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I’m hoping that when the calendar ticks over to January 1st that my health, energy, and emotion bars all refill automatically…that’s how the game of life works now, right?

I’m going to add a Projects page to my website to keep track of all the projects I work on around home. Nice to have something to reflect back on when my brain goes off to that funny place where I feel like I’ve not contributed enough or not completed enough things.

⚽️ Big game for the Arsenal against Ipswich, a win takes us back to second, and just 6 points behind Liverpool. LFG!

Are there any controls over where your Strata notes are shared from when you have multiple blogs on your account? @help @manton

Thinking of building out a small, dare I say micro, website for the social golf club I play in. Tech wise, it needs to hold the season calendar, links to the courses we’re playing, the winners of each grade when we play, links to sponsors, and contact info. micro.blog looks a likely option. 🤔

Upside down Zelda. Must be a tough life. 😜

⚽️ Don’t mind waking up and seeing that Manchester United, Manchester City, and Tottenham, all lost their games in the English Premier League overnight. Better if Chelsea and Liverpool were also on that list, but beggars can’t be choosers.

Played Merewether Golf Course this morning with a couple of mates. Didn’t hit them super well, but still shot better than my handicap, managed a couple of pars, as well as a birdie on one of the Par 3’s.

📺 Started Watching: La Palma

A Norwegian family vacationing in La Palma faces chaos when a researcher discovers imminent volcanic eruption signs that could trigger a massive tsunami.

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‘Disgraceful’: Newspaper’s unforgivable front page Gout Gout blunder

“We sincerely apologise to Peter Bol and Gout Gout for the error made during the cropping of a photo featuring both athletes,” the statement read.

Peter Bol is 30, Gout Gout is 16, they do not look like each other. Massive fail by The Sunday Age.

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⚽️ Strong win by The Arsenal over Crystal Palace overnight. Hopefully it’s the starting point for the club to go on a run and get themselves back into title contention.

📺 Watching: Secret Level

Original stories set within the worlds of iconic video games are featured in this animated anthology series.

From the creators of Love, Death & Robots. Very good!

🎥 Watching: The Dead Don’t Die

The focus is on the sleepy small town of Centerville where the dead become undead.

A dark and dry comedy zombie movie with an absolute stellar cast, including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Danny Glover, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, and Selena Gomez.

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Couple of episodes in and I’m quite enjoying Landman. 📺

I’ve hit peak burnout, and peak frustration, so I’m tapping out on the rest of the year. So much of my time is chewed up volunteering, it used to be rewarding, but now I’m the default person that everyone goes to it’s become a 7 days a week thing, that’s not fair or remotely equitable.

🎥 Watched: Woman Of The Hour

Sheryl Bradshaw, a single woman looking for a suitor on a hit 1970s TV show, chooses charming bachelor Rodney Alcala, unaware that, behind the man’s gentle facade, he hides a deadly secret.

Bit of a different take on the 70’s era serial killer movie genre. Takes a while for the story to ramp up, but is decent overall.

3.5 / 5

When your wife challenges you to write a sea shanty after seeing your shared calendar notification, you take that challenge…and then maybe you cheat a little a use ChatGPT because after all, you’re not a song writer 😜

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Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go, With nets in hand, we’ll scour the sand, Hi ho, hi ho!

Hi ho, hi ho, the tides they ebb and flow, We’ll cast our lines and haul the brines, For fishing and crabbing we go!

The salty breeze, it fills the seas, Our traps and bait below, We’ll fill the hold with tales untold, From fishing and crabbing we go!

Hi ho, hi ho, it’s fishing and crabbing we go, The ocean’s call, we’ll heed it all, Hi ho, hi ho!

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Looks to be pretty busy, but shouldn’t be too stressful if things go to plan. 🤞

Monday - finish clearing the garage and make a couple of tip runs

Tuesday - setup golf sim in the garage, football meeting at 5pm, sports club board meeting at 6pm

Wednesday - take the boat out on Lake Macquarie, try to catch some fish and crabs for Sunday BBQ

Thursday - same as Wednesday

Friday - same as Wednesday, if I haven’t caught enough for the Sunday BBQ, otherwise play some golf

Saturday - no plans

Sunday - early trial match between between my sons team and Singleton Under 18’s, then family Christmas BBQ

Plenty on, nothing stressful, let’s go!

We used to have Stars, Celebrities, and Personalities, in various fields, be it movies, tv, music, sports, etc. Nowadays, according to most media outlets, everyone seemingly is called a Star.

My question would be, if everyone is a star, is anyone actually a star?

I’ve reached that time of the year where my resilience levels have all but reached zero, and so just about every inconvenience sends me into a rage. I internalise it because I’m an Adult and can control my exterior, though my ADHD really wants me to show the world that frustration. 🤯