed myself this morning ~75kg (i'll have to remember not to say 70kg anymore: not that anybody ever asks me very often..... i was asked recently, not but a doctor)  ✓ Physio #4 ~ 10am ✓ Mandatory training ✓ Laptop patch & reboot  ✓ Booked eye test for friday jun-5 ✓ Guided mindfulness meditation ~ 12:30pm ✓ Logged off by 5pm All The King's Men (1949, politics) based on a book: brilliant Cheap Seats  11 PM Bedtime ____ On this day: 2025 . Quiet monday. Low of 0°C. I wrote a short poem for my trivia team. Total steps: 254

Heron on the bike path behind Tooronga HQ Subway for lunch: hot salami, lettuce, tomato, etc Booked my car in at the auto electrician for thurs • Headlight keeps needing to be replaced • New fog-light also needs to go in, v tricky for me • Orange engine light is on: faulty cruise control(?) Rested when i got home, then got energised Watched 2 videos from this freestyle rapper: • Harry Mack dissecting the bars while rapping • at the Guggenheim | Flow State with Harry Mack Did a workout (motivated by his word-play, or perhaps my rest was successful at recharging me Soldat (zombies)  ____ On this day: 2025 . Oh Hi café (re-opened). Mullum mullum w/ N: eagle, yellow-breasted robin. Total steps: 11,500

Kangeroos at mullum mullum ~18 or more Breakfast at This Little Kitchen, in ringwood. Coffee was a bit weak. Chilli scramble was good. N got the baked eggs Purchased a brake light (fitted) and a head light at Supercheap Auo in ringwood. Looked up where to book in my car for auto electrician: Springfield rd in nunawading — thurs if they can fit me in Back home to rest. Soldat for a little bit 11:15 AM Back to bed. It's grey & drizzly, no walk possible? 2 PM Mullum mullum. Kangeroos everywhere: a mob of 7 then 1 huge male, then 8 then 2 more (pregnant moms?) Nobody much around for fear of drizzle. I pretty much had the place to myself. Wasn't rained on Stopped in at Cherry Hill for a Pinot noir. They had run out of the Red Hill. The replacement an offer was pretty good too (Yerra valley something) Started watching a film noir The Lost Weekend (1945, alcoholic, writer, hiding his drinking) 6 PM Met up with N for an early dinner at mitcham social. Pork, salmon, char...

Croydon Light Harness Club Fortunate Son café, Ringwood for a bfast B.L.A.T. Short walk, found horses, and a bee tree 11 AM Back home to rest up 2:45 PM First Hill Chase to get hair stuff, leave-in conditioner Brake light 4 PM Catfish — Point Of Origin: New Zealand #POO  ̶P̶o̶t̶e̶n̶t̶i̶a̶l̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶g̶o̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶E̶l̶m̶ ̶S̶t̶r̶e̶e̶t̶ ̶g̶i̶g̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶N̶o̶r̶t̶h̶c̶o̶t̶e̶ ̶S̶o̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ ̶C̶l̶u̶b̶ ̶—̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶(̶4̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶4̶ ̶b̶a̶n̶d̶s̶)̶ ̶~̶ ̶1̶0̶:̶5̶5̶p̶m̶ Walked to Beermash but didn't go in, just caught an uber 9 PM Back at Mitcham. We had 1½ rock sciences at foragers. S & C got back there already Total steps: 88000 ____ On this day: 2025 . My first "ME Day". My first time at Mr Robertson café. Mullum mullum. Night in.

Pint of Origin "Range" tap takeover at the Park Hotel in Abbotsford ~ 8:30pm 7:30 AM Bfast at Rise n Grind w/ N. Dropped her off at work at 9am Back to bed 12:15 PM Mullum mullum, picked up a bag of rubbish & boosted more mosquito-fish Not quiet this many ⢑⡨⡡ Took more Tiny Survivor pics to upload, journal 6 1:45 PM Back home to rest. It's gloriously sunny. Too warm for jeans.... almost 5 PM Meditated. Shower. Music on. Getting ready to go out 8 PM Order a Philly cheese steak. Which is not a chili cheese cheek. Range Brewing (Qld) tap takeover; They've named their tap beers (in order) Burger, Nuggets, Fries, and Sundae 10 PM Uber back to Foragers for a Dangerous Ales "Rocket Science" Triple OC IPA (back on tap for J's bday) ____ On this day: 2025 . Foragers. BA stout. ME Day eve.  Jagermeister. E and G got up on the barrels to dance  & took their tops off.

Took photo (below) for journal 6 of  Tiny Survivor Tomrw is a ME Day, so it feels a bit like a Friday Woke a bit late & still a slight headache has persisted from last night (flu shot? was ~36 hours ago) for which i should take Panadol but haven't yet — forgot I feel overly warm on my light hoodie. Currently only 11°C (heading for a top of 22°C) — definitely my flu shot. My other symptom is slight tiredness 8:30 AM I've walked to Terarra Rd to take my usual photo Fridge seems to be working okay (knock on wood) Car orange engine light is on. Hopefully that self-corrects too Elbow has pulled up okay after some guitar yesterday: slowly slowly 9:15 AM Send my project update as a message instead of dialling in from the café. I hadn't quite finished my coffee & breakfast at Jolimont café 5:25 PM I need to finish my weights, because i only just did half for a break at around 3:30pm Bird species: 10 ____ On this day: 2025 . Trivia. Wesley Anne. Sparxy. Creepy d...

A sign i saw on the way to the work bbq I got invited to my with teams bbq for lunch. Meet some new staters: S, A, and a guy from Indonesia (Docklands) 3:30 PM I'm now going for a walk - because i feel like i've run out of energy to start anything new today I considered leaving early, but i had met the new boss (and his boss) at the bbq - so it felt like a career limiting move to duck out early today. They were sitting nearby I ate • hamburger • salad  • sausage in bread (hot chili sauce) (I didn't get to try the chicken skewers. I felt too greedy to go back for a 2nd plate of free food) 5.30 PM Back home, tired (from the flu shot?) 7 PM Chatted online with my mate in Finland   Zombies (soldat) Watched a film noir b&w film from 1945, Detour — best movie i've watched all year so far 10:30 PM Meditation. Bed Slight headache (flu shot?) N called. Twice. She said she was feeling upset due to her work: she'd had a meeting with HR, she was worried leading ...

Terrara Rd, i've taken the same photo 140+ times Fridge issues. Beers not cold (last 2 nights). Ice blocks melted (noticed last night & this morning) Today i've tried turning it off & on again. I should measure it — for when i need to replace it. My fridge is very old, 10+ years i think. Couldn't find any email to check that Perhaps there would be evidence of my fridge purchase (make, model, cost) in my paper filing cabnet, which is merely a tub these days. Almost everything is online. Paperwork only kept in that tub for a maximum of few years in most cases 8:30 AM C³ for a coffee in rooks rd. Bought a bag of ice from the BP on the corner, so i can use my esky Turning my fridge off & on had potentially worked? The freezer ice blocks have formed an icy crust. I'm waiting longer to see 9:30 AM RSVP'd for my Jul 31 trip to Sydney for work Flu shot is booked for this afternoon, Terry White pharmacy in Forest Hill Chase Guided mindfulness meditati...

Tiny dogs, running after a ball like maniacs 8:05 AM Parked at work. Foggy morning. Egg & bacon muffin 1:30 PM Sushi hand-rolls for lunch (4) No free sample product giveaways at Red dot today. Instead, they have guide dogs hanging out in a petting zoo 5:45 PM Did weights, even tho i did them yesterday  Watched a film noir, Kiss Me Deadly (1955) which had a surprise ending. It flagged between the middle and the end — but the start was intriguing Total steps: 6,000 ____ On this day. 2025 . Mother's Day. Andor season 2.

Mother's Day orchids Bfast at Figure 9 Florist 12 PM - 3:30 PM Visited my mum, we ate hamburgers for lunch & walked around the backstreets of Greensborough Drove Lisa home & filled up with fuel ~$106/50L Started listening to PEP podcast Ep 260 4:30 PM Home to rest N ran into my former boss JB (retired) and A at foragers Asphalt Jungle (1950) jewellery heist movie was great, very classy — no notes. Most of it without a musical soundtrack. Essentially, tough guys planning a caper, doing a caper, and trying to get away with having done their caper ____ On this day. 2025 .  Range tap takeover at Co-conspirators. Continued day-drinking at Catfish, barrel-aged sours. We left Foragers early, N mistakenly locked the door on our way out, which was hours before they called last drinks. Ha!

Westerfolds Park ~1pm 10 AM Fingers Crossed (Ringwood) for bfast. That's our 2nd time. We saw a car on the train tracks with train-wheels to attach him to the track Westerfolds Park, walked to the top of the hill on the east side with N. She hasn't been there. Countless kangeroos up the top to stare at We also saw a fox den at westerfolds (most likely a fox) with her beady eyes starting back at us. The den had 3 exits that we could see, possibly a couple more around the back. We wondered whether she had cubs in there with her 2 PM Home to rest 6 PM Uber to the city for a fancy dinner at Reed House in the cbd, cnr. lonsdale/russell Three Horses cocktail bar (near caretakers cottage) for a cocktail  Hats & Tatts for a sour beer upstairs Foragers for just one pot, Range Oat Cream IPA ____ On this day. 2025 . Project Brewing, Rowville. Stayed over night at N's apartment in Mitcham.

Cockatoos (feat. Get-a-room) at end of my street Sickie.  10 AM Jolimont café, just a Magic today. Busy inside 🎧 My maiden voyage in my yesterday Reeboks It's grey, drizzle & more forecasted 'til 7am tomrw Short walk. Photos for Hi-Vis Frog & Terrara Rd 11 AM Had another go at gluing my tan New Balance (#3) which i really like to wear —to the office— but the soles unfortunately come apart from the shoe leather  Painted a 2nd coat of my 1:87 white ninja (incl. the silver sword blades)  2 PM Weights (sans 3 pulls that aggrevate my elbow) 6:15 PM Redwood Tasting Room, ubered to st georges road, fitzroy north ~ $45. N had never been. The tap beers were all good breweries: Banks, Dangerous Ales, etc. We took 2 empty tinnies home in N's sack w/ zip-lock bags Foragers for a "fullstop" beer, which ended up being an ellipses ("...") as often happens Mr & Mrs Pizza delivery. They will let you add ingredients, but won't let you remove ingredients...

Reeboks arrived from Japan. I'm happy with them 7:45 AM Mischu's café in mitcham. I drive Nancy to work. It was hailing. My backyard looked like snow 6:50 PM My day was a hard slog. I got somewhere with it in the end. Knee deep in code. I worked right thru my afternoon meeting. Oops.  Now my brain feels fried like this morning's bacon. I got a bit obsessed with it. No break. Hyper fixated. Made myself hangry! Should be going to Eclipse (Swe.) except they've cancelled the tour. My trivia team are at Naughty Nancy's in chapel street. They have ordered the Yorkshire pudding 9:30 PM Strangers on a Train (1951, Hitchcock) a plot between strangers to do a murder for each other, so won't be suspected, accused, and caught ____ On this day: 2025 . Mantaray café. Nitrogen coffee. WFH. Beer and pizza.

8:35:AM Arrived at work in tooronga I noticed back in Feb that Nigel café either charges me $6 or $5.50 seemingly randomly  Apr 17 (5.50) Fri Mar 16 (5.50) Mon Feb 10 (5.50) Tue Every other time was $6, or i got food so can't say 5:30 PM Left work, it was dark & rainy 7 PM I'm back inside from my weights routine Elbow felt okay. I took it easy on a couple of exercises: push-ups, and incline bench press I'll meditate next ~ 10 min Then I'll do stress-ball & my 4kg (should early be "½kg") light stretching roll exercise Sweet Smell of Success (1957) b&w film noir Soldat (ctf, then zombies) 11 PM Bed, and PEP podcast ____ On this day: 2025 . WFH. Sparkling espresso at Inked² café which is now called KopCha (and used to be called Little Hū). Mandatory security training.

C³ for a coffee in rooms road ~8am 11 AM Physio. No more "loading". Just added stress-ball Bahn mi for lunch from vermont south + 1 dimsim Meditated before i got back to work. Fed fish 6 PM Logged off. Felt productive again today Meditated again, which was a more satisfying 10-15 min Soldat zombies, a beer, some gauc & cornchips 10 PM Bedtime ____ On this day: 2025 . Monday. Andor: A Star Wars Story. Mantaray Coffee Roasters off Rooks Rd. Final day for Skype! after 14 years (M + R moved the group chat to WhatsApp)

Blue sky, cloudless, hoodie weather 8:15 AM Parked at work with 68 car parks remaining on B1 Coffee only (sans bacon & egg muffin) Nigel café 1:30 PM Sushi for lunch: 3 hand rolls I felt productive at work today. Only 2 meetings 6 PM Weights. My elbow feels okay today. I've had a long break, since Apr 29 (wednes last week) because it has been feeling uncomfortable & weak  Soldat (zombies)  8:15 PM I finished watching Seven Samurai (1954) hard going, impressive in scale — i didn't love it, there's a lot of action, fighting sequences. Not much happens More soldat 9:35 PM Watched planet America 10:35 PM Bedtime ____ On this day: 2025 . Andor: A Star War Story. Chickens at mullum mullum. Foragers with N.

There are many kangeroos in this photo, donvale Mr Robertson (rainy, sat outside in corner) ~10am Sunset Boulevard (1950) is supposed to be a Top 10 film noir from the b&w era. An aging actress persuades a stone-broke screenwriter to edit her film script for a comeback, he moves in. But we saw in the opening scene someone ends up dead Mullum mullum — many kangeroos, saw up close. We were lucky with the rain, barely light drizzle 4:30 PM Mitcham Social (guinness in a can) Soldat (zombies) 9 PM Bedtime (PEP podcast) Total steps: 6,800 ____ On this day: 2025 . Federal election. I voted on Canterbury Rd. 4pm EatClub at Lulu rooftop (opposite Surly's) then Racoon bar to play pool (with J). Then went solo to Rebel Rebel, Tallboy & Moose, Carwyn Cellars.

Huzzah!  Breakfast at Figure 9 café, mitcham ~ 10am Back home to rest Worked on my Tiny Survivor project, journal 5 Made a 30 sec video & added it to the Google Album too (see Journal 1•1 for link to that Album) 3 PM Mullum mullum. Two kangeroos, one kookaburra, six choughs. 8 PM Huzzah! We sat where the beer vats used to be. There is no brewing at this venue anymore. Dinner wasquite good, tasty, all the usual suspects: steak, gnocci, etc Two great beer choices:  • Good Land "Valley" IPA • Mountain Culture "Vanity Metric" Dbl NEIPA 8% Ramblers Foragers Total steps: 6,000 ____ On this day: 2025 . D's song-writers' gig off Sydney Rd. She drove us to Eydie's in Lygon St for wines. My uber driver home gave me a bottle of red wine.

Chow-chow ~11:45 AM (Tooronga) 8:15 AM Carpark at work seems be rather empty 26°C forecast (perhaps that explains it) WORDLE (MAYBE I WROTE THIS LAST WEEK) To increase my odds of a "hole in one", I've asked the google chatbot to filter my list of starting words to only the words that have never been the Wordle solution. Using a robot to cheat the system feels very 2026. No idea if the response it gave me is accurate, but it was quick 8:45 AM I have been hearing an advertisement, which says australian taxes continue to subsidise diesel — only for the most profitable mega-corporations (they retain the most expensive lawyers) so those asshats can provide their fossil-fuel more cheaply to australians..... which really undermines aussie investments in renewables I think it's great to see that advert repeated so many times during this energy crisis :) A lot of us in the general public will be reasonably furious (not just greenie, lefty, tree-hugger hippies) and ...