Miraz Jordan

This was fun: Medieval Hip Hop Mixtape — Bardcore / Medieval Style Instrumental Cover.

I had no idea!

There are two types of rain, and one of them is almost impossible to forecast.

Watch the excellent 4 minute MinuteEarth video Why is Rain So Hard to Predict? about frontal rain and convective rain.

25 minute drive each way to the vet at Ōtaki. 5 minutes max at the vet for Sasha to get her monthly Arthropen shot and anal glands done. The Arthropen eases Sasha’s restlessness, helps her appetite and possibly helps her sleep all night. 🐶

3 am and I’ve drunk a cup of Premium Snowbuds white tea and eaten a Griffins Vanilla Wine biscuit or two. I’ve taken Sasha out for a pee. Maybe I could go back to sleep now, and not have more of the silly dreams I woke from… 🐶

In the last week or so I’ve noticed birds flying by, beaks stuffed full with nesting materials. Others, like the hawks and black swans, seem to be busy impressing potential mates. Today I realised the gorse bushes in a nearby paddock are in bloom. Spring is near.

Sasha’s wellness is in a good place at the moment. Here she trots smoothly along the lane, head up. 🐶

A superb explainer — What to know about monkeypox:

Monkeypox is far less dangerous than Covid–19, but a severe lack of vaccines and lingering homophobic stigma are putting the brakes on attempts to eliminate it. Siouxsie Wiles and illustrator Toby Morris explain.

I really wasn’t sure about Hacks (TV series) at first and almost didn’t bother watching after E01. I’m so glad I did though: by half way through S01 I was hooked. Next up: S02. 📺

The Spinoff is bringing such excellent journalism. I read many more stories than from any other News website. Today’s excellence — The Sunday Essay: 林 / Ling:

What’s in a name? Emma Ling Sidnam considers the meaning behind the words that make her uniquely her.

One of the hazards of a rural area. This is the main entrance to our beach. Someone’s cows have bust out…

An ‘atmospheric river’ of rain has dumped excessive water from the tropics on parts of Aotearoa New Zealand: Live wild weather updates: Nelson, Far North brace for more rain. A friend who lives north of Auckland visited on her way to Nelson where she was to start a 9 month course. That plan’s had to change as Nelson is more or less cut off by flooding and road damage.

Luckily, we’ve just had additional ‘normal’ rain this week, so it’s puddles all round. In August 2022 we’ve had almost 100 mm rain. This calendar year it’s 1063 mm.

Yumm, buttermilk hotcakes at The Gorge in Ōtaki. Delicious.

Turns out it requires special skill to take good photos of a glass paperweight, and I don’t have that skill. Anyway, here’s the paperweight I made at the workshop the other day. It has blue swirls.

Another excellent Toby Morris cartoon — The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The Table. Follow the link for the other panels in the essay.

When I was in Whanganui the other day this interesting mural caught my eye.

I really enjoyed The Orville, all 3 seasons, and very much want it to be renewed. S1 took itself much less seriously, but all seasons explored some very interesting issues. One standout for me was S01E07 Majority Rule — about a society where Likes became law.

Ahhh — why episodes in The Orville S3 were so much longer than in Seasons 1 & 2: the show moved from Fox to Hulu — The Orville: …Season 4 Renewal Chances… Disney+ Views Could Be Game-Changer:

on network dramas… you have to cut everything down to exactly 43 minutes

Hooray!

Maybe it is okay to not pursue potential and just be okay with being. Why must there be a reason for everything?

Winnie Lim » on leading a purposeless life.

Thanks @benwerd for the link.