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2 callbacks from recruiters today!!! Two interviews lined up. Birthday week is starting to look up 😀
Introducing my 4yr old thai chilli TREE TRUNK. Good productive chillo will see another year
Looks like it overwintered okay. Soil needs some work though but it pulled through.
Nice. Being able to grow the same plants for multiple years is such a good thing - why does everywhere tell you to pull them out and start from new seedlings every year?
I have three plants that survived both last years ongoing deluge and the winter. I think two Jalapenos and a Siam (yellow chilli). I planted out seedlings of four varieties this morning (annaheim, bulgarian carrot, jalapeno and siam) and hopefully they will not burn to a crisp in this sun before they get themselves established.
Yea i dunno. Starting from seed I suppose is pure. The hardcore chilli heads are definitely an odd breed heh.
Man, it’s rough coming back to work after being away for 2 weeks.
I’m glad to be back but at the same time maybe I wish I had another week off.
Take it one day at a time mate.
Having a lowkey day today and pacing myself with coffee and taking a break by myself at my desk.
Didn’t want to be overwhelmed by people today either.
Ted Cat says Hi. 😸
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The Grey Ghost. The Phantom Bum Biter
Must be a grey cat thing, my Pepper is a chomper!
meanwhile my torbie is a tit-horker. Just shoves her head in there and starts snorting.
Tits must be a torbie thing - my torbie-calico stomps all over them.
Is she a size queen as well? I s2g torbies are obsessed with their giant human’s ability to pick them up one handed
Hi Ted. You’re a handsome fella! I wish you many chin scritches and warm sunbeams today.
I hate public speaking. Am terrible. Colleagues think otherwise.
Tomorrow I have to present something about my team to another team at their team meeting.
Next week I have to record a video about something that needs to be sent to clients (this was originally supposed to be live but was changed to a recording last week)
The week after I have to present at the weekly company wide meeting (80+ ppl) on another topic.
Sigh. I mean, great learning opportunities but still, sigh.
Best bit of advice I got was slip into a persona. Its not you presenting. Its Fullkitwanker’s “Professional image” presenting. I find it far easier to put on another hat and be someone else than i find it to convince me to do stuff. And you can ABSOLUTLY tell when I’ve failed to slip into the persona and tried to present anyway.
Many years ago I went to a lunch with members of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. I was sitting with some percussionists and learned they consider the triangle to be one of the hardest percussion instruments to get right (I also learned that percussionists are absolute perfectionists). They told the story of a major performance in which the percussionist had to hit one note on the triangle. He was poised and ready, but missed the timing and could do nothing but quietly put the triangle down again. Even if a note is played perfectly it is not perfect unless it is also played at the right time.
I get the impression this is how bot001 sees it’s job. Sometimes it misses the split second timing required to post at midnight and goes f*ck it, no point posting now, I’ll just have to try again tomorrow.
First swim / dinner for the incoming summer. Was perfect. I think I’m addicted to the concept. Go for a dip then dins on the beach.
Ok I don’t know what’s going on but Google Home is chatty today. It’s 2pm. I hope you are having a good day. Would you like to go for a walk?. I gotta nip this in the bud. It’s getting creepy now.
How about turning the lights off when you’re told? Stick to your lane creepo.
3:30 Update. I was told to Go and have a glass of water. Why don’t you wash your hands? Rrrrrrr
Maybe it’s lonely and just wants a chat?
We chat all the time. We also have an understanding, at least I thought we did, don’t speak unless spoken to. Now she wants to organise my day.
Yikes that’s annoying and creepy. Do you use it only for the automation? What else does it do? Do you find it helpful in general?
Yeah she’s normally good. I use her for the lights, TV, weather, radio, news, music, timer, general questions.
Have the mini-CEO(s) been messing with the settings?
The little ones say no but were quite surprised when the alarm went off at 7:30am. The 2ic has control over these things so I’ll need to have a meeting with him. Sometimes Google Home goes rogue.
Cat rambles
I can’t believe it… the much cheaper fish cat food really must not contain secret chicken. It’s working?! Melbcat does not have the runs. Annoyed that the beef variety does have chicken/poultry though.
Long term health is another issue - it’s possibly salty (which is bad) and a bit low in protein (which for her kidneys may actually be a good thing?) so in spite of it marked as meeting AAFCO standards and being fortified with taurine and vitamins I will be watching out and speaking to the vet about the quality when she’s seen this week. Struggling to believe the own brand is really ok. (I buy generics for myself but the pet food industry is less tightly regulated.) But if she won’t eat her biscuits she needs something with vitamins.
As much as I hate supporting Woolies there’s also an own brand paper litter that’s a smaller bag but a bit cheaper by unit cost. I’ll still try to get the normal kind on special. Reducing these costs leaves a bigger margin for her medications, treats and vet visits.
Pusskuss is one lucky lady to have you. I hope you are looking after yourself too. You both gotta be nourished to be able to function.
Thanks, I do buy enough food for myself, the generics are pretty much as good as brand. And I do pay extra for the specific intolerance friendly items I need.
That’s good to hear and I agree with the generics bit.
so many hugs, you are the bestest friend to melbcat 🤗🤗🤗
She’s my little baby
site: sends us a nice little vid the first hard drive is making a lot of noise I think it’s on the way out
boss: gee, that’s not good, taleya can you send them a new primary express and configure for them
me: watches vid Hard drives don’t make that noise. jumps on box, fan RPMS up, chassis temp 46c (usually even at full tilt these things run about 5c over ambient) Uh guys, check your cooling in your comms room
site: OH SHIT, MIKE SHUT THE AIRCON OFF
You pay for the knowledge, folks. not just the work.
No alarms? 🥺
Not worth it for our single units, not my problem with sites dc
It’s been such a lovely day in the garden today I thought I would take some photos of my flowers to share it with you.
Salad weather!
Hahaha. Google Home just spoke to me It’s 10am. It’s time to get up and stretch for 10 minutes. Yeah maybe after my cup of tea thanks luv. Stop watching me, you perv.
sick at home with a chest infection instead of presenting at a conference today.
had set-aside some cash to spend while away, so am frittering away some cash with online shopping while on the couch.
Is a synology NAS any good? minimum specifications I need? streaming media, mostly.
rest and take care 🤗🥃🍯🍋
am all over the ginger/lemon/honey/chilli ‘tea’!
Christmas Turkey ordered 🦃💃🎄
