Art by Thomas Kinkade.
The Falkirk wheel — watery engineering wonder
Matt Vickers thanks NZ for yes vote — a win for freedom
Do something new, New Zealand — choice domestic tourism ad
If sorting out the thousands of photos and docs on my ageing MacBook means copying everything onto an external hard drive, I guess I just sorted out the thousands of photos and docs on my ageing MacBook. Phew.
Another election done and dusted and hopefully that’s the last we’ll see of Winston. Any discussions of his legacy will be brief.
The left will be happy Labour got enough votes to govern alone. The right will be less happy but the positive for them is that Labour’s majority keeps the Greens’ hands off the big shiny levers. Act did better than expected and their challenge will be to keep their new MPs in line.
Labour’s challenge will be that but for Covid they would have been judged more harshly on their lack of delivery. Now they must deliver.
The media have been big winners too and have firmly cemented themselves as part of the whole shoddy system.
Photo by Munem Wasif.
It’s been raised another eight inches now but the little bridge that could is still one of my favourite things on the internet.
“Thinky fun time.”
I don’t vote for parties or candidates but I do vote in public referendums if they involve end-of-life choice or cannabis choice. For what it’s worth I ticked yes for both.
Blindness, by José Saramago 📚
An insightful look into human nature and what can happen when the thin veneer of civilisation slips, in this case into darkness. Some powerful moments, and don’t be put off by the weird style. #fiction
Films watched in winter: 🍿
Edge of Tomorrow
Hot Girls Wanted
Revolutionary Road
Athlete A
The Death of Stalin
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Big Lebowski
Under the Skin
Lady Bird
Frosty. #mbaug
μblog.
“Invest your entire being into the things you care about and you no longer need to wonder about the meaning of life. Meaning becomes the air you breathe.”
Spring cleaning is my favourite kind.
Silhouette. #mbaug
I thought we’d successfully eliminated long supermarket queues.
“You make me want to go back outside into that blizzard.” #thelastofus2
Reading Breath and thinking about how I use my nose… turns out I’ve been doing it mostly wrong my whole life.
Windows. #mbaug
Black & white. #mbaug
“We write to taste life twice.” —Anaïs Nin
We got new floors and they came up great.
Savage Son, by Jack Carr 📚
The third in a series. It was okay, but I’m done with James Reece for now methinks… at least until he pops up in a movie somewhere. #fiction
Everyone knows Saturn is the best space planet.
Come As You Are, swing edition.