After yesterday's shitshow "review" with management, I had the BEST time today in the office with the other staff - successfully avoided management like they were radioactive - it was like a reunion/party with everyone else. And the best thing is, I caught up with two PT female colleagues and had almost a mini feminist gathering that was like three way therapy - I feel like we ALL had a breakthrough about how to stake our claims, battle our traumas and find our strength and courage against a vindictive/unsupportive/subtly misogynistic boss.
I feel super positive now about where to go from here and that life is gonna get a whole lot better, overall, in the things that really matter. And that there are awesome people who value and care. 😺
I also note how significantly happier and healthier I feel off antidepressants tbh...
The police are doing forensic testing on a dehydrator found at the tip. Wtf so she was making mushroom chips? This story is getting more and more bizarre.
I initially thought it was a tragic dumb mistake, but with the extra info it’s so fishy. Police saying source of mushrooms is still unknown. Which would imply that she’s not saying. How do you have mushrooms in your kitchen and not know where they came from? Then you find random mushrooms in your kitchen and put them in a dehydrator? Somethings not right.
It's really bizarre that they don't know if she ate any of the meal or if there were mushrooms in it. That makes no sense unless she is not answering questions. The only explanation I can come up with that doesn't involve her having done something is that one of their kids is a murderous psychopath she is covering for, but that seems pretty unlikely.
I like how they describe south gippsland as close knit. It's super white, parochial and backward. Yarram while I was there had an art mural phase where a guy, heesco of Mongolian heritage painted a whole load of colonial white men doing farm / colonialist things. One woman and one first nations among about twenty murals. It was fantastic in its execution and economically developed the town, but it reinforced how stuck in the 1960s the whole are is.
Also - I had big wild mushrooms growing in my front yard down there at around this time of year. People would collect them, apparently they're a delicacy. I cooked one and it smelled like greasy dirt. Too easy to mistake them honestly for poisonous ones unless you really know what you're doing.
I knew a couple down there and the story is that he thought he was wonderful and the rest of the town thought he was a cunt. So that tells me they are very good at hiding things.
Were they orange? Did you have pine trees? Alot of edible wild mushrooms look nothing like what you get in the supermarket. The ones that look like you could get them in the supermarket are normally the deadly ones
Have you caught the update? Police went back to the tip. I mean, there a lot of other places to hide evidence around Leongatha. Like a huge fucking coastline of remote beaches, bushland. I think we are dealing with a fucking idiot as I previously deduced.
What I did was placed a chocolate ripple biscuit in each patty pan (6 all up). Made half the mixture but added a tbsp of icing sugar to the cream whist whipping it. The only thing I would add is a dollop of whipped cream on top of the cake
Yes exactly. Just one whole choc ripple biscuit in the patty pan. Put the mousse on top. Put it in the fridge and the fridge softens the biscuit a bit so it's not hard. When I make the normal size cake I'll do the proper biscuit base.
Far better than surgery latter in life. Or having to deal with the brace in your late teens like my brother did. Still sucky, of course, but could be far far worse.
The wind blew the back door open and Miss Meow escaped into the courtyard. She is not a fan of the wind and voluntarily came inside fairly quickly. She's now having a nap to recover from the ordeal.
I'm glad I got into the garden yesterday, the wind is making it not so nice outside, even if the sun is welcome. I made some of the jeruselum artichokes into soup, some for lunch tomorrow and six serves in the freezer. I've still got a couple of kg in the fridge, they definitely give a high return on investment.
I don't know guys. It looks a bit like whipped poo but it tastes good. I added a little bit of icing sugar to compensate for the missing liqueur. Let's see if it sets. I'll let you know later.
They don't think they are. Most people have a severe lack of self awareness. I am also resentful. My mate asked me to send her a gratitude list, I'm grateful she cares. I'm glad I'm finished work for the day and can have a bath, face mask, enjoy cats, watch star trek and make a stew. Time to re-arrange the flat as well. I think I just sent you my gratitude list.
Thanks. Sometimes in the heat of the moment I could really punch someone in my imagination like this morning but maybe I just gotta walk away and do something else so my mind isn't fixated on it. I'm glad to hear you seem to be enjoying the day.
Man... I wish fantasy games would just... not do spiders. For something that is a very common phobia, fantasy writers just LOVE putting it in their worlds don't they?
At least having an arachnophobia mode would be great. There are some games that have put that mode in. I just, ugh. Can't wait for the mod for Badlur's Gate 3 to be updated to work with the latest patch!
Exactly. Like I understand that it's there because it's fantasy. But like... For the visual medium could we have a "no spiders" mode? In books it's not so bad... But I don't read a lot of high fantasy novels, and luckily my partner is great and doesn't put spiders in our dnd game.
Exercises completed.. with bonus Minipeeler exercise buddy! I was only up for about 20 minutes and he said, "is it time for your exercises mum?" clearly wanting to join. Yeeees!
I've walked 5.25 ks today. Just at work and a bit of doing stuff. Time for a lie down. I got a free tv yesterday and my hard drive with all my legally acquired avi files seems to work very well with it. I'm going to re-watch the next gen. Started at s1e1 last night and it's as good as I remember.
Ok so my cake questions might have something to do with this conversation with my husband.
ME: What would you like for your birthday cake?
HIM: A chocolate mousse cake please
ME: Um. Try again. Maybe something that I've made before
HIM: Nah. I have faith in you
ME: through gritted teeth Challenge excepted.
A little bit later
ME: Here's one. It has a little bit of liqueur in there. How about kalua?
HIM: Nah just chocolate. Nothing else
ME: through gritted teeth Challenge excepted
So I have collected my ingredients and will be commencing Operation Chocolate Mousse Cake Sample this afternoon. I shall post the results later.
Mozart liqueur is highly alcoholic chocolate - maybe use that instead of Kahlua? Wouldn't dilute the OTT chocoholism of the recipie. And vanilla extract (a little bit) will also accentuate the chocolate taste.
This afternoon in the city I saw two women laughing and mocking a young trans.
Trans gal hurried/ran away with tears in their eyes. 😢 Wish I could have told them not to listen, that there are more caring people out there than haters and given a hug . But they were gone so quick and I don't blame them.
Happens a lot honestly. I gave some basic bros the finger the other day for it and just started them down. This was just in a supermarket. I usually frankly ask if they're gonna fucking say something, but it wears you down. They always act surprised and back down, but the damage is done. I'm resilient and am used to being laughed at for my appearance, but it's fucking awful for a lot of young people who haven't and shouldn't have to develop a thick skin. I've suffered a bunch of transphobia this week, from supposed allies. I choose not to engage with those people anymore. Allies are often mocked within the trans and gender non conforming community for how often their good will is misplaced. It's better that people try of course.
There's no way you can tell us not to listen either, that doesn't work. We all know transphobes are sick incels and terfs with bitterly shit lives and that more people love us than hate us, but experiencing it first hand sucks.
Capsicum and Feta yes. It's beetroot leaves not kale - and I think the purple thing is probably a piece of beetroot stem. No mozzarella, there is parmesan, cheddar and halloumi.
Mum got tickets for us to see Paul McCartney! I'm super excited. He's my favourite Beatle. Though I don't imagine he'll play any Beatles songs, so I guess I've gotta learn some Wings songs.
That's really cute. I used to write notes for my daughter . I started off with the ten commandments and when I ran out of those I would write things like thou shall listen to thy mother and father, thou shall keep one's bedroom tidy, thou shall wash one hands before eating and so on. The ten commandments went for ever.
I'd heard that The Righteous Gemstones was a good show but I'd never thought to give it a shot. I thought the megachurch satire would be lost on me, not being from the US where this stuff is rife. I blasted through season 1 and it is great. Very much enjoying it.
They seem to have a running joke of making sure to get at least 1 exposed penis in a shot every episode. So if you're not into that, or if you are, now you know. There's doodles to be found here. Various real dude doodles not just porn star hogs too, which is nice for representation. You don't see that a lot.
Huh, might give it a shot. Megachurches interest the fuck out of me.
It's why I watch Fundie Fridays on YouTube. They talk about Christian fundamentalism and right wing politics while doing their makeup. Though Jen, the main person, hasn't been doing their makeup recently, and their partner does videos about right-wing politics. Obviously it's all through an American lens, but still very interesting and sad too.
I'm gonna make this Double chocolate mousse cake. Do you reckon I could leave out the liqueur? Because I reckon it wouldn't make a difference in the actual structure.
Yeah I have but there's not a lot out there like this. Usually when you make mousse you use egg whites to make it stiff but this recipe doesn't have this and I can't see the liqueur helping in that way. I guess I'm just gonna leave it out and hope for the best.
It's a mercifully rare event now, but this afternoon I had to get on a packed tram in the city. And I thought omg you people are animals for heaven's sake brush your teeth and wear deodorant!
And since I was in the city, I was reflecting on the fact that sadly, the Melbourne CBD overall is lacking character. Maybe that's because I'm familiar with it but if I had someone visit Melbourne the CBD would not be the first place I take them.
Also I hate people and there's just too many fucking people in the CBD.
I'm quite bored with the culture wars. Honestly though I think the government loves it because it distracts people from issues that are harder to solve ie economy energy climate change housing and so on.
Image of lunch: a tomatoey stew type thing with capsicum, zucchini, onion, garlic, chilli, ginger, cherry tomatoes, broccolini and Briesling sardines, and passata, with a side of white rice. I added the sardines at the end, and seperated a serve with none to take to the office tomorrow for lunch!
What I did was: Onion and capsicum with a splash of water, lid on until it's a bit steamed and water has evaporated. Then add the garlic, ginger, and chilli and butter. Let that get going in there for a bit, then add the passata, cherry tomatoes and zucchini, let that go for a bit, then the broccolini for ~5m at the end. Probably not optimal but worked well!
No pix tonight, but I cooked up a packet of 6 chicken & fetta sangers ready for ramen tomorrow. Only I've eaten four of them already. Sangers, that is. Am eyeing off the last two - will they last until tomorrow?
One of the houses in my neighbourhood has put barbered wire around their property fences. Wtf. Is it a drug den? Do they have hostages I there? Creepy as fuck. I wonder if it’s even legal, I might check with the council.
I’m in a pretty average suburb, nothing fancy but not low socioeconomic either.
So that, and the poor dog being stolen has got me thinking to get some security cameras. The choices are a bit overwhelming, and I’m not super tech savvy. Recommendations appreciated.
Yes it’s occupied. I’ve lived in rough rough areas in the past, I’m guessing either trap house, growing/cooking, associated with bikies or other crims, or maybe they are just eccentric and paranoid. It’s just creepy to see.
A battery/solar/wifi camera is cheap and easy to install. $150, is okay but not great. An NVR with four cameras starts around $600 for the hardware, plus the install costs - someone licensed to run Ethernet cable. I've got a battery solar unit, I'm looking to upgrade to synology cameras but it's not an urgent expense.
Dude next door spent thousands on a proper wired system and 2 weeks later both his cars were stolen heh (shouldn't laugh could happen to anyone). Insurance he said still played very hardball on the claim even with footage.
I sort of gave up on thinking about it after that.
Not on my bingo card for today was a director in the business trying to convince me that I don't understand my own car's registration. Sure, dude, sure.
Go to Mt Macedon early morning. Park at Camel's hump and do the walk to the Cross. There and back is about a 2.5-3h walk. Not too challenging, but gets slippery in places.
On the drive back you stop at Lerdederg (if you're up for it) and do the walk to the dam. It's like 90 minutes return. You could do the hill climb (gotta cross the dam) which can be a challenge depending on your fitness level.
Thanks MeanElevator. I have a feeling we will just do the Mt Macedon one since my wife is working the next day - we will have a look at them tonight and decide.
Have you gone to Werribee Gorge? The 10km circuit walk is in my starter guide for anyone who wants to do something active/in nature in the west.
Lerderderg is beautiful, the circuit walk there is great but also a fair bit more challenging. There’s rivers to cross, the hike is shorter but a lot steeper. The view at the top is the pay-off, it’s great.
This is challenging, and definitely the road less travelled. Fantastic 4 hours on horseback, would require a whole day on foot. Quite close to Lerdederg Pyrites Range, Coimadai
EDIT: further info
Thanks Thornburywitch :) will check this one too. We might give Lerdeberg a pass actually until later due to the general consensus being a challenging hike (and our fitness levels are relatively substandard)
Holy mackerel, I swear driving inbound on the M1 from the outer west is going to be the death of me. Also if I see one more person indicate and then immediately merge or not indicate at all, I am going to scream. Indicating is a warning to those around you, and that means you need to give everyone sufficient time to heed your warning.
This month long stint living in the mid-outer west has been like a baptism of fire. Dear fucking god. Any and all hours of the day there is some top shelf lunacy on the M1
If I wanted to suggest a change to a traffic light sequence, should I be contacting VicRoads or my local Council? (If it's VicRoads, is there a specific email/contact form I should use? Or do just try the generic contact email and hope for the best?)
VicRoads, they nearly all traffic lights for councils, under contract. 13 11 70 goes to traffic management, rather than license inquiries.
SCATS (traffic light software) is usually good at learning traffic patterns, however it can easily be thrown off by one off events (eg knock-off at a footy game).
Oh man I'd love to see that! Reminded me a bit of The Hu Band Warning: contains Mongolians, metal, motorbikes and throat singing. You may feel empowered to overthrow invaders after watching it!
I love how positively haunted it is with the attic and what not. Would be a fun fixer-upper. But it's a dump. It's not liveable. It needs a lot of work. It's not on a lot of land. It's not near anything major in Tasmania (like Hobart or Launceston). The only "benefit" is how old it is.
Whaddya mean ? It’s right near the bustling metropolis of Devo. Jewel of the North.!
Seriously that’s a decent size plot tho. The house doesn’t look too bad and would really shine with a bit of love. I don’t know the comps to really judge tho.
I would love to have the $$ to buy something like that, renovate the shit out of it and live away from people.
Having said that, probably looking at like 200k in renovations (most likely more). The 550 seems low too considering what properties are going for these days.
So basically about a million to live in bumblefuck.
There is a massive lack of supply of housing in Australia. Very little is government built (unlike the 60s and 70s when govs were pumping cash in building homes), and developers are squeezing all they can out of buyers. Limited quantity of builders as well, so older and established 'gems' are fetching a pretty price.
I would love to have the $$ to buy something like that, renovate the shit out of it and live away from people.
All I want in this life is a balcony to sip my coffee on of a morning and look out at some mountains and trees.
I'm with you. The potential is there for something really beautiful. Though my opinion might change if the structure is as dire as it possibly could be.
Boundaries people!! Everyone in the docos are far too nice and let the hoarders walk all over them. They let the hoarders ruin their home and ruin their neighbourhood, They make it really unhealthy and unsafe for everyone else.
Does anyone know how fast those Lime scooters can go vs how fast it actually goes? Rode one today and was easily overtaken by private eScooters even though I was flooring that thing with my thumb HARD.
@goodviking@bot001 those private scooters are almost certainly over the legal limit, which I think is 250w, but you can buy them for "off road" use with larger motors. nobody checks of course, but the scooter share companies have to offer legal vehicles for sure.