I suppose it’s a nice problem to have but I have too many mashups to listen to and decide if I’m keeping

I don’t understand why having rescheduled an appointment that was due to happen on last Wednesday to this coming Wednesday and told that I can only do Tuesday or Wednesday, the plumber is trying to change the appointment to tomorrow.

I’ve always gone about my life without a smartphone so I have to memorise maps and directions before I go out (unless I print them or bring my pocket A to Z) and it boggles my work colleagues who depend on Google maps or whatever.

It’s similar – I can do it because I have to and practice.

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After a whole host of unwanted excitement taking Mum to A&E last week and her having her burst appendix whipped out, she is now well enough to watch The Football. The wallchart I printed for her does unfortunately remain too tricksy for her to fill in, so I expect that will be my job at some point

Explain your @

In the late 90s, I watched a TV show called Lexx and adapted the name of a villain.

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I have been herdivineshadow online for at least 7 years longer than I’ve had any accounts with my legal first and last names.

While I was secretary of the sci-fi & fantasy society for one year, more importantly I think I came second (out of 4 candidates) in the election for that other official committee position of Drunken Master.

I did well, considering I’ve always been tee-total.

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Maybe I should have cooked 4 sausages instead of 3

Also reminding myself that I don’t need to host my own bookwyrm instance, I can just migrate to a new one if the current one comes back online.

(I would love for them to have a status page or actually communicate on their mastodon account, but they don’t )

The whole process is extraordinarily satisfying to watch

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