Shingles pain is another level. My whole left arm and shoulder feels simultaneously freezing and burning.
Mark
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I can make birds suddenly appear every time you are near. £10/hour. He/Him Never stop punching nazis.
3-4 minutes of drizzle and the humidity now feels like the inside of sumo wrestler’s mawashi.
Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. would both be turning 97 years old this year had they lived.
Raiders of the Lost Ark came out in 1981, but was set in 1936 - a difference of 45 years. If they made the film today, the same time difference would mean it would be set in 1981.
Today, I am going to find something that brings me joy and enjoy it. Not sure what that is going to be just yet, as shingles is wiping me out, but I am determined to find some joy today, even if it's only a bit of sunshine, touching some grass, or watching the butterflies and bees on the buddleja.
As if getting a nasty heat rash wasn’t enough, these TWO kidney stones just made themselves known
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing
Alt: Kurt Russell as R.J. MacReady in The Thing
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Al@al--s.bsky.social · last wk.Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Day 973 of the current heatwave. Steam is coming out of the taps; trees have melted; badgers are running about on fire; I cooked pasta by putting the pan on my windowsill. Never mind frying an egg on the pavement, I could sear a steak in my fridge.
Two Ikea plant pots, a solar fountain, some water, some pebbles and a dash of 3% hydrogen peroxide to keep the algae at bay once a week and you have a bird and insect safe water feature.
In Lord of the Rings, why didn’t they just get the Eagles to play their greatest hits to distract Sauron at the gates while Sam and Frodo nipped over to Mordor to destroy the ring?
If you ever feel overwhelmed by the size or complexity of a task, just remember that a bee never worries about how large a wildflower meadow is; it just goes from flower to flower as best it can.
Who looked at a horse and thought “if I boil that fucker down, I bet it would be really good for sticking stuff together“?
The malt loaves are now wrapped in greaseproof paper and sealed in bags to mature for 2-3 days. They should develop that typical “squidgy” texture over the next 24-48 hours.
Making the liquid and fruit stage for an epic malt loaf. 160g raisins, 110g dark muscovado sugar, 1.5 tbsp golden syrup, 3tbsp malt extract, 150ml water and 2 tea bags. Leaving it to steep for 6+ hours.
Steve Miller, of The Steve Miller Band fame, is the godson of famed guitar legend Les Paul. In a massive ironic twist, Steve Miller is almost exclusively pictured playing Fender Stratocasters.
We had one of the wettest winters on record and yet our lovely privatised water companies didn’t capture or store any of it. Now we have drought and hosepipe bans.
Day 983 of the heatwave. Police constables are evaporating. Trees are moving to the coast to find water. The Shard has melted. Send help.
The Beatles’ breakup is the midpoint between the outbreak of WWI and now. Friends and Toy Story premiered closer to the moon landing than to today. The Battlestar Galactica reboot is older than the iPhone.
Here is me, standing at the foot of the oldest continuously operating parliament in the world.
