Life

    Annoying Monday morning issue, my son’s bike has a slow leak in the rear tire, seemingly takes 8-10 hours to go down…so in theory, if I pump it up now before he goes to school, it should stay up enough to get him home in 7 hours 🤷‍♂️

    This pair… 🤷‍♂️🤪

    Might be time to increase the dosage of my ADHD meds, finding them less effective currently and have been on the same dosage for a couple of months now.

    Strong result by Arsenal over West Ham in the EPL, conceding 2 wasn’t part of the plan, good to get the season back on track though! Back up to 2nd on the table, a draw between Liverpool and Man City would be ideal! ⚽️

    Unsubscribed from another 45+ mailing lists, many of which I do not recall signing up to, a fair few from products I’m not remotely interested in, nor have ever purchased. Most respected the “unsub” but a few gave the “it can take 3 days for us to action this” response, which is a load of BS!

    All these Black Friday sales emails makes it easy to unsubscribe from all the various mailing lists you’ve ended up on over the last 12 months. The standard “sorry to see you go” message feels disingenuous though, along with the exit poll asking why you’ve unsubscribed.

    Love waking up to an Arsenal win! ⚽️

    Just because I like to do all the complex things at once. Not only am I in the process of moving my blog to micro.blog, I’m also de-Googling my life as much as I can. One of these 2 tasks is so much easier than the other…any guesses as to which one?

    Alder Park Sports Club AGM

    I’ve got my first AGM as Treasurer of Alder Park Sports Club this morning, and whilst I’ll be delivering a positive report, my nerves are an absolute train wreck this morning…


    Update:

    Well that was a major non-event! To hold the meeting we needed to reach a quorum of 25 members, only 16 members showed, including 7 of 9 Board Members.

    So now we reconvene next Sunday and as long as more than 2 people arrive, the meeting will go ahead.

    Dental temptation…

    You know you’re having a challenging day, amongst a challenging week, when you’re tempted to say yes to an offer of an earlier dentist appointment when they call you.

    Life Membership at New Lambton Eagles Football Club

    At New Lambton Eagles’ end of season presentation event yesterday, I was awarded Life Membership.

    It’s brilliant to be recognised for the contribution I’ve made to the Club over the last 10 years. I think I’ve held just about every position in the Club, from when Travis was in MiniRoos in 2015 through to Under 15’s PYL now.

    In that time I’ve been a Coach, Manager, Registrar, Groundsmen, Uniform Coordinator, Equipment Coordinator, Game Day Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator, Premier Youth League Boys Coordinator, Club Photographer, IT/IS Manager, and Vice President.

    Crazy! 🤪

    Looking forward, I’d like to keep doing the VP role for another year, along with having greater involvement in the NPL Men’s Program. We’ll see what shakes out at the AGM next month, which sort of times in with the new NPL Men’s squad’s first session.

    Go the Eagles! 🦅

    Safe Social Media & Kids

    🔗 The Instagram Changes Are Not Enough

    I think the solution to keep minors safe on social media requires a combination of social media companies, hardware companies, and parents.

    It's easy to point the finger and demand a Government response to the growing issue of online safety for kids on social media, and of course they should play a part in it.

    However, as we are the ones that buy our kids mobile devices that access these social media networks, we need to take responsibility and be the ones that are managing how our kids are accessing these ones.

    I'm not kidding myself for one second thinking that our kids won't try and find a way around whatever restrictions we apply, but if we're not trying and we're just passing the buck, then what example are we setting for our kids.

    🎥 Watched: Leave the World Behind

    A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.
    Leave the World Behind on IMDB

    Netflix has the worst volume differential between the dialogue and the music in their movies.

    If you adjust the volume so the music doesn’t blow your ears out, you can’t hear the dialogue, so you turn it up and some more music plays and it’s loud as fuck!

    Ugh I’m so old! 😜

    ⚽️ Arsenal 4 - 2 Leicester

    Good win by The Arsenal over Leicester last night, especially with Manchester City drawing with Newcastle!

    Grand Final Photos - Under 16's

    Here are some photos of the New Lambton Eagles, Premier Youth League Under 16’s, from their Grand Final match against Mid Coast FC, played at Fearnley Dawes Athletic Park.

    You can see more of my football photos here.

    Green Day in Sydney

    Green Day in Sydney for $500 – is dynamic pricing reserving live music for the rich?

    Showing my age here, and then some, when I first saw Green Day way back in about 1996 at the Hordern Pavilion I paid about $25 for the ticket!

    🎥 Watched: Rebel Ridge

    Everyone, except Don Johnson, mumble their lines throughout the entire movie! 🤯

    An ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.
    Rebel Ridge on IMDB.

    Sea Scallops from 8 at Trinity

    Sea Scallops with celeriac, pine nuts, blackcurrants, lemon, brown butter, parsley oil & chives (gf) from 8 at Trinity.

    Super darn tasty!

    🎥 Watched: Boy Kills World

    I love H. Jon Benjamin doing the voice of boy!

    A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
    Boy Kills World on IMDB.

    NSW RFS hazard reduction burn

    Smoke from a grass fire rising into the sky

    Looking north west from off of Carey Bay at the smoke from the NSW RFS hazard reduction burn at the old Cooranbong Colliery.

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