Melbourne

Good luck tonight everyone. Especially to those of us who can't open windows because their cat will destroy the flyscreen...

Did you guys see about the scientists who had managed to actually weigh a rainbow? It was pretty light

About to get up a ladder and clean some gutters but....

Spoke to the old man last night and was reminding me about the ambulance vic subscription.

Then he decided to tell me about one of his buddies who recently had a fall off a ladder.

Apparently he fell backwards and his leg got caught between 2 steps quite high up, leg snapped in half and he was just dangling there until his wife found him an hour later.

Fucking nightmare fuel really bad timing.

Oh bad fire up around Beaufort :-(

EDIT: Western highway closed and VLine suspended both ways from Ballarat <-> Ararat. Vic emergency link if anyone needs it https://www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

At long last after weeks of procrastination I took my haul of manzano chillos from the fridge (and washed off some fuzzy growth...) and a head of good garlic and made this forbidden smoothie

Chucked it into an ice cube tray to make little cubes for wintertime pasta/stir fry.

Also took the uselessly spicy Thai chillis and blitzed it with ginga, garleck and little red shallots plus some lime joos, and dried shrimp, fried it all in oil. THIS thing is almost unusably spicy. I hope it mellows out over the next few weeks. attention @Bottom_racer

hawt hawt hawt

RIP my fingers though, I was doing well until I got some spicy oil on one hand.

We've been invited to a wedding but the reception joint was set on fire last night. Interesting. More to come.......

I know one of those blokes that has gone missing in Sydney... It is not looking good for them at all. :(

I'm convinced that all CEOs and those in equivalent leadership positions are psychopaths and it's only a matter of degree as to how strongly they show those traits.

I forgot to water the plants all of yesterday because I was in the shittest mood/energy so when I greeted them this morning I felt a wave of resentment radiating from their wilted leaves. I will promise to give them a supplemental water as needed today.

This motherfucker is just growing like there's no tomorrow though, ever since I put it in a pot with a water reservoir. Time for a big chop tomorrow, freeze the leaves for use over winter, hopefully the new growth will stabilise over the next couple months.

healthy boi

Ain't no thang like a chicken wang!

New computer parts arrive today and it'll be too hot to do computer work.

I got this massive tempered glass computer case as a gift and let me tell you it isn't worth it.

I was going to talk about my feelings, but deleted it. I don't care, everything will be fine. Ugh

Godspeed to those of us with warmer than expected rooms

Are everyone's pets basically puddles of fur from all this heat?

Prime minister on the radio basically admitting he would never force Coles or Woolworths to divest, but said oh we've got an inquiry, oh we are looking at mandatory code of conduct with penalties.

Cut the shit that is fiddling around the edges. And breaking up large companies is not a Soviet policy. If anything it's a pro capitalist policy by returning to a more balanced market with greater competition.

Just a quick reminder that Saturday (and every February 24) is International Coriander Hatred Day for those of us who celebrate it.

Fuck coriander 🖕

Not me wondering why aircons aren't minimum standards for all rentals. Cat threw up four times last night because she just can't cope.

When the cat can't cope, there's a big fucking problem - they're desert animals!

Fuck! Shattered tooth. All the bad dreams are true

Bill and Ted are having a great time hunting crickets. :)

I was sleeping ok until someone came into my room asking if they should stay home from school today. We need to have another talk about not disturbing mother unless there's a fire. 😡

Rain has just hit Fitzroy. Not sure how long it will last.

Just got an email from ex-work asking me to return a whole bunch of equipment: monitors, mouse, keyboard, adapters, USB hub, etc.

I can't even, they don't even keep track of what they've given out?? I only took the two adapters and the USB hub because I have a dual monitor PC set up at home already. Mentioned this to them a thousand times, and they think I took monitors, a keyboard and mouse home on PT?? As if I would use their crusty keyboards over my mechanical one haha

Good grief, I was slightly regretting leaving (I shouldn't, I was suicidal) but I'm certainly not now.

I'm not going out today, so they will have to wait till Friday or Monday.

Mostly passively cooled house 24.7 degrees, outside 31.6, still bearable inside. We have no A/C, only cooling is ceiling fans and curtains on only 6 out of our 30 windows. I’m glad we aren’t having too many hot days in a row this summer.

34 outside, 23 inside, zero grid usage. 'twas priciest part of the reno but zerooooo regrets.

Dearest Vietnamese Ice Coffee,

My love for you is unbridled and everlasting.

Forever yours,

UMG

No homebrand soft drinks for a hot day :(

I have secured a date with the God Emperor in March.

Bless the maker and his water.🪱

I'm so sweaty 😭

I may eat my words, but I'm not too phased by the heat until it kicks over 40.

Power out already sigh….

just had to add some cardboard boxes and another blanket over the window in the study. Rest of the house is ok but the study is struggling. I feel for those without AC today, this is pretty warm!

Just looked at the bom website - Melbourne's forecast top temp is the highest in Australia ...

Kind of happy to be spending the day in hospital just for the air-conditioning! Poor housemate was cranking the evaporative cooling as I was walking out the door.

So I've been finishing all the half watched movies and yesterday it was In Bruges.

More than half way thru and I'm thinking, Wow, I've never seen Liam Neeson so good in a role, it's like he's really acting. It was Ralph Fiennes. 🤪

Strange sleep utterance of the day: people are all duct tape