Bubble burst.

Trying to get back into the whole work thing this week. Still recovering from a bug so just doing wee bits at a time then heading home exhausted.

On the upshot, I worked really hard before Christmas to set this year up well and it has paid dividends, still very little to do yet as I had preloaded everything last year!

Really wanting to prioritise family this year and not continuing to be a consumer whore. Which might mean a paycut, but while the kids are still young I think it’s worth it.

And not even missed the kids once?

These are an essential piece of beach/holiday gear to fix your jandals(flipflops or thongs in Australia)with.

I get visions of HAL or that Simpsons Halloween special with the sentient house.

Failing that there is a good has strut replacement place in Auckland too.

Enjoy that no kids thing! The break without them every now and again is so essential. We only manage one or two weekends a year with four of the blighters.

Ignore my ramblings. I’m just frustrated at the state of our media/news and can’t think of a solution.

RNZ is great, Of the mediums it doesn’t have the same reach, it’s quality which should happen on TVNZ etc. I know they are funded as well, but it seems like they are just as bad as everyone else.

Skim of plaster and a couple of coats of primer/sealer? (I’m not a builder)

Looking good.

I was curious if this was the shed you were putting up! Hilarious. I read the reviews which matches with your progress updates.

Was going to get this for my place. Will be interested to hear your review once it’s done.

I kinda think we should have an independent, protected and taxpayer funded media service. Would make for better politicians.

Haha, the pragmatic outlook! Love it.

Last two days of leave coming up, tested positive for covid this morning. Thankful it is no where near as bad as last time round!

I’m enjoying this series, pics when done?

Totally, kinda hope the majority of American voters agree this year.

I’ve also noticed that for some communities, such as the conservative community, the posts get downvoted heaps because they are as accessible as any community. On Reddit I just wouldn’t have seen their posts. This potentially makes it unwelcome for people of particular ideologies. (Possibly a self governing trait of the wider community)

Normally I do go silent, I made the fatal mistake this year of work not providing a work number, so have had people calling my personal number (sometimes a gamble). Also has sucked being in a fledgling managerial position and having a huge number of “issues” that have cropped up (starting a new service so haven’t quite got the infrastructure in place yet in terms of phones etc).

I’m on leave, but everyone has returned to work and have been needing to get in touch. It kinda ruins leave and I’m thinking I’ll come back to work early and recoup my time later in the year.

Has been a cracker holidays though, especially this last week. Have loved connecting with my kids over new hobbies and interests.

No such thing as a fish promotes Babbel, they have a code thingee too to get some percent off the first year.

I mean, in this day and age why isn’t [insert what I know to be true] accepted by [everyone who I perceive to be wrong]. Hegel leads to another Russian smart man who argues a bunch of it might be due to this idea of perezhivanie; how we make sense of what is happening (particularly dramatic events) through our cognition, our emotions and filtered through our needs.

How we make sense of stuff leads to how we behave/believe. This is impacted by our social environment, how we are brought up, our experiences, and our reasoning of those experiences.

It’s why it is argued that information alone will never change someone’s mind about something, it needs to be attached to an emotion and an experience to unpack.