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A year ago I was frustrated by a broken steam mop, enjoying a visit from the kidlings, making progress in COE33, watching The Sinner, and pondering what makes a villain.

This morning started with me finishing off my talk for church, which I think went well in the end. It took long enough to write, after all!

After church, I did some small gardening jobs - turning the compost, planting up the new astilbe, and swapping a dead clematis for a shrub that's been growing in a pot in the back garden. Meanwhile, my tomato plant has flowers!

I tried heading straight for the Isle of Mists but the boat wouldn't take me, so I helped the An Craic children with their tasks. The next thing the game told me to do was help with the succession of the Skellige king, which I really didn't want to do. I tried sailing another boat and that took me to the Isle... I landed and saved - I expect to finish the game next weekend.

Now I'm watching The Kingdom, as recommended by Think Thing. I was watching a video about the new P&P, and they said some people were worried that Netflix couldn't do a decent historical drama and cited The Kingdom as evidence that they could. It's certainly beautiful to look at!
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We trekked up to Manchester with choir yesterday, which is always an interesting experience. The BBC Phil is very different from our orchestra, and because they exist primarily to perform for radio broadcasts rather than making their income by selling concert tickets, the hall is often pretty empty - but not yesterday, which was about 90% full, I think.

The vast majority of our concerts are with our own orchestra, and the BBC Phil is the only other one we work with regularly enough to start to get to know them a bit by sight. Their lead cello has always been rather Byronic; he's now rather less so than formerly, partly because his hair is thinning and therefore less dramatically swoopy, but I did leave the building to find him outside smoking in a leather jacket, so he's clearly still fully committed to the bad boy lifestyle.

orchestra demographics )

The audience was very enthusiastic! which is always nice. We got a bigger cheer than the orchestra or the soloists, which always seems a bit mean when the orchestra play for ninety minutes and we only sing for ten, but it's true that we get the best bits of the piece, so... And now back to work and next weekend is very nearly free, except for (nooooo) my reaudition for choir, the highlight of every two-year period.

Culinary

Jun. 14th, 2026 07:25 pm
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Last week's bread held out very well:

There was even enough to include in a frittata, along with red bell pepper and pepperoni, for Friday night supper.

Saturday breakfast rolls: basic buttermilk, with Marriage's Golden Wholegrain Bread Flour

Today's lunch; a stifado-type casserole of diced beef, served with slowcooked Bellaverde broccoli, baked San Marzano tomatoes and sticky rice.

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Summary: Rakan lives alone, and the plants in his garden grow so thick and fast that it seems like a jungle. One day a man, holding a gun made of wood, falls right down into his garden. He seems to come from another world, and he's searching for someone who can bring back the green into his own dark and inhospitable world.

Chapter 1:
Previously read 2 volumes but I doubt I'll remember anything since it was long ago.

LMAO Rakan spent the whole time the girl was trying to bag him rambling about how he loves doing housework. 😂

Chigusa ends up in Rakan's jungle garden after being transported by a follower of the enemy prince, and Chigusa calls Rakan 'the sanome' after seeing how he can grow a tree in an instant. Rakan has the same face as the prince.

Rakan has to show Chigusa how to bathe and put on clothes. 😆

Chapter 2: Rakan and his mother came from the other world and were taken in by an old guy. So could the prince actually be his twin? Or did he take Rakan's place?

We get the POV of people from the other world, the prince is destroying it while claiming to be the child of god. We meet one character in particular named Narushige who has a hilarious snake and came to Earth.

Chapter 3: The snake is such a riot!

Why does Chigusa prefer not to be able to see clearly?

Chigusa says the prince is a puppet. Is the one who was behind him the master?

Chigusa can't die or feel pain,he has plants in his body that heal him and he can even regenerate as long as his heart survives and the sanome is there... He was trying to not feel anything but protecting for the sanome but his emotions are bleeding through.
 

Chapter 4:
 So Chigusa can see how the Prince puppet steals nutrients from the land. He's basically the opposite of Rakan then.

Narushige hugging Rakan. :') Lol and Rakan's heart racing. "He's kind of...like a pretty big sister." And then Chigusa getting jealous and joining in, then Kou I caan't



Kou is fasting becoming my favorite character.

Chigusa planned on taking Rakan back with him and using him as a tool but now he started to like him too much to use him like that. 

I think if Chigusa sincerely plead his case, Rakan would go with him willingly despite wanting to live a normal life. I bet they'll end up going back accidentally or something.

A new person appeared in the garden... Does this mean just anyone can go through?

Chapter 5: Prince and his servant Kinrei backstory.

Chigusa is still struggling with trying not to like Rakan. "I spent all night thinking it over, and I might have wound up liking him more than before..." Kou butts in to give 'love advice', telling Chigusa he has to make the other party fall harder. 🤣🤣🤣 Rakan is getting upset at the idea of only being seen/liked because he's the sanome and is anticipating being hurt when they have to leave so is trying not to get close.

The new character was sent by the prince to kill the guys but he didn't know Chigusa can regenerate and he thinks Rakan is a fake.

Chapter 6: Though Chigusa can't feel the pain of his wounds, they hurt Rakan mentally.

We learn that Narushige is from a clan where a boy's birth is a bad omen and they live to make the sanome appear. They blame the world withering on him. WTF poor Narushige.

A monster named Sengin is the ancestory of Chigusa. Supposedly the moster's madness is passed from generation to generation. 'Someone like me doesn't have the right to like this boy.' -Chigusa

"What should I do...I like him more and more." - Chigusa

Rakan: "Narushige, you're so nice. I really like you."
Narushige: "You're so cute! *glomp*"

And then Chigusa joined in on the hug again. 😂

Chigusa: "When you give me an order I can't help trembling and feeling great. I liked it when you slapped me, and when you get mad at me too. So just keep scolding me. Because I'm out to get you."

...Is he a masochist?
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Wow. An "investment" that is not based on anything is losing value? Whouldathunkit. Now, if you'd generated a few hundred Bitcoins at the beginning when it was possible and sold them when they were worth $100,000+, that would have been quite awesome. But it still wouldn't have been an investment: it would have been speculative trading to other speculators. Because there's nothing behind it. Still, the only value in Bitcoin is other people buying it and it being used for illegal activity such as to traffic in drugs and paying ransomware demands.

This is an excellent quote from the CNBC article: "Bitcoin differs from stocks, bonds and real estate because it doesn’t generate earnings, interest payments or rental income that investors can use to estimate its value, says Robert Johnson, a finance professor at Creighton University. Instead, its price is largely determined solely by investor demand.

“You cannot invest in Bitcoin, you can only speculate,” he says."


A comment in the Slashdot story notes that prominent FORMER promotors of Bitcoin, Marc Andreesen and Peter Thiel are no longer singing the praises of Bitcoin, they're now telling people to invest in AI. Apparently they made their money in BC and got out.

By the way, unless you're really good at timing markets, don't invest in AI.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/bitcoins-price-drop-is-forcing-investors-to-revisit-why-they-own-it.html

https://slashdot.org/story/26/06/14/0817238/bitcoin-has-lost-nearly-half-its-value-in-11-months

Poetry Fishbowl Update

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:30 pm
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The call for themes is still open. If you have not yet made your suggestions for that, now is the time. I plan to post the poll on Monday, so folks can vote on which themes they want to see in upcoming Poetry Fishbowls for late 2026.

Birdfeeding

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:30 pm
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Today is cloudy, mild, and wet. It rained last night. Grass and trees still have water on them.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen any activity yet.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 6/14/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I heard bobwhite quail calling but didn't see any.












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Birdfeeding

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:29 pm
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Today is cloudy, mild, and wet. It rained last night. Grass and trees still have water on them.

I fed the birds. I haven't seen any activity yet.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 6/14/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I heard bobwhite quail calling but didn't see any.








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June Manga TBR 9

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:27 pm
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Used my manga TBR boardgame. I read 12/17 on my last board. I'm having some weird reading slump, different than normal. I don't know what I'll be in the mood for until I attempt something. orz

Avatar:

Eroica
Skill:
Re-roll dice once


Roll #1:

A 5, prompt: Double Prompts. Secret identity + manga that's been on your list for 2+ years - Silver Diamond. I was hoping to get this on here!

Roll #2:

A 2, prompt: BDSM - Matenai Inu no Shitsukekata.

Roll #3:

A 3, prompt: manga by a woman that got an anime - Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru.

Roll #4:

A 1, prompt: teacher/teacher relationship - Gekkou no Rankan ni Kuchinashi no Nioi.

Roll #5:

A 5, prompt: horror element - Tsureteke Tengoku.

Roll #6:

A 3, prompt: crossdressing - Doushitemo Yaritakute Gakuen.

Roll #7:

A 4, prompt: coworker-coworker relationship - A Grumpy Boss.

Roll #8:

A 1 and Double Prompts. Mystery adventure + delinquents - Yuu Yuu Hakusho. Might need to look at the wiki to ascertain what was happening last.

Roll #9:

A 2 and the CR tile. 1x25 - Core Scramble.

Roll #10:

Another 2, prompt mutual unrequited love - Love on Hold.

Roll #11:

A 4, prompt: fantasy creatures - Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito.

Roll #12:

A 6, used skill and rolled a 5. Prompt: sci-fi supernatural - One Punch-Man.



~Manga TBR List~


[Isekai/Fantasy] Silver Diamond ✔️
[BL] Matenai Inu no Shitsukekata
[BL/Horror] Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru
[BL/Romance] Gekkou no Rankan ni Kuchinashi no Nioi
[BL/Comedy] Doushitemo Yaritakute Gakuen
[BL] A Grumpy Boss
[Action/Supernatural] Yuu Yuu Hakusho
[BL/Sci-Fi] Core Scramble
[BL/Romance] Love on Hold
[Villainess/Fantasy] Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito
[Superhero] One Punch-Man

x2 shoujo/josei, x2 shounen/seinen, x8 BL

June Manga Wrap-Up 8

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:22 pm
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 Read ep. 63 of Men of the Harem.

 Read ch. 9 of Time Traveled to Meet You.

 Read ch. 12 of Touken Ranbu Online Anthology - SqEni no Jin.

 Read ch. 17 of Akuyaku Reijou no Naka no Hito.

 Read Baby Baby Baby. ch. 4, rated it 7.5/10.

 Read ch. 19 of Witch Hat Atelier.

 Read ch. 82 of Blue Exorcist.

 Read ch. 81 of The Vampire Dies in No Time.

 Read ch. 8 if GACHIAKUTA!

 Read ch. 16 of Vampire Library

 Finished volume 21 of Kimetsu no Yaiba.

 As much as I liked about Pink Heart Jam, I did DNF it, I just found myself too bored to carry on which sucks because I really tried.

Politics

Jun. 14th, 2026 12:01 pm
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‘The Death Zone’: How Russia Is Luring Africans to Ukraine

A growing number of Africans are ending up on the front lines of Russia’s war with Ukraine. Some go there willingly as mercenaries, but many more are like Mr. Kamau, young men lured by the promise of ordinary civilian jobs — from bodyguards to line cooks — only to be forced into joining Russian forces in battle.


Russia is now resorting to slavery.
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O, the times we live in. I have bought a portable air conditioner. Not so much for us, as for aged father-in-law. I was remembering the summer a couple of years ago when emperatures reached 40C. Bryan was staying with us then, and he really struggled.

My cunning plan was to store the air-con unit in the attic until we needed it. I carefully checked dimensions, and measured the attic hatch, and yes it would fit through the hatch. But I didn't think of the weight. The air-conditioner weighs 20kg, and the loft hatch is 12ft up a steep & awkward ladder. Fallback plan - my wardrobe

Thinking about units ... I seem to do temperature and weight in metric, but distances & volume are mixed. Petrol comes in litres, but beer & milk come in pints. People's heights are feet and inches, driving distances are miles, but if I'm walking in the countryside it's kilometers (because it's km on the OS maps). If I'm measuring with a tape measure (eg. attic hatchway) it's centimeters, but if I'm guesstimiting a distance (height of ceiling) then we're back to ft & inches. Interesting to see myself doing it.

I do like the way the British mix units; the local hardware shop used to sell planks with sizes such as 2cm x 30cm x 6ft. And everyone was just fine with that.

Done This Week

Jun. 14th, 2026 09:31 am
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Ah, jeebus criminy...

This week was, in order:

final tidying at work in preparation for major business event
dentist appointment
car starts to overheat on the drive home

make it to work again by topping up radiator even though I already did yesterday
get access to the remodeled area at work--time to move in heavy equipment ahead of event
borrow the work truck to drive to rheumatologist appointment (thanks, boss!) because the car won’t make it there and back
return work truck and drive car to mechanic
determine car has cracked radiator, leave it with the mechanic

get picked up for work by boss (seriously, my supervisor is the best)
cower like zoo animals without enough environmental cover as event guests come by the workshop in tour groups
get to pick up the repaired car (yaaaaay) and pay almost $600 (booooo)

have a normal ass Thursday???
wait for other next shoe to drop??????

get offered a half-day off with pay for our team as thanks for all the work we did for the event visit
immediately get requested for interminable troubleshooting on a machine
ask teammates to do my Friday work while I’m trapped (my whole team is great)
claw my way out of the building at the last minute to qualify as a half day
get home and have to field a bunch of messages from work anyway
give up and take a nap about it
wake up to mum on the phone about yet another paperwork fuckup to do with the new company servicing our mortgage--this time a letter saying we have no homeowner's insurance even though, yep, they absolutely have our very real and paid-for homeowner's insurance on file

(╬▔皿▔)╯

I am not doing well. I’m not inclined to blame myself for that right now, oddly enough.

Lewisia: 3 new pieces written

Day job: 37.5 hours, with a half day off with pay as thanks for what my team has been working on

Cleaning: fixed the fallen sections of shade cloth at the front of the house

Gardening: planted two of the new shrubs, garden club post

Reading: so much manga! The Yearning Fox Lies in Wait by Nmura (cute, never not a sucker for ancient fox yokai), An Older Guy's VR First Love by Violence Tomoko (this absolutely did not end up being what I expected, genuinely touching), Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko (meh, not really my jam), The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor 1 by Bekio, Ii Oshikawa with Mitsuya Fuji (I choose to be charmed by this??? a little demented but very sweet),

Watching: back to X-Files--season 2 episodes 1-4

Listening: Dionysus by Dead Can Dance (re-found them on Bandcamp recently, hi, hello, I am back in high school as a babygoth), Mother Earth’s Plantasia by Mort Garson (lovely, discovered via wikis about the music in The Adventure Zone podcast), speaking of which--I am almost done with the final episode of the Balance arc (only took a decade to catch up again, shut up) and I am just wandering around in headphones and tears

Aftermarket Parts: three-year anniversary on T, woo!, also finally left a review for the tattooist half a year after the fact

Clock Mouse: still taking a break

June Manga PTW

Jun. 14th, 2026 10:47 am
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Using my movies boardgame.

I watched 5/7 movies from my April challenge and rated 2 movies 5 stars!
I watched 6/7 movies from my May challenge.


Avatar:


Thriller
Skill: If vou land on a tile you don't like: roll a dice, if even go forward one tile, if odd go back

Roll #1

A 7 and the trap tile. Prompt: Not a lot of options. I guess...I pick It.

Roll #2

Went back, rolled a 10. Dystopia/apocalypse -  Melancholia.

Roll #3

A 9, prompt: fantasy element - CAMP.

Roll #4

An 8, prompt: weapon on the cover - Pitfall 

Roll #5

A 4, used skill and had to go back one. Prompt: mystery element - Backrooms.

Roll #6

A 12 and the end, reward is Kraken.


Movie PTW List:


[Horror/Drama] It ('17)
[Drama/Sci-Fi] Melancholia
[Fantasy/Horror] CAMP
[Thriller/Action] Pitfall
[Mystery/Horror] Backrooms

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[Podfic] There once was a princess from Alderaan (3 words) by pezzax_shenanigans
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa/Rey/Rose Tico
Characters: Amilyn Holdo, Leia Organa, Rey (Star Wars), Rose Tico
Additional Tags: Limericks, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:

Podfic of There once was a princess from Alderaan by Petra:
A limerick of sapphic persuasion.


*

Short, speedy, charming as hell.

*****

[Podfic] The man with the katanas (37 words) by Ravin_Pods
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale, Deadpool (Movieverse)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Cecil Palmer/Wade Wilson, Carlos/Cecil Palmer
Characters: Cecil Palmer, Wade Wilson
Additional Tags: Double Drabble, Stolen Kiss, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

Cecil's broadcast from your average cancelled Thursday.

Podfic of The man with the katanas by Petra.


*

The sound effects really make it, and I adore this podficcer's radio voice.

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