I wasn’t expecting The King’s Demons to be so short.
Started at a new Japanese class in town last night, and was talking about previous jobs. 私はポタトランドで働かたことがある leads to more questions.
I used to work at a place called Potatoland.
Apparently a previous student had also talked about it!
Onto the third Dune book. Is the general consensus that they’re less essential after that?
Thanks to grandparents, I’m pretty sure the wee guy has been on more steam trains than electric so far. He’ll be disappointed when he finally experiences Scotrail.
going to
Macabre Valley #1
A grindhouse Texas horror comic.
I’ve been looking at building a silent NAS, but maybe the answer is to invest in a fast mesh WiFi network and just put the box itself in the garage.
I finally finished the last Conan book the other week. I found the final novel a slog, to be honest, though maybe it was partly because it ended up being spread over short bursts of reading over several weeks.
Just the Hyborean Age history left.
Tonight’s cooking question: can I make egg fried rice with half a kilo of rice? Should be interesting…
It’s a “Free Electricity Hour” day today. Standing poised to run all the self-cleaning cycles, boost the heating, make a coffee. Didn’t get a chance to start on making bread.
Finally unpacking some books
Not sure when I last had this box of books unpacked. Some of these probably haven’t seen the light of day in over a decade.
Watched the first episode of Kamen Rider on YouTube. Hopefully I can keep up with the limited availability streaming as it goes on.
going to
Sharp Eye - Issue 1
A daylight noir sci-fi comic set in the hot, fetid ruins of far future North America
Going straight from Mickey and The Roadsters to The Owl House is fine for a 3 year old, right? How about Samurai Jack?
Turns out there’s an audio book of David Tennant reading Hairy Maclary. Slowly introducing more Doctor Who into his life.
I really love it when someone’s poorly implemented a debounce or something on a text field and when typing on mobile it grinds to a halt then shoves the cursor back and finishes the laggy input.
going to
GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
The thing about reading a new book to your child is that sometimes you realise halfway through that the story is an allegory for acrimonious divorce and its effect on children.
“Yeah, you can have this one again, but maybe Room On The Broom after it?”
Shimazaki volume 5
Really enjoying this series. The action sequences are superb, the tension is almost stifling at times, and the light hearted moments bring some relief. Love it.
Tried my hand at growing some mushrooms
I tried a mushroom growing kit recently. Pack a tub full of used coffee ground and wet cardboard, along with some spores, and wait for the mushrooms to poke through.
Might try it again but cut a few holes in the lid, maybe get more mushrooms.
Lots to do on a bank holiday, but first some coffee and the first episode of Terminus.
Currently suffering from the medical condition known as “gardener’s back”.
First project with the circular saw
In order to get to know the circular saw a bit, I built a shonky cat stepladder for our aging cats.
Just watched one of them contort herself around it in order to get in the door. Oh well.
A little light gardening
We’ve filled this thing three times over now. Slowly clearing the front jungle/garden.
One of these things is not like the other
I’m not sure the recipe will work so well with that substitution.
Bought a bluetooth adapter for my open-backed headphones. Of course, the microphone is dogshit which makes it pretty useless for work.
Every set of bluetooth headphones I’ve tried to use for calls as had awful microphone quality. No idea if it’s a config or device issue.