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Okay, need to news detox. I usually stay away, but I have just gone down the rabbit hole. A bit too much to bear. That said, extra squeeze your loved ones.
Now, might be time to get a delicious brunch.
Unfortunately I was waiting for my regular shows to be in but they overrided the broadcast to do it so I had no choice but to have all the news on :(
Just waiting for all my footy stuff to start today to balance it all out.
I don’t really keep up with the major affairs happening if they don’t directly affect me. I eventually do do a deep dive on them, but i don’t until things calm down and I can actually look into things without being yelled at about them. I didn’t look into Russia/Ukraine for 7 months after the war began, and I’ve got zero clue what’s happening in Israel/Palestine.
It’s a little bit ignorant, and pisses most people on both sides off, but it’s what I have to do to keep from spiralling and obsessing over the news. If it hasn’t happened in Australia and doesn’t directly affect me or people I care about, I’m not going to bother with it until I can look into it without people twisting it to seem like the world’s ending
Yup. I’ve put on ‘what we doing the shadows’ for background distraction while cleaning today; the news is too much.
Rolling a roach out of the hard paper my Centrelink letter was printed on: true blue Aussie battler stuff right here, folks ✌️🤘
Bible paper works a treat as well, but how many of us have those lying around?
Drop by your nearest motel and thank Gideon for the opportunity.
No bibles allowed in my home; only music above 180bpm and an open mind
So no Barry White then?
Coke? Nah. Shite? Not yet.
I’ve rolled many joints and cigarettes from hotel bible paper
some old shakespeare books are on rice paper 👍
O true apothecary!
Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die
Pet shampoo rage
Trying to find an unscented pet shampoo is near impossible. They all have increasingly elaborate fragrances which are unnecessary and uncomfortable for animals - especially asthmatic ones like mine.
Bonus point for essential oils and botanicals that are actually toxic to cats and sometimes also dogs 🙄 Lavender. Tea tree oil. Peppermint. Eucalyptus. Grapefruit oil. Orange oil (basically citrus oils in general). Patchouli, which contains phenols. ALOE VERA. ST JOHN’S WORT.
To be fair they’re mostly for dogs but there isn’t much out there I’d risk using on a cat and some of those ingredients are toxic to dogs as well.
I found one unscented option - Dermacare Natural Shampoo - and was about to buy it until I googled Glydant (DMDM hydantoin). It’s an antimicrobial preservative that releases formaldehyde and was the subject of a lawsuit against Tresemme. Suspected in multiple cases of allergic reactions/dermatitis and hair loss. It’s not the only formaldehyde releasing preservative but a commonly used one in makeup, shampoo, lube etc.
Yeah nah get fucked. I’m not risking it. I don’t feel like dragging my cat to emergency for an asthma attack, allergic reaction, or poisoning because she licked some shonky product off her fur. Hypoallergenic dish soap or pure unscented bar soap it is.
Just a thought. Could you use rolled oats in a stocking as a gentle wash for Pusskin?
Unfortunately it’s sticky greasy residue smeared into her fur from her eardrops, so needs some kind of detergent.
You might find this useful
or just dabbing with soft paper towels
What I was thinking is you put oats in a stocking, pour boiling water over them into a bowl, wait for the water to cool then dip cotton balls in and use.
Could try this? It’s shampoo I’ve used in past with my cats and kittens I’ve fostered.
.Thanks, that does look much better than the other options I saw. I’m not familiar with the Kakadu plum but I might order it if I don’t keep going with the fragrance free dish soap
Ingredients:
I really hate everything to do with education and careers. So much bullshit red tape on pretty much everything I want to do :/
Don’t let it put you off. It’s worth pursuing things, and DT is always here should you need advice navigating systems!
Especially the limited-chance ones, or the ones where you have to wait on someone to respond, where a non-response could either be denial, them being busy for a few weeks, or your e-mail having been forgotten/buried.
Watching Fallout, episode 2.
I like the cartoon characters, everyone is so extreme. Quite a few moral quandaries too, which I suppose is in line with video games’
It has Michael Emerson in this episode. He’s so good.
30/50. Not my best but OK I guess.
25/50… and I was lucky with one guess. Or I somehow remembered it. I’m not sure.
35/50 good for not having had coffee yet
I rediscovered Local Natives on my walk with the doggo tonight. And had a flashback to probably one of the best shows I’ve ever seen at the corner. They had two drummers and it was awesome.
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Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Coffee please chef
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Ah, thank you! I’m nearly human now
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Six, for the victims only
Ah.
Just a light breakfast please. Have lunch engagement that I can’t duck out of, and not looking forward to.
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Thanks!
Spaghetti with anchovies, egg yolk, cheese and chilli please
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Not bad. Feels like it was missing something though… maybe lemon juice?
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Much better. Adds that ‘zing’ you know?
I wanted to sleep in. Brain says no.
My brain did the same. Bad brain!
Good Sunday
A few drops of unscented dish soap in warm water did remove a little of the greasy/grimy ear drops residue from Melbcat’s fur. I could see some dirt came off on the cloth, but not that much. I’ll just keep making gentle attempts with it very well diluted in water on a facewasher. I could suds up more directly but don’t want to do that near her eyes, it might dry her skin out, and she isn’t going to let me pour water near her face to rinse it all properly.
I’ve put on earmuffs and done one room with the screamer vacuum. It’s wobbly and coming apart a bit down the centre but the new one is coming soon. Maybe I can even use it more without worrying about burning it out. Melbcat was actually more chill with the noise than usual, coming past while it was on to have some water and approaching to let me know to scoop her box. I do have her on quite a high dose of Zylkene.
Melbcat’s contribution to this post: zsxaio3
so many hugs for being such a good cat friend 😻😘
She’s now in the hiding spot least visible to me after I did the first maintenance ear wash… I’m in the doghouse.
I think that typing of hers was an attempt to call for help or report me.
Why’s it so quiet up in here. I wanna here y’all’s thoughts.
I’ll go: I like the Dixie Chicks, and I dislike that they were pressured into rebranding to ‘The Chicks’
I’m watching Lego Master and all the builds are shit.
I will admit I was left a bit unenthusiastic about them too.
It was a good win for the Germans but there really wasn’t any competition.
I can’t say I’ve ever watched it. I bet it’s fun though.
I’m watching the second American season of Love on the Spectrum and it’s really heartwarming like the others
Am a bit bored so checking out things on YouTube. Have seen apartment therapy and now watching a couple of tourists talking about Melbourne. Fitzroy mostly, and they’re making a fuss of Lune. Are the croissants really that good?!
I’d sign up for that trial.
It actually looks really interesting, and apparently has potential to ‘re-wire’ anxious thinking instead of suppressing it with meds. Has been undergoing trials in America but I don’t know if anything’s happening here yet.
Lune croissants are as good as the supermarket croissants in France but 5 x the price
They’re very good. also overpriced and not worth queuing for
They did look good but dammed if I’m queuing for pastry
Wine!!
Also, isn’t it crazy that gravity caused time dilation!? A clock on an object on an elliptical orbit (i.e not circular) will tick slowrr the closer it is to the body it is orbiting, and tick faster the further away it is.
the change in time of ticking only changes in relation to the object being orbited
That’s false. A clock will tick every second
I’m in bed because i gotta get up dawns crack.
I decided to have another beer and that probably means I WFH tomorrow
I have wine!
Prost!
Skül!
I’ve been watching cinema therapy talk about the Twilight movies. I never knew they were that bad.
It’s amusing tho watching Robert Pattinson mess around with different acting styles just for fun.
Story question. What is a 100 yr old vampire doing going to high school?
There’s a rather fun fantasy book by Pamela Dean called Tam Lin, where the baddies are a couple of people from Shakespeare’s troupe of actors who now live in Minnesota, where they go to college. Because that’s a protected space where they can learn about the modern world without too many consequences for making mistakes due to ignorance. Perhaps the same applies to the 100 yr old vampire. Though 100 years is approximately 1920 these days, which is not all that different from today.
The were? Eww.
I’ll do tonight’s new thread.
Ok so 20k steps and a big day at the gym requires more than 10 hours sleep.
I feel fuuuuuuucked.
You need more chicken and vegetables … /s
Maybe a chicken and vegetables smoothie? Lol
20k is a fair amount. I find I get pretty tired if I get up there.
You are up there with the chickens at 20k
I’m becoming one with the chickens. Perhaps they’ll accept me as one of their own?
Pork hock is now stowed in the slow cooker with carrot/celery/onion base, a shit tonne of garlic and some spices. Looking forward to quality pork stock and some super tender meat by about 9 pm this evening.
Ooo, sounds deeelicious!
Sounds like I’ll be buying ham hock this week!
Smoked ham hock makes the BEST pea & ham soup! No contest. I’m using an unsmoked, uncured raw hock for the stock, which is my real goal. The meat will be a delightful extra.
Oh, wow. I don’t think I’ve ever bought unsmoked? Pretty sure the supermarket ones are.
What do you find is the biggest difference?
Nothing like as salty. Also the stock sets to a gel very well, much better than smoked and incorporates much more water so moar stock per hock. Also you can play with the flavorings much more. Tonight’s is rich in garlic and cinnamon, which I find a bit heavy with a smoked hock. I’ve been known to chuck a couple of whole oranges into the stock pot with an unsmoked hock and the resulting stock was DEELICIOUS! The downside is much much more fat comes off the hock. Which I don’t mind as it lasts well chilled and makes excellent roast potatoes and fried eggs.
