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CRU+ blueberry bagel & a magic ~ 8:30am I'm in the office today at tooronga / hawthorn east The robot has analysed my year of posts. In summary, a lot of entries are simply what i ate & where i ate.... which doesn't seem very interesting 4:30 PM Left work and you home ~5pm. Somehow re-injured my chest, lowering myself into bed too rest / meditate. Right side, centre, under my lowest ribs..... Very annoying that this has returned. Ultrasound was negative. Hernia? Couldn't get a straight answer from the GP in ringwood. Anyway, rarely gives me any discomfort/pain. It had been literally weeks, if nota couple of months ~ 7 PM Trivia at quarry - our 2nd visit to this venue, but a different trivia host this time (a fill-in) Slight fluttering of the chest on the way in. I had the thought that Reddit (world news) is setting off some anxiety that ends up feeling like a chest twitch "It's funnier of it's more wordy and makes no grammatical sense,"...

8 AM Merton's Bakery Café (a few doors up from Rise & Grind, canterbury rd) It's all pretty basic - they have a big selection of sweet treats I'm WFH today 10 AM Physio #7 ... my elbow is feeling strong & comfortable 99% of the time by now 4 - 5 PM Weights Soldat (zombie server is back online) until 7:40p ____ On this day: 2025 . Blood test. Half-hearted weights due to injury. Jim Jarmusch movie.

8:30 AM Made it to CRU+ for a blueberry bagel & a magic  4 PM Left work early Ate left-over pizza & sandwiches Chatted with D on the phone Early to bed ____ On this day: 2025 . Sunday. Mordialloc .  Brunch at Canteen. Wolf Of The Willows. Boatrocker. PJ's Mexican (Ringwood). Mitcham Social.

Warrendyte walk - said 1.9km, very hilly Firehouse for bfast - delicious, smoked brisket  Jumping Creek to Blue Tongue Bend ~ 2hrs Warrendyte Pub ("Grand Hotel") for a wine Small walk along the river 4 PM Shower back at 19lex 4:30 PM Mitcham hotel 5:45 PM Nancy found a $5 not next to The Claw machine. We won 3 prizes: an insect, a truck, and a brown creature with a blow-up nose Forager for a full stop pot Back to the apartment by 7:45pm Total steps: 12,400+ ____ On this day: 2025 . My sister's bday in g'borough. Met up with N at Forest Hill Chase pub.

Gang-gang cockatoo, walking home from shops  10:45 AM Coffee at Jolimont café Wrapped my sister's gift - a wooden bird feeder for her garden 12 Noon Cherry Tree Hotel, Donvale for LMA's bday w/ N Mullum mullum walk (2x) Natural science - Bar Nearby - Sessions Foragers Total steps: 17,000 ____ On this day: 2025 . ME Day. Upgraded phone from Android 15 to 16. Saw black cockatoos on a walk in Templestowe. Solo mission:  Prohibition (Camberwell),  The Hills (Surrey Hills),  Bar Nearby (Box Hill).

Mullum mullum ~5pm Felt quite hungover, slept all morning at Mitcham. Called in sick 3 PM Amazing panini w/ coffee at a new place, Black Horse, which is next to Black Stallion in britania mall, mitcham. It's a surpassing big place. We sat outside in the sun Walked with N at mullum mullum ~ 6 roos, 1 joey Forno88 anchovy pizza. I added mild salami. It was very fall-aparty (disappointingly). Overly salty (my fault) Played some soldat  Tried to use duck.ai to help me catch up on my daily "On this day: 2025" summary. Unimpressive. ____ On this day: 2025 . Thursday. Foragers night (tomrw is a "me" day).

Dutch Rules for dinner ~7:25pm Coffee & a toastie at KopCha, but N missed it (overslept) ~ 7:40 - 8:40am Took panadol. Woke up with a slight headache. It started last night really, at the end of trivia (right shoulders, stress) 9 AM @ VERMONT (WFH) Lots of interesting smashing sounds in my street today (working from home) because they are demolishing the house at #22 I think it was purchased 6 months ago (by the guy on the corner who fixes cars: since his cars have been parked in that driveway) Meanwhile, next door has still not sold. They have listed with a new real estate agent by the looks of the For Sale sign in front 12:39 - 1:45 PM Weights at lunchtime. Listened to Walking Up podcast - wrt a.i. intimacy (w/ a psychologist) Guided mindfulness meditation - that's 2x today Thought i might need to hide under noise cancelling headphones now to be able to concentrate ... but so far so good Fragter's for 2 beers ~ 6pm Dutch Rules for dinner, cocktail, beer ~ 8pm ...

CRU+ café blueberry bagel + a magic ~ 9am My bluetooth earbud is working (after last night's swim in the sink)  I found my work water-bottle - at the hot desk where i left it yesterday 4.20 I'm sitting in the middle section today, because the hot desk booking app shows my usual area is very full ... although i don't really Grove these people will all show up  I heard on the radio that there will be a teacher's strike next Thursday. They want a 35% pay rise over the next 3 years TRIVIA We came equal 1st at trivia @ The Quarry w/ Nick Penalty shootout format to decide a winner: it wasn't us. S went up front. None of us knew Queen Victoria was 18 when she became queen I had the $29 Philly cheese steak which tasted great & the hot chips were excellent too. The others all got the $25 parma & a pot special We won a bottle of wine / jug of beer + a $20 food/drink voucher.... valid only on Wednesdays.... for 2 weeks (so we'll try to go back next week...

A bit late to get up ~ 7:40am Travel to work took ~ 33 min WORK - TOORONGA OFFICE Work carpark had only 23 spaces left on B1. The license plate reader seemed to be flakey. Cars in front of me had to back up to the lanyard reader to tap in. But my license plate was recognised  Nigel café was very busy, the busiest i've seen. I waited patiently and decided to sit in - even though it's already 8:48am (my stand-up isn't until 9:15am anyway) I can see my assigned seat. Only my and the new manager are in from my team by the looks. I think they've sat me at the broken monitors, but their are a few spare seats nearby that i can swap to of required (using the Calven app)  The actor from Jurassic Park, Sam Neill (78), has died overnight last night - so Reddit and even the newspapers front page is all about him  HEALTH - HEADSPACE I had a bit of anxiety twitching in my chest Sunday. Monday i didn't walk home from Mitcham in the morning - partially because i didn't want to ...

N booked me an uber to get home in the morning Worked without a break until 4:30 PM Sandwiches for dinner ____ On this day: 2025 .   Lunch   cancelled. D felt unwell. Walked Jenkins Park (found a tunnel under the main road) plus a Mullum Mullum walk  ( ~6 roos). Mitcham Social   for dinner. Steaks   & Pinot noir .

Slept in Ordered same-day Coles online egg want to much more expensive for delivery within 70 min than my alternatives (monday evening after work, or tuesday seemed a bit far away. I needed Dermaveen* liquid soap-free shower gel & milk *Not at Woolies, by the looks of their website 10 AM (Re-)Organised my long-running photography blog @s-blamer-photography  on tumblr Similar to instagram, tumblr also now insists you have an account to view someone's page (for more than a few photos) - an annoying restriction Did a meditation 2 PM Met H at Woodlands hotel, Sydney Rd Then walked to Post office hotel  Bartender was they booker for Lewi & The Jets ____ On this day: 2025 . Solo bar crawl: Redwood Tasting Room, Fitzroy. Bad Decisions (Johnson St). Shady Lady. Souvlaki.

A gully found at Westerfolds Park, Templestowe Picked up my car from Ringwood Ultratune 10 AM Fingers Crossed café to share a big bfast incl. baked beans w/ taco seasoning  12 PM Very many kangeroos spotted at Westerfolds Park (Porter Street, entrance) ~ 40 approx. Ferret'd around the homestead. Rather chilly. Hoodies & jackets required. 1 - 3 PM I've had a afternoon nap  Officeworks to buy a new notebook for work Souvalaki, then train to the city. Parked at the Nunawading train station Walked from Flinders Street train station in the city to melb central (Asian beer café, Level 3) to meet up with Sz Saw T briefly as he left for home Cradle of Filth at The Forum, CBD with Sz who came down from Canberra to see this gig with me It was a really fun night. The Forum being probably my favourite gig venue.  Energetic gig, great setlist. I enjoyed Devil Driver beforehand too. Circle pit from minute one We managed to find a really good spot to see both bands in t...

The Fat Goat, Upwey Woke up in Mitcham Coffee and bagels at Figure9, free cinnamon scroll 8:45 AM Uber back from Ringwood Ultratune - just a service Told work: I'm remote today. My car dropped off at the mechanic Released my desk in Calven. The msteams app for Calven is working well on my phone (Android) 9:45 AM My car service will cost me $2,100 ... Ouch! Weights at lunchtime Worked until 6pm (Must get my car from Ringwood tomrw morning) Uber'ed up to Mitcham then on to Upwey, The Fat Goat - which was a really great beer bar Uber'ed back to Foragers for 3 full stop beers ... ____ On this day: 2025 . Walked up to Foragers. Met up with T who has been meeting me up there quite a bit. Thursday, so 10+ regulars were doing tastings.

The resident Grey Heron near my office at work 8:15 - 8:45 AM Coffee at Nigel. Somebody asked me whether I'd prefer my magic filled to the top on the cup. I let them know i like the intensity of the shorter pour 1 PM Sushi for lunch & then a walk around the block 6 PM Home, dark & the house is cold ~ 12°C I've been invited up to Foragers, but need to wait 20 min or so to see whether Panadol cures my slight headache 3 pots at Foragers, then left my car overnight in the Woolies carpark (which used to be a Coles) ____ On this day: 2025 . Walked. Counted birds. Using a slow Virtual PC at my customer. They will eventually gave me a laptop instead - for speed.

Darth Maul 8:15 - 8:45 AM KopCha magic, just by myself  This morning felt productive. This afternoon was slow going: sign new Code of Conduct, correct Superannuation "product code", draft FY25 yearly review statements.  Didn't take a lunch-break 4:45 PM Collected a parcel from my parcel locker: socks 5:30 PM Meditation + then weights (origin story podcast)  My work hoodie smells like vape. I guess it came from the office yesterday. I must have been too busy and didn't notice the in-office vaping that day 8:39 PM I've checked all my USB sticks, emptied them, and labelled them I put Darth Maul on to a USB stick for MS, who will be in melb this coming weekend to see Cradle of Filth with me at The Forum ~ 9:30pm ____ On this day: 2025 . Found a jar of coloured stones on The Lost & Found Stump near my house.

Grey Heron, near work 12:30 PM Crocodile red curry at work - for NAIDOC week  It tasted a lot like chicken. Exactly like chicken? It tasted so much like chicken that i think they may have served me chicken by mistake Walked around the big block ~ 6,700 steps 5:55 PM I was in a good enough mood today, nothing went too wrong. Regardless i'm thankful to be home - ducted heating is on full blast. It's very dark  Soldat zombies (solo) 8:40 PM Cheap Seats - entertaining, not great. A bit of guitar 10 PM Bedtime ____ On this day: 2025 . Jolimont café chilli scramble. King Parrots. Bluey episodes. Dog Day Afternoon (1975, Al Pacino)

New gift from my parentals, Willy The Wagtail 8:15 AM Got to work.  Forgot my laptop.  Drove back home. My 1st time making that mistake. It was only a matter of time - i had been waiting for the day Coffee at Jolimont & breakfast wrap 1 - 2 PM Weights  Listened to KATG - Keith solo episode, was good Sandwiches for dinner - salami, mild green tobacco sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato ____ On this day: 2025 . Found a wine barrel in hard rubbish. Powerful Owl spotted at Jells Park. Hard Road Brewery. Foragers was playing the final Black Sabbath gig.

Caio Man coffee ~ 11:30 am Many kangeroos at Mullum mullum 1:30 - 2:30 PM Christmas in July roast at Cherry Hill, Donvale. Ham & turkey, and veges ____ On this day: 2025 . Panino at Oh Hi, Mitcham (italian sandwich)

Floppy disc 3½" found near Schwerkolt Cottage 12 PM Back from coffee at Little Buddy café & a walk. Eastern Spinebills & Silver-eyes spotted near Schwerkolt Cottage (Deep Creek Rd) Will go out for dinner at Mr Robertson (now open for dinner) near Nunawading station 6pm.... Barramundi & fettuccine marinara Foragers 9th bday Shazz taught me how to attach those pretty hats in reverse under the hair - it was a game changer They had free shots in the bar. It was pretty loose. But mostly locals, so not entirely out of control ____ On this day: 2025 . Played guitars with my Dad. Watched some AFL with my Mum. Wrote a joke in my sleep about a sumo charged extra for his flight

Far Side bar, Hawthorn Wordle in 3/3 8:25 AM CRU+ café coffee & a blueberry bagel w/ cream cheese. I decided against the macha waffles ... Dude on the next table next to me is sniffing like crazy, i may have to move Listen to the new Kanelot track in the car - Ashen World (feat. Ignacia Fernández) -  sounds good 12:15 PM Subway w/ a watermelon soft drink  2:45 PM Walked around the block fail - due to rain starting  4:30 PM Left work early & still the last of my team (again)  N suggested Far Side for a drink tonight Ramblers for dinner Bar Selecta for a fullstop ____ On this day: 2025 . Parking fine out the front of Foragers. Alfred Hitchcock movie, A Touch of Evil

9:10 AM I went to Central Core café (rooks rd) because N was too unwell for Two Bros.... and i was short on time - up late, Wordle took me ages 6/6 6:10 PM Picked up my APOD order - 7 ipa's, 2 imperial stouts Foragers is pretty quiet - Craig, Shaz, Runner who is not Pinger Adam. Jesse, Jake behind the bar. Vanessa, Joel playing pool It's there 9th bday on saturday. There will be a spit. Chatted with J about (Subaru) cars, waterfalls, ballarat ____ On this day: 2025 . Ms Smith trivia at Edinborough Castle Hotel, Brunswick. Sri Lankan dinner beforehand with Sharon - near The Retreat, Sydney Rd

Corellas on electric wire (at the end of my street) Jolimont café coffee & a muffin. Bizarrely, the muffin wasn't sweet enough for me 3:40 PM I worked really hard on a production change (no break). And now i'm stepping away from my laptop.... which i may not return to (because it will be 4:40pm) Meditated & now i'll go shop for a few groceries  Ran down to Woolies (literally) to buy 2 bags ~$75 Sandwiches for dinner Soldat zombies  Gruen on iView 9:30 PM Bedtime, podcasts Total steps: 5,200 ____ On this day: 2025 . Manta Ray. Fingerbot. Wordle. KATG podcast. Darknet Diaries podcast.