Merry Christmas you absolutely amazing people! I hope you and your families have a totally fantastic time. #MerryChristmas #Christmas #Family #PositiveVibes
Just in case any #StarTrek fans haven’t seen this lovely mashup carol, ‘tis the season!
https://youtu.be/3KvWwJ6sh5s
I know this time of your is fraught with arguments as to whether #DieHard is a #Christmas movie or an #ActionMovie.
The TRUTH is that #DieHard is a #LoveStory between two men, so constricted by the societal norms for these two #PoliceOfficers from opposite Coasts, that it took blowing up #NakatomiPlaza to make it ok for them to embrace.
Don't fight me on this.
Disadvantage of work blowing my body-clock to pieces: I'm awake at 4am.
Advantage of work blowing my body-clock to pieces: I'm awake at 4am. Been for a walk, had coffee on the harbour, taken some photos, been to Moore's and had a lovely, long chat and cuppa with Wills, collected my Christmas food order and am now home and deciding between a nap and breakfast. As in which first, clearly the general answer is "both"! 🙂
The holidays can be a really tough time. The advice i often heard was, "Volunteer at a soup kitchen. Help others. Get out of your head." It's perfectly fine advice, but unhelpful if the mere thought of interacting with people is overwhelming. Anyway, here's a thing I did one year that did help:
I bought a Cookie Monster costume, went to the airport, and waited at arrivals with a sign that said "COOKIE"
Didn't have to talk to anyone and boy did I get to watch people's faces light up.
This "new readers join here" for the George Santos (fiction) story is a fun read. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/23/nyregion/george-santos-republican-resume.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
As part of my continued efforts to look after myself properly when working and despite a) it being the last day of attendance before Christmas for me and b) having a shedload of stuff to get done so everyone got the medication they needed and c) having not covered myself in gourmet glory yesterday after chips for lunch and toast for tea, today I went back to the tapas restaurant round the corner and had a truly lovely lunch. Even if I did have to rush a bit. Also, I really like their plates.
*picture shows the edge of a cream plate with brown border and a few random brown spots in the glaze, on a wooden table.
One of my favourite things to post are inspiring before-and-after photos of transformed urban places. They often speak for themselves…except what you can’t tell from the after-photos is that vehicle traffic often actually gets BETTER. This one of #Dusseldorf #Germany’s waterfront comes from @iamcais. #cities. #waterfront #urbanism #freeways #transportation #cars
Does anyone know if @donmelton is sleeping right now? I'm all caught up on my Local and Home timelines, forcing me to now browse the Federated timeline. If he can't work 24x7, what am I paying him for?!?!?!
Sweary and opinionated. It's best not to take it personally. Also hilarious but that might be less obvious.